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The name of this lowest valued chess piece is from the Latin for "foot soldier" |
a pawn
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"Don't Speak" evolved into a song of heartache after this group's Tony Kanal broke up with Gwen Stefani |
No Doubt
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In a high school football rivalry going back to 1907, Kirkwood & Webster Groves, Mo. play on this day each year |
Thanksgiving
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Shango, the Yoruba god of storms, expresses his anger by hurling these |
lightning bolts
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Not surprisingly, library comes from the Latin for "of" these |
books
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During WWI, the spiked pickelhaube was worn by soldiers of this European nation |
Germany
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Jessica Simpson is enjoying newlywedded bliss with this singer heard here |
Nick Lachey
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In 1997, to commemorate the events of 1957, this Arkansan ceremonially opened Central High in Little Rock |
(Bill) Clinton
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You'll meet up with Ethan Allen, or at least his statue, outside the capital in this city |
Montpelier
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Idun, the Norse god of this season, had a basket of magic apples that when eaten conferred immortality |
(Courtney: What is autumn?)
spring
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This fruit traces its name back to the Sanskrit Naranga |
the orange
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It's the nickname of T.E. Lawrence, who helped mobilize a revolt against the Ottoman Empire |
Lawrence of Arabia
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Part of his rap moniker comes from a childhood nickname |
Bubba Sparxxx
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A case brought by New Hyde Park, N.Y. parents led to a 1962 Supreme Court decision banning this in public schools |
prayer
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Many skiers like to Stowe-away at a lodge owned by the Trapp family, who inspired this classical Julie Andrews musical |
The Sound of Music
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Representing the Pharaoh's power, the Egyptian god Sobek took the form of one these deadly Nile River creatures |
(Courtney: What is an alligator?)
a crocodile
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Appropriately, this cardinal point comes from a word for "dawn" |
east
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The men in this ancient city-state of Laconia were required to serve as soldiers up until the age of 60 |
Sparta
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Chris Carraabba's hands on acoustic guitar playing, has, hands down, made this band a hit |
Dashboard Confessional
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To fight obesity, as of Jan. 1, 2004 the L.A. Unified School District has banned the sale of these on campus |
(Muhammad: What are hamburgers?)
sodas (or soft drinks)
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This French explorer for whom a lake is named was the first European to see Vermont, in 1609 |
(Muhammad: Who is Cartier?)
Samuel de Champlain
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When eclipses happened, the Incas believed Inti, their god of this, was angry |
the sun
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This word for a mate comes from an old Norse word for "master of the house" |
(Muhammad: What is spouse?)
husband
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Founded in 1899, this group of U.S. soldiers who have served overseas is abbreviated the VFW |
the Veterans of Foreign Wars
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This hard rock group took its name from an Alice in Chains song |
Godsmack
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1979 Nobel Laureates Steven Weinberg & Sheldon Glashow were classmates at the Bronx High School of this |
Science
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Founded in 1791, the U. of Vermont is known as UVM for "Universitas Viridis Montis", translating to this |
University of the Green Mountains
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Top goddess Amaterasu of this religion is claimed as an ancestor of the Japanese royal family |
Shinto
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This smooth gait of a horse may be named for a place in England towards which Pilgrims rode at an easy pace |
(Courtney: What is [*]?) (Alex: [*], for Canterbury, yes. $9,400.)
canter
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