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An international fiesta in Albuquerque, N.M. each October sees hundreds of these rise heavenward |
hot-air balloons
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It's a flat-bottomed Chinese ship with square sails |
a junk
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Moon Unit Zappa was a technical consultant on the short-lived TV version of these "at Ridgemont High" |
Fast Times
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"Old Marley was as dead as a door-nail" is a line from this story |
A Christmas Carol
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Lemurs & tarsiers are members of this order of mammals, just like us |
(Alex: Good, you're on the board again.)
primates
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This automobile named for the French founder of Detroit had its first test drive on October 17, 1902 |
(Amy: Who is Pontiac?)
Cadillac
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Ignitability & toxicity are 2 criteria that can get the EPA to identify "hazardous" this |
(Seth: What is materials?)
waste
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She's in wax at the Hollywood Wax Museum & her "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes" gown is at another museum nearby |
[The end-of-round signal sounds.]
Marilyn Monroe
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J.J. , Thelma & Michael were the kids on this dy-no-mite sitcom |
[NOTE: The clue had a space between the period and the comma in the first line as shown.]
Good Times
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Completes the line from "Treasure Island", "Fifteen men on the dead man's chest--yo-ho-ho, and..." |
a bottle of rum
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The rodents include many kinds of rat & this marsh-dweller with "rat" in its name |
a muskrat
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On October 5, 2004, these two men, one the incumbent, debated on live TV |
Dick Cheney & John Edwards
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Tossed-away material, or Shirley Manson's band |
garbage
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Not surprisingly, the basement of this building in Washington, D.C. houses a museum of Lincoln memorabilia |
(Amy: What is Ford Theatre?)
Ford's Theatre
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This numerical song was The Commodores' biggest hit & their first No. 1 |
"Three Times A Lady"
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This call to action from "Monty Python and the Holy Grail" goes back to a not-so-funny time during the Great Plague |
Bring out your dead
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All the living examples of the order Proboscidea are these |
(Alex: We're running out of time. And you can't catch Seth, but you can get pretty close.) (Amy: Yeah, I can make it real close, though. Um, you know, let's do it again. Let's make it a True Daily Double.) ... (Amy: Ahh... what... are...) (Alex: Say something.) (Amy: Uh, what are... rabbits?)
elephants
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The Oct. 14, 1066 battle of this port marked the start of William the Conqueror's conquest of England |
(Alex: Yes!) (Amy: Ah!) (Alex: You're on a roll!) (Amy: Okay, let's stick with it here! U.S. MUSEUMS, $1,600.)
Hastings
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Trashy "R" words include refuse & this one that often precedes "heap" |
(Alex: You're good on these $1,600 clues. You did it again.) (Amy: Let's try OCTOBERFEST for $1,600.) [Laughter]
rubbish
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The American Museum of Science & Energy, which used to have "atomic" in its name, is in this Tennessee city |
(Seth: What is Knoxville?)
Oak Ridge
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In the 2007 film "I'm Not There" Mason Jennings sings this classic Bob Dylan tune |
(George: What is "Hard Times"?) ... (Alex: Once again, you're on the plus side with $1,600.) (Amy: Yes, gettin' in there.)
"The Times They Are a-Changin'"
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Camus began this novel, "Maman died today. Or yesterday maybe, I don't know" |
The Stranger
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The monotremes are one of the oldest orders of mammals & include only the echidna & this unusual animal |
(George: What is a hedgehog?) ... (Amy: What is a platypus? [*]?) (Alex: Yes, indeed. Another $1,600 for you!) (Amy: I'm liking 'em.)
a duck-billed platypus
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This Polish aristocrat died in October 1779 fighting for the American colonies; Kosciuszko lived until 1817 |
Casimir Pulaski
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This word from the French for "to break up" describes scattered remains, ruins, wreckage |
debris
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The home in which John Paul Jones lived while his ship the Ranger was being built is now a museum in this N.H. city |
Portsmouth
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This 1936 Charlie Chaplin film was the last to feature his Little Tramp character |
Modern Times
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He's the hard-boiled detective who silently muses, "You were dead, you were sleeping the big sleep" |
(Alex: You have $1,600. You can risk up to $2,000.) (Amy: Uh, I've always wanted to say this. Let's make it a True Daily Double.) ... (Amy: Ooh. Um... Don't know.)
Philip Marlowe
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The order Sirenia comprises manatees & these other gentle aquatic giants |
(Alex: Less than a minute to go now, Amy.)
the dugong
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