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The adventures of this J.M. Barrie title character have appeared with the subtitle "The Boy who Wouldn't Grow Up" |
Peter Pan
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It can mean to rise into the air like an airplane or to take the throne |
ascend
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Within 6 years of moving his lab to Menlo Park, he had applied for around 400 new patents |
(Thomas) Edison
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In November 1927 Felix the Cat became the first character balloon to fly in this New York City parade |
the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade
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His questionable election as President got him dubbed "Rutherfraud" |
Rutherford B. Hayes
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Jimmy Kimmel went viral with a video of a girl failing epically at this kind of derriere dance |
(Selena: What is [*]?) (Alex: Correct.) [Laughter]
twerking
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You're going on an adventure with dwarves & dragons if you're reading this book subtitled "There and Back Again" |
The Hobbit
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Can I be this with you?--very honest & straightforward |
(Erin!: What is frank?)
candid
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After failing to make synthetic rubber out of chicle, Thomas Adams flavored it & sold it as this |
(Jeff: What is Silly Putty?)
gum
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In Hawaii this October holiday was replaced with Discoverers' Day commemorating the Polynesian arrival |
Columbus Day
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Famous for his hair & tackles, he's "the claymaker" of the Green Bay Packers |
Clay Matthews
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Many saw Mozart & Skrillex locked in an "Epic" one of these "Battles of History" |
rap
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Charles Dickens novel subtitled "The Parish Boy's Progress" |
Oliver Twist
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A mathematician's 9-year-old nephew came up with this word for the number 1 followed by 100 zeros |
googol
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In the 1960s James T. Russell invented these to replace vinyl records; now they're giving way to downloads |
CDs
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The Spokane YMCA & Ministerial Alliance helped create the first celebration of this holiday on Sunday June 19, 1910 |
(Alex: [*], yes. Don't forget that one.)
Father's Day
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This Queen who died in 1603 was known as "Gloriana" |
Elizabeth I
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He followed up an extremely "stylish" video with "Gentleman M/V", the most-watched video of 2013 |
Psy
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This Alex Haley book is subtitled "The Saga of an American Family" |
Roots
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It's the proper 6-letter name for the offspring seen here |
(Alex: That's a baby swan, or [*].)
cygnet
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In 1895 he began sending & receiving wireless signals as far as 1.5 miles at his father's home near Bologna, Italy |
(Alex: Say something.) (Selena: Yeah, um, who...)
Marconi
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It's the holiday being celebrated in the 1833 Daniel Maclise painting seen here |
(Selena: What is... [**]?) (Alex: No.) [Jeff attempts to ring in.] (Alex: We'll accept that. [*] is really what we were going for, but you are close enough. Pick again.)
Halloween (All Hallows' Eve accepted)
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Friends shunning you? You've been "treated like" this typhoid-carrying early 20th c. woman |
Typhoid Mary
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Jean-Claude Van Damme impressed by doing a split on moving trucks in a vid for this Swedish car (& truck) company |
Volvo
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Earth is a scary place in this recent Max Brooks novel subtitled "An Oral History of the Zombie War" |
World War Z
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By definition, this verb form operates as a noun & ends in -ing |
gerund
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This navigating instrument that helps find latitude & longitude was first developed in the 1750s |
sextant
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Tree City USA is a designation presented to qualifying cities from a foundation devoted to this holiday |
Arbor Day
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Life was a circus for this "Prince of Showmen" aka "Prince of Humbugs" |
P.T. Barnum
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Feb. 9, 2013 was the day this animal started to end the cat's viral reign as it sang on "I Knew You Were Trouble" |
a goat
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