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This basic tomato-based spaghetti sauce whose name means "in sailor's style" |
marinara
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This longtime Packer QB who truly never knew when to quit started 297 straight games |
Brett Favre
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Beatrix' water mammals |
Potter's otters
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This planet is so big that more than 1,000 Earths would fit inside it |
Jupiter
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Stand up on one of these to shoot the curl at the Banzai pipeline |
a surfboard
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This comfort food--ground beef, seasonings, bread crumbs & a ketchup glaze baked in a rectangular pan |
meat loaf
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On March 23, 1952 the Blackhawks' Bill Mosienko performed this 3-goal feat in just 21 seconds |
a hat trick
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Philip's clear, thin soups |
Roth's broths
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This country's King Fahd Airport covers 300 square miles, more than all of Bahrain, which has 3 airports of its own |
Saudi Arabia
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It's divided into 20 equal-sized areas & has double & triple score rings |
a dart board
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In the 20th century the sun finally set on this empire that at its peak included 1/5 of the world & its peoples |
the British Empire
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Chicken & this spicy Mexican sauce made with several kinds of chiles &, of course, Mexican chocolate |
mole
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You know about the 100 points, but in 1968 he also had the NBA's only 20-20-20 game: 22 points, 25 rebounds & 21 assists |
Wilt Chamberlain
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Umberto's lizards |
Eco's geckos
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Dedicated in 80 A.D., it covered 5 acres, was 4 stories high & originally sat 50,000 spectators |
the Colosseum
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On "Downton Abbey" one footman's job is to stand by this piece of furniture that's often in a dining room |
a sideboard
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A superpower during the Middle Ages, it ended in 1806 when its last monarch lost to Napoleon & abdicated |
(Simone: What is the Ottoman Empire?)
the Holy Roman Empire
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A country ham named for this Virginia town, the "Ham Capital of the World" |
Smithfield
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To match his major league pitching wins, you'd have to win 25 games a year for 20 years... & you'd still be 11 short |
(Alex: And they have an award named for him. [*].)
Cy Young
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Hillerman's sliced luncheon meats |
Tony's bolognas
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Cawker City, Kansas claims the world's biggest ball of this 5-letter item, with around 8 million feet |
twine
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Popular nickname for the New York Stock Exchange |
(Julia: What is the Board of Trade?)
the Big Board
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Founded by Cyrus the Great, this empire conquered parts of Asia, Africa & Europe |
the Persian Empire
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This Spanish dish of saffron-flavored rice with shellfish such as shrimp, lobster & clams as well as chorizo |
paella
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Before Rulon Gardner beat Aleksandr Karelin in this Olympic sport, Karelin hadn't given up a point in 10 years |
(Greco-Roman) wrestling
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Koontz's mungs & favas |
Dean's beans
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The world's largest building by volume is this company's 472 million-cubic-foot factory in Everett, Wash. |
Boeing
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Traditional hat for a cap-&-gowned graduate-to-be |
a mortar board
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From its capital Constantinople, this empire remained a world force for more than 1,000 years |
(Steve: What is the Ottoman Empire?)
the Byzantine Empire
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