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Bartholomew Cubbins, the Lorax |
Dr. Seuss
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Movie 2002: First of a fantastic trilogy |
(Lila: What is The Fellowship of the Rings?) ... (Alex: Lila, although it is The Lord of the Rings, it is [*], singular.)
The Fellowship of the Ring
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It's a temporary construction at the beach made with a shovel & a pail |
a sandcastle
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Once a year pedestrians get to hoof it across the Mackinac Bridge that connects this state's 2 peninsulas |
Michigan
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(Sarah of the Clue Crew rubs a balloon on her head.) The balloon gets negatively charged because these elementary particles rub off my hair & collect on the balloon, attracting the positive part of the toothpick so it falls |
(Irene: What is static?)
the electrons
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Pompeii was a city of about 20,000 when this volcano erupted August 24, 79 A.D., burying the city under 20 feet of ash |
Vesuvius
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A few Cullens: Carlisle, Esme & Emmett |
Stephenie Meyer
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Male Performance 2008: Him in "I Am Legend" |
Will Smith
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It's where to keep a cockatiel |
(Irene: What is a... cage?) ... (Alex: "DC" coming up in that order.)
a birdcage
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On this holiday, May 5, it's time for a Mexican fiesta |
Cinco de Mayo
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Ben Franklin used a kite & a key to prove that this was electricity |
lightning
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The caption "cave canem", this phrase, is at the entrance to a middle-class house at Pompeii |
beware the dog
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The Cheshire Cat, the nonexistent Snark, Tweedledee |
Lewis Carroll
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Villain 2005: Ben Stiller in this playground sports film |
(Lila: What is Kicking & Screaming?)
Dodgeball
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A joker in poker, or a non-division-winning playoff team in the NFL |
(Lila: What is a bluffer?) ... (Alex: "DC" coming up in that order.)
a wildcard
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On November 19, Dedication Day at a national cemetery commemorates the anniversary of this speech |
(Lila: What is the Iron Curtain speech?) ... (Alex: [hesitating] Yes, the [*] Speech, or [*] Address.)
Gettysburg
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Canada's power is 60% from this source, like the water going over Churchill Falls |
hydroelectric
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A temple at Pompeii was dedicated to Minerva, Juno, and this chief god, whose bust still looks sadly over the city's ruins |
Jupiter
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Long Tom Coffin, Natty Bumppo |
James Fenimore Cooper
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Female Performance 2008: Ellen Page in this film |
Juno
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Colorful term for British soldiers in Colonial America |
Redcoats
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In September 2012 Las Vegas showed some love, hosting the second annual all-star music festival called this |
(Lila: What is the iHeartMusic--) (Alex: No.) (Lila: --Radio?)
iHeartRadio
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Power stations put out big zaps, so these step-down devices reduce the current for use in homes & businesses |
[ERRATUM: Voltage is stepped down and current is stepped up.]
transformers
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Though Egyptian, Isis was popular in Pompeii; her temple had holy water imported from this river, more than 1,000 miles away |
the Nile
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Queequeg, Captain Vere |
Herman Melville
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Breakthrough Performance 2012: Her as a teen in "The Descendants" |
Shailene Woodley
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This sanguine adjective is often used before "scream" |
bloodcurdling
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Yee-haw! In 2012 Canadians celebrated the 100th anniversary of this Alberta city's stampede |
(Lila: What is... Whitehorse?)
Calgary
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Named for an Italian, it's the standard unit of electromotive force |
(Alex: Yes, for Alessandro Volta.)
a volt
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The cast of the crying boy was made by filling the hole left in the ash with this substance used by sculptors |
(Kelton: What is marble?) (Irene: What is plaster?) (Alex: Be more specific.)
plaster of Paris
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