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An April 2014 press release reported this airline "says ni hao! to Beijing", starting nonstop service; Beijing should say mahalo |
Hawaiian Air
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In heraldry, a cross surrounded by 4 small crosses is known as the crusaders' cross or the cross of this city |
Jerusalem
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Lunar term for working a second job at night |
moonlighting
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Heckled by Cubs fans in the 1932 World Series, he's said to have called his shot in game 3 by pointing to center field |
Babe Ruth
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When this lung disease was still called consumption, it was one of the leading causes of death |
tuberculosis
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Argus, this creature, dies after being the first to recognize a disguised Odysseus |
dog
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The first flight of this Irish airline was in 1936, from Dublin to Bristol |
Aer Lingus
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A row of icons on a computer screen representing tasks within a program |
toolbar
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On Sept. 28, 1960 this Red Sox player stepped to the plate for the last time & hit his 521st career homer |
Ted Williams
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The swelling that's the main symptom of this contagious viral infection is caused by enlarged salivary glands |
(Amanda: What is strep throat?)
mumps
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Fittingly, Zeus sends this guy to deliver the message to Calypso to let Odysseus go |
Hermes
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Delta Airlines started in the 1920s doing this agricultural task & kept doing it until 1966 |
crop dusting
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A symbol of the Byzantine Empire, the double-headed this was made the national emblem of the Russian federation in 1993 |
eagle
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A cavalry soldier or mounted police officer; what a... |
(John: What is maroon?)
trooper
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In 2012 Josh Hamilton became only the 16th player in major league history to hit this many homers in one game |
4
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High pressure in the eye is often the cause of this disease that can damage the optic nerve & cause a loss of vision |
glaucoma
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Anita Ward sang "Ring My Bell"; Penelope asks prospective suitors to do this, prepare a weapon |
"string my bow"
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Legend says this airline's first route map, of Dallas, Houston & San Antonio, was drawn on a cocktail napkin |
(Amanda: What is Southwestern?)
Southwest
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The white at the top of a Canadian territorial coat of arms represents the polar regions; the wavy blue line, this trade route |
The Northwest Passage
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A large terrestrial monkey such as the chacma |
baboon
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On October 1, 1961 Brooklyn truck driver Sal Durante snatched this player's 61st home run ball & then sold it for $5,000 |
(Patricia: Who is Mickey Mantle?) ... [End-of-round signal sounds.]
Roger Maris
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This disease is more properly known as bovine spongiform encephalopathy |
mad cow disease
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It's where Odysseus has to travel to consult with the blind prophet Tiresias |
the Underworld
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The year after its 1998 founding, this airline said it would offer 24 channels of live satellite TV at every seat |
(John: What is Virgin?)
JetBlue
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A principle used as a basis for judging, or, in heraldry, a monarch's long, tapering flag |
standard
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An area of shallow water separated from the sea by dunes |
lagoon
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The name of this bacterial infection caused by contaminated water comes from an old word for bile |
cholera
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She sounds like a "Game of Thrones" character, & she charms Odysseus into staying on her island for a year |
Circe
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