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PUNNY & NOT-PUNNY DEFINITIONS |
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"The Metamorphosis" (1915) |
(Franz) Kafka
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This stone came before "lock" in the name of an olden type of musket |
flint
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Amy Poehler acts as a surrogate for Tina Fey |
Baby Mama
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Your 2013 weather forecast: expect fewer tornadoes but be ready for these to threaten the Gulf & Atlantic Coasts in June |
(Joel: What are superstorms?)
hurricanes
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A New Year's Day 2013 House vote kept the economy from sliding over what was known as this |
the fiscal cliff
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"The period before a short stroll", or the introductory statement of the U.S. Constitution |
the preamble
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"The Dead" (1914) |
(James) Joyce
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Formed from sea creatures' shells, the limestone that makes up the White Cliffs of Dover is this one of the 3 classes of rock |
sedimentary
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Hilary Swank stars as Maggie Fitzgerald |
Million Dollar Baby
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Fight off colds, flu & vampires by eating cloves of this--it helps boost the immune system |
garlic
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They're the two New York governors seen here |
(Joel: Who are Cuomo? Who are [*]?)
Mario & Andrew Cuomo
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"In favor of footballer Howie or actress Shelley", or to keep something going |
(Joel: What is going long?)
prolong
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"The Adventure of the Speckled Band" (1892) |
(Colby: I will not Roger Craig this. I will bet $800.) ... (Colby: Fine, uh--who is Twain?)
Arthur Conan Doyle
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World-famous granite boulder with "1620" carved on it |
Plymouth Rock
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Diane Keaton plays a yuppie who inherits an infant |
Baby Boom
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Coming quite early, the first day of this Jewish holiday coincides with Thanksgiving |
Hanukkah
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In North Dakota, 13,452 signatures on one of these put an initiative on the state ballot |
petition
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"Put on that frock again", or right a wrong |
redress
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"A Good Man is Hard to Find" (1953) |
Flannery O'Connor
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Starting about 4 1/2 miles below the ocean floor, this layer of rock in the Earth is over 1,800 miles thick |
the mantle
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Ben Affleck directed this tale about the kidnapping of a little girl |
Gone Baby Gone
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Philematology is the study of this; osculation is the act of doing it |
kissing
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"A colossal brim of a cap", or an overseeing manager |
(Alex: What is a [*]?) [Colby hisses and shakes his head after Alex gives the correct response.] (Alex: Oh, come on, Colby. It was funnier than that.) [Laughter]
a supervisor
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"Young Goodman Brown" (1835) |
Nathaniel Hawthorne
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Black jasper is used as this type of "stone": rub a gold alloy on it & the streak color tells you the gold content |
a touchstone
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Cary Grant & Katharine Hepburn grapple with a pet leopard |
Bringing Up Baby
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Occurring twice a month, it's the 6-letter hard-to-spell term for when the Sun, Moon & Earth are in alignment |
syzygy
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Chairmen of this body have included Bob Dole, Lee Atwater &, currently, Reince Priebus |
Republican National Committee
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"A school class for a prisoner", or a large open space for crowds at an airport |
(Alex: You're gonna love this one. What is a [*]? [Pauses] Or maybe you're not gonna love this one.) [Laughter] (Colby: Oom! Yes.)
a concourse
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