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The city of Bologna is at the foot of these mountains that form the backbone of Italy |
the Apennines
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She wrote & illustrated "The Tale of Mr. Jeremy Fisher", about a frog with more fashion sense than common sense |
Beatrix Potter
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Fittingly, a muscular man represents this brand of paper towels |
Brawny
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This album earned Michael Jackson 7 Grammys in 1984, including album of the year |
Thriller
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Not surprising, there's a sweet little rosebud called the yellow rose of this, also the title of a folk song |
Texas
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PARTIES: For costume ones, grab your eye patches & dress as these |
(Courtney: What is a pirate?) (Alex: Say it again.) (Courtney: What is a pirate?) ... (Alex: You have to use all the letters in the word.)
pirates
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The Bologna stones found by Vicenzo Cascariolo were thought to turn base metals into this |
gold
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In this 1908 novel Mr. Toad lives in a big house called Toad Hall & drives a fancy car |
The Wind in the Willows
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This company introduced the world's first cordless electric drill in 1961 |
Black & Decker
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This Culture Club singer said, "America, you've got taste, style and you know a good drag queen when you see one" |
Boy George
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If you're holding a Smith & Wesson .38, the .38 refers to this, the diameter of the bore of the gun |
caliber
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ADMIRER: Having one could lead to being this |
(Courtney: What is admired?)
married
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Alums of the University of Bologna include this scientist aka Mikolaj Kopernik, who transferred from Krakow |
Copernicus
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He gained early fame for a tale about a celebrated jumping frog in California |
(Vivek: Who is Steinbeck?)
Mark Twain
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Here's a sandal from this brand |
Birkenstock
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In 1983 she had the aptly titled album "She's So Unusual" |
Cyndi Lauper
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A Best Picture Oscar winner shares its name with this rose |
American Beauty
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ANGERED: Rearrange the letters to get this synonym |
enraged
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Hometown painter Vitale da Bologna created art for the city, like this saint slaying a dragon |
(Saint) George
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The chocolate frogs in her books are just candy, but a spell makes them jump |
J.K. Rowling
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This bubble gum brand said it was named for a wacky musical instrument, not a weapon |
bazooka
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In a Duran Duran hit, Simon Le Bon sang, "I smell like I sound, I'm lost and I'm found, and I'm" this title |
"Hungry Like The Wolf"
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This word that means "aimlessly wandering" is used to describe climbing roses like Bobbie James |
rambling
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SILENT: Be that way & you'll find it's easier to do this |
listen
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As part of the drive toward unification, in 1860 Bologna voted to unite with this Italian island, then a separate kingdom |
(Courtney: What is Sicily?)
Sardinia
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In fables of this ancient Greek, frogs blow themselves up, get eaten by storks & are crushed by bulls |
Aesop
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Mr. Shavitz, for whom this alliterative beauty brand is named, appeared in a 2008 PSA about colony collapse disorder |
Burt's Bees
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"Who can it be now?" perhaps this Colin Hay group, from the land "Down Under" |
Men at Work
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The Remington 700 is an example of a rifle with this manual action to load a cartridge into the chamber |
(Dennis: What is the lever action?)
a bolt action
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PERSIST: Do you persist in believing in goblins & faeries, types of these? |
(Dennis: What is spirits?)
sprites
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