BEGINS WITH A SILENT LETTER |
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Granny or half hitch |
a knot
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In the Bible we read that God told him, I will show you a rainbow "for a token of a covenant" |
Noah
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The ant's chief sense organs, they can touch, smell & taste |
antennae
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On July 14, 1881 he entered a dark room & asked in Spanish, "Who is it?"; Pat Garrett responded with 2 fatal shots |
(Jacqueline: Who is Jesse James?)
William Bonney (Billy the Kid)
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This uprising started with the Great Fear of July 1789 |
the French Revolution
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This performer of "Billie Jean" also won a Grammy as a composer of the song |
(Gautam: [Selecting the clue] I guess we have to. GRAMMYS for $400.)
Michael Jackson
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Bite or chew, as a dog does to a bone |
gnaw
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This author's "Rainbow Six" refers to the leader of an anti-terrorist strike force |
Tom Clancy
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When you buy one of these, it will most likely be filled with western harvester ants because they are great tunnelers |
an ant farm
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It happened in Ireland in April 1916 |
the Easter Uprising
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In 2013 this American Idol won Best Pop Vocal Album for her CD including the song "Mr. Know It All" |
Kelly Clarkson
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To subject someone to a severe trial or ordeal is to "put him through" this laundry device |
the wringer
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The Rainbow Guard is Renly Baratheon's variant of the Kingsguard in these books |
(Alex: Yes--Game of Thrones.)
A Song of Ice and Fire
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After the mating flight, the male wanders off & dies; the queen removes these because they are no longer needed |
(Alex: Yes. I don't know that strikes me as funny.) [laughter]
her wings
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Funeral songs or hymns; "we sang" them "in the dark, the day the music died" |
dirges
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June 1846 was a banner time for this California revolt against Mexican rule |
the Bear Flag Revolt
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Completes the title of the 2014 Best Country Album, Kacey Musgraves' "Same Trailer..." |
(Jacqueline: What is Different Day?)
Different Park
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A czarina is the wife of a czar; this is the eldest son |
a czarevich
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Tyrone Slothrop is the G.I. main character of this vast novel by Thomas Pynchon |
Gravity's Rainbow
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These ants with a burning sting arrived in the U.S. from South America via Mobile, Ala. early in the 20th century |
fire ants
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This explorer left his heart buried under a tree in Chitambo, Zambia; the rest of him is buried in Westminster Abbey |
(Gautam: This keeps happening to me, Alex. Uh, let's go with $1,000.)
Livingstone
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This country's 2010 Jasmine Revolution kicked off the Arab Spring |
Tunisia
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His 2009 Grammy at age 83 for Best Traditional Blues Album was this guitarist's 15th |
B.B. King
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For fiber, a Dr. Oz smoothie recipe includes these powdered husks |
psyllium
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It completes the title of a Ntozake Shange work, "for colored girls who have considered suicide/when..." |
the rainbow is enuf
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This type of ant usually nests in rotting tree stumps & logs but may invade the wooden framework of a house |
a carpenter ant
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Since 1584 the Dutch royal family has been buried at the Nieuwe Kerk, or New Church, in this city better known for its pottery |
Delft
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Alternate name of the 1857 Indian Mutiny |
the Sepoy Rebellion
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In 1978 there was a tie for Song of the Year: "You Light Up My Life" & this Streisand love theme from "A Star is Born" |
"Evergreen"
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