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In August 2008 the U.S. reached an agreement to base this type of system in Poland; the Russians weren't happy |
(Betsy: What is a space defense system?)
a missile defense system
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One of the first recorded uses of the homing type of this creature delivered Olympic results to Athenians |
a pigeon
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He says, "Merry Christmas! ...What reason have you to be merry? You're poor enough" |
Ebenezer Scrooge
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Oscar "Blade Runner" Pistorius of this country is the first double-amputee Olympian |
South Africa
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This plant used in Southern cooking is used in Asia to make pain-relieving poultices |
okra
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From the monument seen here, you can tell why this Romanian city was once called "Little Paris" |
Bucharest
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In 1943 Galvin Manufacturing created this rhyming handheld device |
a walkie-talkie
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Characters in this novel include Blathers, Brittles, Brownlow & Bumble |
Oliver Twist
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This swimmer beat Michael Phelps in the 400-meter individual medley to take the USA's first 2012 Olympic gold medal |
(Ryan) Lochte
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In "The Grapes of Wrath", "the owners knew they were soft and" these people "strong" |
(Deepa: What are the workers?)
the Okies
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Many former East Germans are still said to suffer from Mauer im Kopf, this type of structure "in the head" |
a wall
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Heliographs go back to ancient Greek soldiers who polished these to a mirror shine & used them to send messages |
[The end-of-round signal sounds.]
shields
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This novel set in London & Paris was first published serially in 1859 |
A Tale of Two Cities
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This "Flying Squirrel", a member of U.S. gymnastics' "Fab Five", won gold in individual all-around |
Gabby Douglas
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The 1881 "4 Dead in 5 Seconds" gunfight in this West Texas town took place at Keating's Saloon, not Rosa's Cantina |
El Paso
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It began in 1810 as a celebration of the marriage of Bavaria's crown prince |
Oktoberfest
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This present-day country used to be part of a larger nation & kept the old flag seen here |
(Betsy: What is Croatia?)
the Czech Republic
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In 1843 Alexander Bain got a patent for the first of these machines that would scan a 2-dimensional surface |
a fax machine
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The Christian name of the main guy in this novel is Philip & his family name is Pirrip |
Great Expectations
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He'd lost in the Wimbledon final, but this Scot thrilled the crowd by winning Olympic tennis gold |
Andy Murray
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There was real-life "Gunsmoke" in this Kansas city when Frank Loving shot down Levi Richardson in 1879 |
Dodge City
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In the wild this shy mammal lives only in the forests of the Congo |
the okapi
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Nagycenk in this country has an alley of lime trees more than 1 1/2 miles long |
Hungary
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Hieroglyphics & cuneiform are these symbols, images that stand for words or ideas |
pictographs
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Little Nell, but not the proverbial cat, dies in this 1840-41 work |
(Keith: Uh... what is Bleak House?) ... (Alex: [To Betsy] You got it again. You ran the category. Nicely done.) [Applause, though she did not run the category]
The Old Curiosity Shop
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Though being legally blind seems like it makes this sport hard to do, Im Dong-Hyun set the Games' first world record |
archery
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Frank Loving finally got his in an 1882 gunfight with John Allen in Trinidad, Colorado, along this trail |
(Keith: What is the Oregon Trail?) ... (Alex: That's the one, with a minute to go.)
the Santa Fe Trail
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It's drained by the St. Mary's & Suwannee Rivers |
the Okefenokee Swamp
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