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It's a shape-shifting optical instrument with bits of glass at the end of a rotating tube |
a kaleidoscope
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This 1966 Truman Capote book combined fiction with facts to tell about 2 drifters who murdered a Kansas family |
In Cold Blood
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Crowds singing this song at Dodger or Yankee Stadium omit the 1st verse, starting "Katie Casey was baseball mad" |
(Mary: What is "Casey at the Bat"?) [Jennifer sings her response.]
"Take Me Out To The Ball Game"
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This colorful river "of the South" runs from N.M. to the Gulf of Mexico; the one "of the North", from N.D. to Lake Winnipeg |
(Scott: What is Rio Grande?)
the Red River
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Total number of stars on the U.S. flag in 1957 |
48
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"The average baby gets his first" this "around 7 months" & 20 of them by age 2 1/2 |
a tooth
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This "mouth organ" dates back to an instrument called an aura |
harmonica
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Thunderhead is the title horse in Mary O'Hara's follow-up to "My Friend" her |
Flicka
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"We Will Rock You" was the B-side of this Queen single; both have become sporting event favorites |
(Mary: What is"Bohemian Rhapsody"?)
"We Are The Champions"
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"This item is helpful for colic and to prevent thumb-sucking" (& it does give parents some peace) |
(Alex: Yes, we would have accepted "binky" and "a jigger of rum".) (Scott: Good to know.) [Laughter]
a pacifer
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No trial & little chance of appeal when you agree to binding this regarding a financial dispute |
arbitration
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The old money & new money Long Island neighborhoods in this novel are East Egg & West Egg |
The Great Gatsby
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"Ever since I was young, it's been my dream / That I might drive" this machine; "I'd get the ice just as slick as could be" |
(Alex: Yep, "and all the kids would look up to me".)
a Zamboni
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Tributaries of this Midwestern river include the Pecatonica & Kishwaukee but not the Paper or Scissors |
Rock River
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The layout of a clock face led to the military slang "on your" this number, meaning directly behind you |
[The end-of-round signal sounds.]
your six
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"The stump that's left" of this "withers and... drops off, usually in about a week" |
the umbilical cord
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Geographic adjective for the part of Africa shown here |
Sub-Saharan
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In a post-Civil War novel by Allan Gurganus, the "Oldest Living" one of these women "Tells All" |
Confederate Widow
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Since 2002 this Neil Diamond song has been played at every Red Sox home game |
"Sweet Caroline"
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Have a glass of Cotes du this river, which the Arve River joins after flowing down from Mont Blanc |
the Rhône
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This-"in-hand" is a long necktie |
a four-in-hand
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About pregnancy, don't tell Junior about this animal; "Better not to... have him later decide" you lied |
the stork
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From the Latin for "follow", it's a campaign to subjugate a people because of their religion or race |
persecution
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Bullfights & heavy drinking are the order of the day in this 1926 novel with a title from Ecclesiastes |
The Sun Also Rises
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Dandy Don Meredith would sing this song on "Monday Night Football" when a game's outcome was decided |
(Alex: That is right, with less than a minute to go now.)
"The Party's Over"
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Samuel de Champlain named this Canadian river for Louis XIII's cardinal minister |
Richelieu
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Number of JFK's PT boat that went down on Aug. 1, 1943 |
109
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"Diphtheria, pertussis" & this "inoculations... should be started very early" |
tetanus
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