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It's rings begin about 4,000 miles above the surface & are over 35,000 miles wide |
Saturn
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"It's a showdown at the FYI Corral as Miles lays down the law to Murphy" |
Murphy Brown
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A sauce made of this fruit is the traditional accompaniment for a Thanksgiving turkey |
cranberries
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In December, the price of this precious metal topped $500 per troy ounce for the first time |
gold
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It "comes in like a lion and goes out like a lamb" |
March
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Take note: this secretarial skill is abbreviated dict. |
dictation
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This planet's equatorial diameter is only about 400 miles less than Earth's |
(Barry: What is Mars?)
Venus
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"Hordes gather outside Sugarbaker's after the face of Elvis appears on a shovel belonging to Mary Jo" |
Designing Women
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Before making ratatouille, this vegetable should be salted to reduce its bitterness |
eggplant
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On March 28 the British gov't lost a vote of confidence & there was an accident at this U.S. reactor |
Three Mile Island
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This month that's also a female name is an anagram of the name Pilar |
April
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In grammar pr. can stand for present or this part of speach |
(Rosemary: What is a participle?)
pronoun
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This planet never appears more than 28 degrees from the sun in the sky |
Mercury
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"Peg spoils the family's fun when she's kidnapped by the ax murderer" |
Married...With Children
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Celeriac is a type of celery grown for this part, not for its stalks |
(Rosemary: What are the seeds?) (Andrew: What are the leaves?)
the roots
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This long dinosaur at the Carnegie Museum got a new head; the old one belonged to a Camarasaurus |
(Alex: Now known as the Apatosaurus.)
Brontosaurus
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The French call it Janvier |
January
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DJ can stand for disc jockey or for this part of a record album |
a dust jacket
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In August 1989 this became the last planet visited by the Voyager 2 spacecraft |
Neptune
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"Geordi finds himself drawn romantically to a starfleet lieutenant who is suspected of murder" |
(Rosemary: What is Star Trek?) (Alex: More specific.) (Rosemary: What is Star Trek: The Second Frontier?)
Star Trek: The Next Generation
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This state produces over 80% of the strawberries grown in the United States |
California
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At the end of May, this country added "Zimbabwe" to its name |
Rhodesia
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It was the tenth month of the early Roman calendar; its name comes from the Latin word for "ten" |
December
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In telecommunications PBS is the Public Broadcasting Service & NPR is this |
National Public Radio
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It has the strongest surface gravity of our sun's planets, 2.64 times that of Earth |
Jupiter
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"Elaine contributes to the downing of George and Jerry's TV pilot" |
Seinfeld
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The Japanese daikon is a giant, mild type of this vegetable |
a radish
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On April 3 she was elected mayor of Chicago with 82.5% of the vote |
Jane Byrne
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Like the United States, Sweden celebrates its Flag Day during this month |
(Rosemary: What is May?)
June
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Biblically speaking, Jud. can stand for Judges or for this book of the Apocrypha |
Judith
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