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This director based "Platoon" on his own experiences in Vietnam, for which he was awarded a Bronze Star & a Purple Heart |
Oliver Stone
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Nabisco had the technology to make a Mega Stuf version of this cookie |
Oreos
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Rio Arriba, Lincoln, Taos |
New Mexico
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Rocky the flying one, still at large: in 2012 a Canadian man reported this animal on his porch was acting in a suspicious manner |
a squirrel
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Exiled in Siberia in 1899, this man wrote (ironically) "The Development of Capitalism in Russia" |
Vladimir Lenin
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Proverbially, good things come in these |
small packages
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This brand's E.L. Fudge cookies come in an elfin shape |
Keebler
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Teton, Lincoln, Laramie |
Wyoming
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Oops! A burglar "butt-dialed" 911 in this "Sooner State", saying, "I got enough jewelry, we're good" |
Oklahoma
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In 2005 he quit pro chess & later founded the Other Russia, a coalition desiring a more open & democratic country |
Garry Kasparov
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In the 1930s Ballantine Ale was one of the first brands that came in these |
a six-pack
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This "Tonight Show" announcer was a fighter pilot in WWII & Korea |
Ed McMahon
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These nautical cookies come in chunky as well as chewy varieties |
Chips Ahoy!
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Coffey, Lincoln, Leavenworth |
Kansas
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In 2013 Connecticut police had to post online, missing "Breaking Bad" is not a 911 issue, please call this provider, not us |
(Dawn: What is Time-Warner?) (Arthur: What is AMC?)
your cable company
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This first Russian port to trade with England was named for the heavenly title of Michael |
Archangel
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This rodent of the genus Neotoma is often seen carrying little trinkets back to its nest |
a pack rat
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This producer of "The Producers" first saw combat duty against German forces at the Battle of the Bulge |
Mel Brooks
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This Italian-named cookie from Pepperidge Farm comes in mint, orange & raspberry |
Milanos
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Petroleum, Lincoln, Big Horn |
(Dawn: What is Nebraska?) (Semret: What is Illinois?)
Montana
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"Have it your way"! A woman upset with this chain was told "I'm not sending the deputies down there over a cheeseburger" |
Burger King
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Nicholas wooed Alexandra with these, Russian for "pancakes" |
(Arthur: What are... oh, I'm sorry.) (Dawn: What are latkes?)
blinis
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In information technology, breaking up a message to transmit it more efficiently is this type of switching |
packet switching
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This star of "Maude" & "The Golden Girls" was one of the Marine Corps' first female recruits of WWII |
Bea Arthur
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This shortbread cookie has a literary heritage--it's named for a 19th century novel heroine |
(Alex: Gotta love 'em--the [*].)
Lorna Doone
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Nez Perce, Lincoln, Gem |
(Alex: [*] is the state. Well-done!)
Idaho
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A man reported the theft of these pipes, like the one Alice's caterpillar smokes; the cops came & made a pot-growing bust |
hookahs
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The 2013 vote in this parliamentary house for a bill that banned telling minors about gay life was 436-0 |
the Duma
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It sounds painful, but it's a clear plastic bubble in which a consumer product is sealed against a cardboard backing |
a blister pack
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