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Thomas Paine wrote "The Age of Reason"; Edith Wharton wrote this 1920 satire of social life in 1870s New York City |
The Age of Innocence
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In 901 Edward the Elder took the title "King of the Angles &" these people |
Saxons
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Gizzada is a popular Jamaican tart made with a filling of brown sugar, nutmeg, butter & this grated palm fruit |
coconut
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Claude Bernard found that juices of this insulin-secreting gland help digest fats |
the pancreas
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Bridget Jones, Dorothy Boyd |
Renee Zellweger
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The 3 colors of the U.S. flag that are a sure bet for market investors |
red, white & blue chip
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Selecting her for 1938, the Nobel committee cited her "rich and truly epic descriptions of peasant life in China" |
(Pearl) Buck
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In 1501 Rodrigo de Bastidas sailed west from Colombia & became the first European to reach this isthmus |
Panama
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Basically a freshwater lobster, it's not only big in Louisiana but is said to be on every menu in St. Vincent |
a crawfish
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Apocrine glands are an important type of this gland whose jobs include helping form ear wax as well as cooling the skin |
a sweat gland
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Captain Billy Tyne, Michael Clayton |
George Clooney
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Contact sport that allows striking, kicking, grappling, pottery & needlework |
martial arts & crafts
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David Herbert were the given names of this author whose 1915 "The Rainbow" was banned as obscene |
(D.H.) Lawrence
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On July 3, 1801 this U.S. inventor's Nautilus submarine descended to a depth of 25 feet in a test in France |
(Heather: I have no idea.)
Robert Fulton
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Puerto Ricans enjoy mofongo, made with this cooking banana, mashed, & crushed pork rinds |
plantains
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Birds have 2 chambers in this internal organ, including the gizzard |
the stomach
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The Waco Kid, Willy Wonka |
Gene Wilder
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Pro-free market movement that emerged in 2009 as a hit with the line "The Jay-Z song was on" |
Tea Party in the USA
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Lassiter is the hero of the Zane Grey Western "Riders of" this |
the Purple Sage
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According to tradition, it was founded on Sept. 3, 301; it's still a republic on the Italian peninsula |
San Marino
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This 4-letter term refers to the process of rubbing spices & hot peppers onto strips of meat to tenderize them |
jerk
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The ileum is the end portion of this, extending from the jejunum to the cecum |
the small intestine
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Detective Alonzo Harris, Rubin "Hurricane" Carter |
Denzel Washington
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Alaska fishing TV show that tries to create popular expressions like "it's not rocket science" |
Deadliest Catch Phrase
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This 1906 novel was partly inspired by an article in the San Francisco Chronicle called "The Call of the Tame" |
(Molly: What is The Call of the Wild?)
White Fang
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Australia's first parliament opened on May 9, 1901 in this city in the state of Victoria |
(Heather: What is Queensland?)
Melbourne
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In Haiti this spiral-shelled marine snail is cut up into small pieces & cooked in a stew called lambi |
conch
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These 2-inch-long glands sit on top of the kidneys & produce steroids |
[Applause for Molly's run of the category] (Alex: Hey, you're probably gonna get an A in your class in, uh, nursing. You're in the lead now with $8,000.)
the adrenal glands
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Padme, Nina Sayers |
Natalie Portman
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Piscine term for someone not in his element, that being beneath the Verrazano-Narrows |
fish out of water under the bridge
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