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A hedonistic gent who lives without responsibility |
playboy
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Built in 1354, Firuzabad was the fifth version of this city in India; it still didn't serve pastrami |
Delhi
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There were no rabbits on this official group that looked into President Kennedy's assassination |
the Warren Commission
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Its lyrics include "I got the eye of the tiger, a fighter, dancing through the fire" |
"Roar"
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The name of this largest New Mexico city once had a second "R", but it was hard to pronounce that way |
Albuquerque
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When Emily uses the word "bacca", she is talking about this substance |
(Chad: What is milk?) (Brennan: What is wine?)
tobacco
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Luck, or great wealth |
fortune
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This dictator's last battle was the defeat of Pompey's sons at Munda in 45 B.C. |
Julius Caesar
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This 4-word phrase means you can select any puppy from a recently born group |
pick of the litter
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Look to the Roman deities for this Bananarama hit |
"Venus"
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In 2005 Clark, Texas renamed itself for this satellite TV provider in exchange for 10 years free service |
(Jennifer: What is DirecTV?)
Dish
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Charlotte wrote of a character "almost fleyed out of her wits", fleyed meaning this |
scared
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A dark, heavy wood from India |
(Chad: What is... mahogany?)
ebony
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Ignoring a fleet signal at an 1801 battle, this Brit claimed, "I have only one eye. I have a right to be blind sometimes" |
(Horatio) Nelson
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Back in the '80s I ran to see Mike Score's distinctive hair in this British band |
Flock of Seagulls
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Ray Parker Jr. went to No. 1 with this movie song that answers a key question |
(Alex: "Who you gonna call?")
"Ghostbusters"
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In 1954 Mauch Chunk, Penn. changed its name to honor this Native American athlete buried there |
Jim Thorpe
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This grumpy hero of Emily's climbs the cellar stairs with "vexatious phlegm" (one of the 4 humors) |
(Alex: We're not having too much fun with Bronte.)
Heathcliff
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A pithily phrased universal principle or truth |
maxim
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In 1783 Catherine the Great made this city in the Crimea a base for the Russian navy |
Sevastopol
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This bovine group "instinct" causes stock market bubbles & panics |
the herd mentality
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"Protective or possessive", sings Nick Jonas in this tune |
"Jealous"
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New Archangel, Alaska's name was "spruced" up in 1867 when it was changed to this |
Sitka
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Drop a few letters from what you offer to the bereaved to get this verb Emily uses for "to offer sympathy" |
condole
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It can mean "opinion", as in "for my..." |
(Brennan: What is two cents?)
money
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Until annexed by Japan in 1910, this land had been ruled by the Choson Dynasty for more than 500 years |
Korea
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Term for a group of people with villainous intent, or a bunch of poisonous snakes |
(Alex: We'll accept that, yes.)
den of vipers
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"Oh-oh, here she comes, watch out, boy, she'll chew you up" |
"Maneater"
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This current state capital was once Beverwijck |
(Alex: [Prompting for Chad's wager] What you gonna do? Who you gonna call?)
Albany
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This heroine is asked, can't you do better than to devote yourself to "a blind lameter" (cripple)? |
Jane Eyre
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