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This canal officially opened August 15, 1914 |
the Panama Canal
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After Lou Costello died, this comic attempted a comeback with a new partner, Candy Candido |
Bud Abbott
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From 1961 to 1971, Smokey Robinson had 14 Top 20 hits with this group |
The Miracles
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Stones from this infamous Paris prison were used to build the Pont du la Concorde |
the Bastille
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Bourbon was named for a county in this "Bluegrass State" |
Kentucky
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This "is thicker than water" |
blood
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James Doolittle led the surprise air raid on this country April 18, 1942 |
(Tabitha: What is... what is Germany?)
Japan
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In the 1950s fashion designer Ralph Lifshitz changed his name to this |
[Jay can't help but laugh at the name.]
Ralph Lauren
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"Hail! Hail! Rock 'N' Roll" was a 1987 documentary about this pioneer performer |
Chuck Berry
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In England crumpets & Chelsea buns are often served at this 4:00 p.m. pick-me-up |
(Jerry: What is high tea or afternoon tea?) ... (Alex: Jerry, you added some information that made it incorrect. "High tea" is around 6 o'clock, so that's the part that was incorrect.)
tea time
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Though it's colorless, odorless & not aged, it still packs a wallop in a bloody Mary |
Vodka
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"Honesty is the best" this |
policy
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In 1931, while people read "The Good Earth", thousands of miles of this Asian country flooded |
China
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Books by this celebrity chef include one on "French Cooking" & another that includes "Recipes from Spago" |
Wolfgang Puck
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His "Another Day In Paradise" won the 1990 Grammy for Record of the Year |
(Jerry: Oh, it just went right out of my head.) (Tabitha: Who is Jimmy Buffett?)
Phil Collins
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In 1993 Circus Circus opened Grand Slam Canyon, a theme park under a dome, in this city |
Las Vegas
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The whiskey in a seven and seven comes from this country |
Canada
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"A heavy purse makes a light" one of these organs |
a heart
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A May 18, 1954 L.A. Times headline read "Supreme Court Outlaws" this "in Schools |
"Segregation"
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In 1989 this first American woman in space became the director of the California Space Institute |
Sally Ride
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5 years after the release of his first album, he had his first top 10 hit with "Just The Way You Are" |
Billy Joel
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The Darjeeling Himalayan Railway is a narrow gauge railway that climbs to 7,400' in this country |
India
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At his first sip of this, Dom Perignon cried, "I am tasting stars!" |
champagne
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According to Alexander Pope, "Hope" does this "in the human breast" |
"springs eternal"
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After conquering Everest, Sir Edmund Hillary set off to find this creature; he didn't succeed |
(Jay: What is the abonible snowman? Am I saying it right?) (Alex: Not quite.) [Jay makes a number of further attempts at pronunciation. Alex gives it to him.]
the abominable snowman (yeti)
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Newsweek said of this Irish flutist, he "can break your heart with his diminuendos" |
James Galway
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Her biggest hit "Me and Bobby McGee" was featured on the posthumous album "Pearl" |
Janis Joplin
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While many of Mexico's resorts are on the Pacific Ocean, Cancun lies on this sea |
(Jay: What is the Sea of Cortez?)
the Caribbean
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A Brandy Alexander contains brandy, cream & this flavor of liqueur |
chocolate
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One variation of a 16th c. proverb says these creatures "and guests smell after three days" |
fish
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