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EXPRESSIONS FROM BASEBALL |
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TRADITIONAL FOODS AS NATIONAL FLAGS |
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"Henny Penny" is another name for this tale about a fowl who thinks there's a problem with the stratosphere |
(Alex: [*], the sky is falling.)
"Chicken Little"
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Your figures are pretty close, definitely in this place |
the ballpark
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In "Il trovatore", Leonora kills herself with poison concealed in this piece of jewelry |
(Eugene: What is a pin?)
a ring
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Curry chicken & cheera thoran make up the stripes of this country's flag |
India
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1999: Tyler Durden, a soap salesman who gets involved in bare-knuckle brawling |
Fight Club
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Ooh, a watch! Does that say Timex or this other brand with the $35,000 Submariner? |
Rolex
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In an L. Frank Baum novel, Billina the hen is blown overboard from a steamship along with this girl |
Dorothy
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Things aren't looking good; it's like we've already got this pair against us |
two strikes
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It's the title occupation of the baritone heard here |
(Alex: [*], The [*] of Seville.)
barber
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Of course, the olives are interspersed with feta cheese stripes to make the flag of this country |
Greece
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2013: Samuel Bass, a Canadian abolitionist & carpenter |
12 Years a Slave
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Look! The original Broadway cast recording of this show! Let's listen to "You And Me (But Mostly Me)" & "All American Prophet" |
The Book of Mormon
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It's the "fowl" moral of a fable about a milkmaid who spills her pail before she can sell it & realize her dreams |
(Eugene: What is don't cry over spilled milk?) ... (Alex: What should you have said, Eugene?) (Eugene: [*].) (Alex: Yeah, it's too bad.) [Laughter]
don't count your chickens before they hatch
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Dinner with your aunt? I can't do it until her next visit, so I've got to take this |
(Doug: What's a walk?)
a rain check
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This Puccini opera is set in an attic apartment & at the Cafe Momus in Paris' Latin Quarter |
La bohème
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The recipe for this country's flag--chorizo & arroz |
Spain
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2009: Lt. Aldo Raine, a hardened Nazi-killer |
Inglourious Basterds
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I wasn't expecting a map of this country, with the cities of Namanga, Lodwar, & Mombasa highlighted |
Kenya
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A giant's hen lays golden eggs in many versions of this story |
"Jack and the Beanstalk"
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Don't worry, I'll keep you informed; I'll do this briefly with you after I get back |
touch base
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In Act One this tempestuous heroine has a fight with another woman from the tobacco factory |
Carmen
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This Middle Eastern country got tomatoes, pita bread &, as a stand-in for a tree, a sprig of parsley |
Lebanon
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2013: Gerry Lane, a former U.N. troubleshooter fighting the undead |
World War Z
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It's this water-soluble liquid that can be used in rocket propellants & prescribed to treat angina |
nitroglycerin
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In Chaucer's "Nun's Priest's Tale", a proud & foolish rooster escapes one of these predators by the skin of his beak |
a fox
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Most of the world doesn't care how we pick Daily Doubles; that's real this 2-word phrase |
inside baseball
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This knight reveals that he comes from Montsalvat, where his father, Parzifal, is king of the Holy Grail |
Lohengrin
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This Asian nation serves up sweet chili sauce, shredded coconut & blue swimmer crab |
Thailand
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A belt made with this 7-letter craft, hooking strands of string into patterns? You shouldn't have! & I truly mean that! |
macramé (crochet accepted)
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