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Aeron & Eames are types of this piece of furniture from Herman Miller, Inc. |
chairs
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If you're kissing (only kissing), you've gotten to this place on the diamond |
first base
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Introduced in 1964, the Sooner Schooner of this university resembles those used in the 1889 land run |
the University of Oklahoma
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Lessons in law from the judge to give direction to the jury are called these |
instructions
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John Donne wrote, "Death, be not" this, "though some have called thee mighty & dreadful, for though art not so" |
proud
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U2: "How to ____ an Atomic Bomb" |
(Derrick: What is Make?)
Dismantle
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Though often controversial, he's won more World Cup ski races than any other American man |
Bode Miller
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Sorry champ, it ain't your night: to give up, it's said you "throw in" this |
the towel
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This university is home to its state's Writers Hall of Fame, which includes Alice Walker & Margaret Mitchell |
the University of Georgia
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To win this 92-year-old event means being judged on talent, an answer to an on-stage question & how you look in a swimsuit |
the Miss America Pageant
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Last name of Dorothy Sayers' detective Lord Peter |
Wimsey
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Billy Joel: "____ Street" |
52nd
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Portia Simpson Miller, known as "Sista P", is the first female prime minister of this Caribbean island nation |
Jamaica
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I'll bet this slang term for a 2-dollar bill you know it also describes a 40-40 tennis score |
deuce
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Just do it, indeed! Nike's Phil Knight has spent more than $300 million toward athletics & academics at this school |
the University of Oregon
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In Olympic diving, judges score each dive on a scale ranging from 0 to 10 multiplied by the "degree of" this |
difficulty
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Criticism of this gloomy novel & its loser title hero put Thomas Hardy off writing novels forever |
Jude the Obscure
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Bruno Mars: "Doo-Wops & ____" |
Hooligans
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This British actress has played real-life icons Edie Sedgwick & Tippi Hedren |
Sienna Miller
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Some say they're the Apocalypse guys; I say they're the 1-2-4-7 bowling pins I left standing |
the Four Horsemen
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A knowingly ironic slogan of this New England university is "Think big. We do" |
the University of Rhode Island
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Robert Jackson took a leave as a Supreme Court justice to be the main U.S. lawyer at these trials |
(Alex: Those would be [*] after World War II.)
the Nuremberg Trials
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This "Volpone" author admired his contemporary Shakespeare but did find the Bard sometimes "full of wind" |
(Derrick: Who is Marlowe?)
(Ben) Jonson
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John Lennon & Yoko Ono: "Double ____" |
Fantasy
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This Henry James heroine is shunned after she befriends an Italian man |
Daisy Miller
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Think of NFL Game Day & you'll know this term for someone who criticizes with the advantage of hindsight |
Monday-morning quarterback
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This u. boasts "mesas to the west... the banks of the historic Rio Grande (&) the Sandia Mountains to the east" |
(Derrick: What is the University of Arizona?) (Alex: Oh, no. [*].) (Derrick: Wrong one.) (Alex: Yeah. One off.)
University of New Mexico
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19th century Texas frontier lawman Judge Roy Bean declared that he was the "law west of" this river |
(Derrick: What is the Mississippi?)
the Pecos
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Of Irish descent but raised in India, this Kipling title youngster joins the English Secret Service |
Kim
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Ray Charles: "____ Loves Company" |
(Ed: What is Misery?)
Genius
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