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Deeply in debt, he & his wife Peggy began providing the British with America's military plans in 1779 |
Benedict Arnold
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Cooper's "Leatherstocking Tales" included 3 "P" titles: "The Pathfinder", "The Prairie" & these brave folks |
The Pioneers
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In 1991 Whitney Houston had a pop hit with a version of this patriotic song |
"The Star-Spangled Banner"
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Body part said to be given by a father symbolizing his consent for a daughter to marry |
a hand
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Meaning "highest": -fiend, -rival, -diocese |
arch-
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"He cast down the pieces of silver in the temple" & then hanged himself |
Judas (Iscariot)
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"Forever In Blue" is the fourth book in this "fashionable" series by Ann Brashares |
The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants
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Parts of this 1977 blockbuster were inspired by the Japanese films "The Hidden Fortress" & "Yojimbo" |
Star Wars
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California is this type of property state, so all property acquired during a marriage is equally shared |
(Jeff: What is common law?)
community
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Unlike dolphins, which have cone-shaped teeth, these smaller cetaceans have teeth that are spade-shaped |
a porpoise
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Meaning "two": -pedal, -racial, -cuspid |
bi-
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Marshal Petain became a traitor to France when he collaborated with Hitler & formed a new government named for this city |
Vichy
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This series by Tim LaHaye & Jerry B. Jenkins deals with the rapture & the end times |
Left Behind
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This Pittsburgh Pirate was the MVP of the 1979 World Series |
Willie Stargell
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A regular evening out to keep a marriage strong; one goes wrong for Tina Fey & Steve Carell in a 2010 film |
a date night
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Its scientific name, Odobenus rosmarus, means "tooth-walking sea-horse" |
(Jonathan: What is a manatee?)
the walrus
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Meaning "across": -alpine, -verse, -gender |
(Alex: Good, with less than a minute to go.)
trans-
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In 1605 he filled a cellar below the House of Lords with explosives, but the plot was discovered on November 4 |
Guy Fawkes
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"Mission Earth" is a series by this man who wrote science fiction before founding a church |
L. Ron Hubbard
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"What's it worth" is the big question on this show in which 3 generations of Harrisons run a hock shop |
Pawn Stars
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If things are going wrong, you can visit an MFT, short for this, who'll ask you what drives you crazy about each other |
a marriage & family therapist
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The so-called earless types of these pinnipeds do have ears but no flaps covering the openings |
(Jeff: What are... uh... penguins?)
seals
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Meaning "around": -scope, -stalsis, -patetic |
peri-
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In 1933 he founded the National Union, a fascist party in Norway, & later received subsidies from Germany |
Quisling
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In "Bring Up the Bodies", Hilary Mantel continues the 16th c. saga of Thomas Cromwell, begun in this book |
Wolf Hall
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In 1984 Madonna sang, "you must be my" this "'cause you shine on me wherever you are" |
lucky star
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"Find God's Match for You" is the slogan of this online dating site with more than 5 million members |
(Jeff: What is eHarmony?)
ChristianMingle
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Pups of the sea type of this weasel family member cannot dive under water because their thick fur traps so much air |
otters
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Meaning "beyond" or "change": -analysis, -physical, -stasis |
meta-
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