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An example of a plant that's a parasite is this one hung from ceilings at Christmas |
mistletoe
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Billy Beane, this team's wizard of a general manager, is profiled in Michael Lewis' "Moneyball" |
the Oakland Athletics
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The 40-foot tall Boston landmark seen here is a bottle for this; it would hold 50,000 gallons if it were real |
milk
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In 1860 Abraham Lincoln was the first president elected from this political party |
the Republican
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An attempt to overthrow the authority of the government |
revolt
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As they are made up mostly of this compound, mushrooms are a low-calorie food |
water
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Bob Seger only needs to fear nefarious record execs, not werewolves, when this backup band is around |
The Silver Bullet Band
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This book by Eric Schlosser has made some people rethink that double-cheese mongoburger |
[The end-of-round signal sounds.]
Fast Food Nation
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Goodland, Kansas has an 80-foot easel with a reproduction of a van Gogh painting of what else but these |
(Alex: Kansas is the [*] State, so that's a good guess.)
sunflowers
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In January of 1870 Hiram Revels of Mississippi became the first African American elected to this body |
the Senate
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It's the 9-letter term for the instrument seen here |
voltmeter
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The woody, jointed stems of these plants in the grass family are called culms |
bamboo
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Naming themselves after a Natalie Wood film, this band went to No. 1 in 1989 with "She Drives Me Crazy" |
The Fine Young Cannibals
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(Hi, I'm Tavis Smiley.) I had this title for my book of stories from Black America long before that Edward Norton-Ben Stiller movie |
Keeping the Faith
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Seen here, the sculpture of this largest member of the pike family houses Hayward, Wisconsin's shrine to anglers |
muskellunge
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The disputed 2004 elections in this former Soviet republic included charges of poisoning by dioxin-spiked soup |
the Ukraine
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In 1776 sculptor Jean Baptiste Pigalle created a nude statue of this author |
Voltaire
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It's no stretch to tell us the Ficus elastica is better known as the India this |
(Evan: What is fig?) (Alex: Oh, no. What is the India [*]? [*]. That's why we put in the elastica and the "stretch" part.)
rubber plant
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(Hi, I'm Scott Ian.) Some historians say this cattle-killing disease (as well as the name of my band) was the 5th plague of Egypt |
anthrax
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This novel by Sue Monk Kidd about a 14-year-old southerner Lily Owen is a honey of a read |
The Secret Life of Bees
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An 8-foot statue in Douglas, Wyoming honors this antlered jackrabbit created by a local taxidermist |
jackalope
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John Winthrop, who landed in the Americas in 1630, was elected governor of this colony 12 times |
(Evan: What is Virginia?) (David: What is Plymouth?)
the Massachusetts Bay Colony
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Until 1984, the African county of Burkina Faso was known by this 2-word name |
Upper Volta
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The large, starchy root of this plant, also known as the manioc, has its roots in the new world |
cassava
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A group of deadly arachnids, or the German combo that went platinum with "Love At First Sting" |
The Scorpions
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Every 4 minutes in the U.S. someone buys a book by this woman who also writes as J.D. Robb |
(Audrey: Who is Danielle Steel?)
Nora Roberts
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This mystical alignment of autos seen here is just north of Alliance, Nebraska |
(Alex: And, appropriately enough, it's called [*]. Like Stonehenge.)
Carhenge
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In 1948 he was elected as the oldest U.S. vice president ever |
(Evan: Who was Harry Truman?) ... (Alex: Harry Truman was elected president.)
(Alben) Barkley
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A reversal in policy, it's from words meaning "turning the countenance" |
volte-face
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