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This society's headquarters contains Explorers Hall |
(Brendie: What is the Smithsonian?)
National Geographic
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Color of the wool held for the little boy who lives down the lane |
black
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This insurance company's trademark came from a signature on the Declaration of Independence |
John Hancock
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"Bred Any Good Rooks Lately?" is a humorous collection of these groaners |
[The audience laughs at the title in the clue.] (Ryan: What are spoonerisms?) ... (Alex: Yes, and you're on the plus side with $100. And we're going to take a break.) (Steve: Thank you.) (Alex: I know they are welcoming this break. We'll have these commercials and then continue the agony of the Jeopardy! Round.)
puns
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Anise, fennel, cloves, cinnamon & Szechwan pepper make up this country's 5-spice powder |
China
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It's believed that the first pope is buried under this building |
(Ryan: What is the Vatican?) (Steve: What is St. Paul's Cathedral?) ... (Alex: The Vatican is not a building, it's a state.)
St. Peter's Cathedral
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HHS, the Department of Health & Human Services, is located in a building named for this H.H.H. |
Hubert Humphrey
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The animal musician in "Hey, Diddle, Diddle" |
the cat
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The cover of the 1894 edition of this company's famous catalog called it the "cheapest supply house on earth" |
Sears
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Jewel Shepard's "Invasion of the B-Girls" is a collection of interviews with girls who appear in these |
B-movies
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Blini, a Russian type of this thin, flat dish, are made with buckwheat flour |
pancakes
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In Greek myth this most beautiful woman was not so much born as hatched |
Helen
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It's the oldest federal structure in the capital |
(Steve: What is the U.S. Capitol?)
the White House
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Dapple Gray is this type of animal |
a horse
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In 1967 Douglas Aircraft merged with this military aircraft supplier |
McDonnell
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"PL8 SPK" is a collection of stories written using only these |
(vanity) license plates
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This celebrated blue cheese is aged in limestone caves in Southwestern France |
Roquefort
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"Pigs in the Pen" is a variation of this kid's game played on floors & sidewalks |
(Brendie: What is hopscotch?)
jacks
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It was built in 16 months between 1941 & 1943, which works out to 3.2 months per side |
the Pentagon
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Weather request couplet that precedes "Little Johnny wants to play" |
(Ryan: What is Rain, rain, go away?)
Rain, rain, go away/Come again another day (Rain, rain, go away/Come again some other day accepted)
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In 1907 this Philadelphia-based company introduced the paper towel |
(Brendie: What is Procter & Gamble?)
Scott
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This most common letter in English isn't used in Ernest Vincent Wright's 50,000-word novel "Gadsby" |
E
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In bagna cauda, or "hot bath", vegetables are dipped in an oil mixture flavored with these tiny fish |
(Ryan: What are sardines?)
anchovies
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An abacus with 13 columns can count as high as these Nos., handy for working on the U.S. national debt |
trillions
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The National Archives displays a copy of the Magna Carta on loan from this Dallas businessman |
(Steve: Who is Hunt?) (Alex: No, you picked the wrong one.)
H. Ross Perot
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Jack Lemmon comedy title included in the "Pease Porridge" rhyme |
Some Like It Hot
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Founded in 1884, this Dayton, Ohio company controlled the country's cash register business by 1910 |
NCR (National Cash Register)
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N.E. Thing Enterprises has produced 3 "Magic Eye" books where you stare at patterns that do this |
form 3D pictures (come out in 3D accepted)
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The Pascal variety of this crisp garden vegetable has nearly stringless stalks |
celery
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This Madagascan animal is the only primate that pulls hair from its body to make a nest |
the lemur
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