NASCAR FROM THE DRIVER'S SEAT |
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(I'm Joey Logano.) In 2015 I won my first Daytona 500 after some drama: a crash with 3 laps to go & then one of these--when the green flag waves & we hit the gas again |
(Alex: ...with less than a minute.)
a restart
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Owens Corning uses this pink cartoon character to advertise its pink fiberglass insulation |
the Pink Panther
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These 2 kids, near-victims of cannibalization, burn a woman to death & don't think twice about it |
Hansel & Gretel
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With 27, this Major League Baseball team has won more World Series than any other |
the Yankees
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Anyone who lives near you |
a neighbor
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(I'm Matt Kenseth.) In 2000 I became the first rookie to win the Coca-Cola 600 & beat out this son of a legendary driver for Rookie of the Year honors |
Dale Earnhardt Jr.
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It's "The City of David" |
Jerusalem
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A ad paying tribute to Prince showed one of these under the line "Baby, that was much too fast" |
a (little) red Corvette
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The final words in "The Death of the Little" this, a female domestic fowl-- "and then everyone was dead" |
the hen
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Covering about 600,000 square miles, it's the largest gulf in the world |
the Gulf of Mexico
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A big steal from a big bank |
a heist
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Smoke gets in the other drivers' eyes when this champion & team owner hits the track |
Tony Stewart
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It's "The Lost City of the Incas" |
Machu Picchu
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Ads asked, "How about a nice" one of these, the name of a drink brand |
Hawaiian Punch
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When 2 girls get too rough playing with a bear, the bear says, this girl & "Rose-Red, will you beat your wooer dead?" |
(Vivek: Who is Goldilocks?)
Snow White
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Sometimes called the best of its kind in the world, Napa Valley's French Laundry isn't a laundry, but one of these |
a restaurant
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It's the soothing color in use here |
beige
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(I'm Brad Keselowski.) In 2009 the first lap I ever led in a Sprint Cup race was the winning one at the Aaron's 499 in this city that's familiar to the fans of Ricky Bobby |
Talladega
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"The Parnassus of Japan" |
Mount Fuji
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This fictional man seen in ads for the Colombian Coffee Growers Federation is accompanied by his mule Conchita |
Juan Valdez
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"The Twelve Brothers" ends with this "wicked" relative "put into a barrel filled with boiling oil and venomous snakes" |
the stepmother
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Consumed by many each morning, this alkaloid is the most widely used psychoactive substance in the world |
(Thea: What is coffee, or--) (Alex: No.) (Thea: [*]?) (Alex: Oh, okay. You corrected yourself in time.)
caffeine
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(I'm Chase Elliott.) In 2016 I followed in the footsteps of this NASCAR legend by taking over behind the wheel of the 24 car when he retired from a cup career that began in 1992 |
Jeff Gordon
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German city that's "The Mother of Diets" |
Worms
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One ad in the Clio Hall of Fame is the 1993 "got milk?" commercial named for this man born in 1756 |
(Alex: Denver?) (Denver: Who is Alexander Hamilton?) (Alex: Gosh, you're so close. Who is his nemesis, [*]? Yeah, darn it.)
Aaron Burr
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In this tale a woman cuts off her own toe to fit into some footwear |
"Cinderella"
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This Vegas edifice is the tallest tower in the U.S. west of the Mississippi River |
the Stratosphere
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Assets used to commit federal crimes are subject to seizure & this |
forfeiture
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