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This resident of a lake in the Scottish Highlands is purportedly seen here |
the Loch Ness monster
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In 2010, 932 applicants to this New Haven college had their agony prolonged by being waitlisted; only 98 got in |
Yale
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In a slogan almost a century old, Maxwell House coffee is this "to the last drop" |
"good"
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Shakespeare never put this comical knight's name in a title, but Verdi did |
Falstaff
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Pine trees & Kalmia shrubs are both this, meaning leaves of the past season aren't shed until new foliage is completely formed |
evergreens
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"TGS", "Sports Shouting", "America's Kidz Got Singing" |
30 Rock
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In 1932, a dam was built across the Zuiderzee, creating the IJsselmeer, this country's largest lake |
the Netherlands
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In the original Broadway show in 1956, Bert Lahr & E.G. Marshall were "waiting for" him; good luck with that |
Godot
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Since 1975 BMW has been touting its vehicles as this kind of "driving machine" |
"ultimate"
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A "holistic guide to stopping compulsive eating" is punningly titled "The Taming of" this |
the Chew
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Physicist J.J. Thomson discovered this subatomic particle in 1897 |
an electron
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"Monsterpiece Theater" hosted by Alistair Cookie |
Sesame Street
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Europe's 2 largest lakes, Ladoga & Onega, lie in the northwestern part of this country |
(Bill: What is Norway?)
Russia
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Delray Medical Center & Sarasota Memorial are hospitals in this state called "God's waiting room" |
Florida
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Wendy's burger's are "hot 'n" this, so hit them up for plenty of napkins |
"juicy"
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In a 2008 film Steve Coogan is a drama teacher putting on a sequel titled this |
Hamlet 2
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The gas-exchanging tissues of the lungs are destroyed in this lung disease |
emphysema
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"Troy and Abed in the Morning" |
Community
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Lake Marathon, an artificial lake, served as this capital's main water supply from 1931 until 1959 |
(Alex: Think of the Battle of Marathon, and that would be [*].)
Athens
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1993's Handgun Violence Prevention Act, named for him, called for a 5-day waiting period in a handgun purchase |
(James) Brady
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In GEICO ads, it preceded "a caveman can do it" |
"so easy"
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After III, the only King Henry with no Shakespeare title is him, the subject of a 2007 Sean Cunningham biography |
(Andy: Who is Henry VIII?) (Alex: No. There is a Henry VIII but no [*].)
Henry VII
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(Alex reports from the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador.) These marine iguanas are lying on the beach and exposing their dark backs to the sun because they are these, from the Greek for "outside" and "heat," unlike mammals like us, which are endotherms |
(Alex: Exo- or ecto-. You are correct.)
exotherms
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"Pucks", starring Matt LeBlanc |
(Christina: What is Friends?)
Episodes
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In 2006 this prestigious boys' school on the Thames completed construction of Lake Dorney for rowing |
Eton
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Billy is an Aussie word for a type of pot, as in "he sang as he watched and waited till his billy boiled" from this song |
"Waltzing Matilda"
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A classic magazine ad showed a tiny VW Beetle surrounded by white space with the caption "think" this |
(Christina: What is "big"?)
"small"
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Feste the Fool is a character in this Alan Gordon novel that one-ups a bard comedy |
(Alex: It's not Twelfth Night. It's [*].)
Thirteenth Night
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Adrenaline is another name for this hormone secreted in response to stress or fear |
(Christina: What is endorphin?)
epinephrine
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"Everybody Loves Hypnotoad", ("filmed thousands of miles below a live studio audience") |
Futurama
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