STRAIGHT OUTTA COMPTON'S ENCYCLOPEDIA |
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This animal has "great engineering skill and... belongs to the order of rodents, or gnawing animals" |
a beaver
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These babies aren't playing dead as they cling to their mother's back |
possums
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Ronald McDonald! Bozo! Krusty! What a bunch of... |
clowns
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The bright lights of this city are seen here |
Las Vegas
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For Halloween, 19th c. Louisianans made a midnight "dumb supper", a meal eaten without doing this, & waited for a ghost to join |
speaking
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You definitely want to trick-or-treat at the house that gives out candy from this company with the stock symbol HSY |
Hershey
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This Greek deity "was also god of rivers and ruler of the divinities of streams, springs, and fountains" |
Poseidon
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A koala can eat up to 3 lbs. of these leaves a day & has an intestinal pouch where symbiotic bacteria degrade the leaves' toxins |
eucalyptus
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To carve a bust of marble |
sculpt
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Mary Todd Lincoln was born in this Kentucky city, now a major center for horse breeding |
(Matthew: Where is Louisville?) (Bill: What is Frankfort?) (Dori: What is Arlington?)
Lexington
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This word follows "skeleton gas" & "bleeding hockey" in Halloween products |
mask
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KRFT is Kraft Foods, maker of these Jet-Puffed treats that come in spooky shapes for Halloween |
marshmallows
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In 1954 this Italian "was given the first special Atomic Energy Commission award... Days later he died of cancer" |
(Enrico) Fermi
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The endangered numbat feeds on these wood-eating insects that include a damp wood variety |
termites
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That's a statue of Vulcan in this Alabama city |
Birmingham
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"Halloween" is coming--the 1978 horror film with this actress who strode in as babysitter Laurie Strode |
Jamie Lee Curtis
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Warren Buffett liked See's Candies so much that he bought it & folded it into BRK.B, this company |
Berkshire Hathaway
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"(About 1340-1400). Called the father of the English language and the Morning Star of Song" |
Chaucer
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The rock type of this kangaroo relative has grooved skin, helping it grip rock surfaces |
a wallaby
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The measured extent of an object; it's used as a unit of distance in horse racing |
(Matthew: What is a furlough?) (Bill: What's a furlong?)
a length
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The Olympics were held in the U.S. for the first time in 1904, hosted by this city that was also holding the World's Fair |
St. Louis
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Everyone knows a jack-o-lantern is a hollowed-out pumpkin, except originally in the British isles, this vegetable was used |
(Alex: ...with less than a minute to go.)
a turnip
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Mondelez, MDLZ, owns a slew of brands, including these Scandinavian candies |
Swedish Fish
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"It is made of bronze and weighs 2,080 pounds... is three feet high and measures fully twelve feet around at the lip" |
the Liberty Bell
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Though it can't spin like a mini tornado through a boulder, this marsupial still looks fierce, doesn't it? |
the Tasmanian devil
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It's a separation from a church over a doctrinal difference |
a schism
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British general John Forbes named this city for a certain William the Elder |
(Matthew: Where is Williamsport?) (Alex: No. He was referring to William Pitt, and [*] is the city, and you now have... no money. And we're gonna take a break. We'll come back to chat with the players following this, folks.)
Pittsburgh
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On Halloween 1846 heavy snowfall halted the progress of this hungry party near the pass now named for it |
the Donner Party
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If you're stocking up on candy at Costco (symbol COST), you'll know this house brand is named for a city in Washington |
Kirkland
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