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His July 15 birthday is a holiday in Brunei |
the Sultan of Brunei
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Sadly, guitarist Joe Strummer died just months before this group of his was inducted into the Hall of Fame |
The Clash
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This fruit that's good for making dip is also known as an alligator pear |
avocado
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Utensil on which you'd find Betty Crocker's name |
spoon
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Charlie Chaplin said, "Motion pictures need" this "as much as Beethoven symphonies need lyrics" |
sound
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Requiring 2 standard decks & 4 jokers, canasta uses a total of this many cards |
108
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Tahiti celebrates this on July 14; it's that French connection |
Bastille Day
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Ric Ocasek was the lead singer of this "Candy-O" group |
The Cars
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Columbia Univ. is a part of a distinguished group of colleges bearing the name of this plant of the genus Hedera |
ivy
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Sailor Jack & his job Bingo first appeared on boxes of this in 1919 |
Cracker Jack
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[Video of Sofia at the Louisville Slugger Museum in Louisville, Kentucky] In the 1920s, this man carved notches into bats to count his home runs |
Babe Ruth
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Number of questions you have to answer correctly to win the top prize on "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire" |
[as of this show date]
15
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"The Folklore of World Holidays" gives instructions on how to make a turnip lantern for this observance |
Halloween
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It's the rockin' group from Rockford, Illinois heard here |
Cheap Trick
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James Markham received the first patent for a tree in 1932, a variety of this fuzzy fruit |
peach
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Its oval, topped by a double cross, was used by medieval Italian printers |
Nabisco
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In 1928 24 couples trying to win $5,000 lasted 482 hours in one of these |
(Wes: What is a kissing marathon?) (Alex: [*]; remember the film They Shoot Horses, Don't They?)
a dance marathon
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Number of players on a quidditch team, or number of gold medals Mark Spitz won at the '72 Olympics |
(Wes: What is 6?) (John: What is 5?)
7
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At each of the 12 strokes of midnight starting a new year, a Spaniard will traditionally eat one of these |
grape
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Like a fairy tale come true, Jon Bon Jovi discovered this metal band |
Cinderella
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If you're hungry, plant this Raphanus sativus root vegetable in your garden & it can be ready to eat in 18 days |
radish
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In this company's caricatures, the guy on the right is actually named Izzy, but is still identified as Jack |
(Alex: They are better known as Manny, Moe & Jack, [*].)
the Pep Boys
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New York City's last horse-drawn one of these was retired in 1922 |
fire engine
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In 2003 Ed O'Neill, in his new TV role, acquired this famous badge number |
(Alex: He played Joe Friday on Dragnet, and that was badge number [*].)
714
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In Germany, Pfingsten is this observance, 50 days after Easter |
(John: What is the Ascension?)
Pentecost
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This Nirvana song says, "And I swear that I don't have a gun" |
"Come As You Are"
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If you have to tell wood it's been "knotty", it's usually this wood used to panel rooms & make furniture |
pine
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The Anheuser-Busch logo is one of these with an eagle in it; Mr. Busch must have felt very left out |
(Erin: What is a circle?)
the letter A
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Poet Edna St. Vincent Millay joined a 1927 Boston picket line protesting this pair's execution |
Sacco and Vanzetti
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The first Apollo mission launched at night & the last one to go to the moon had this number |
(Alex: Minute to go now.)
17
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