A LOT FOR THE OFFICE DOOR |
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His name continues Philip Arthur George Mountbatten-Windsor; Diana mixed them up during their vows |
Prince Charles
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2001: Arizona's Curt Schilling vs. this team's Roger Clemens |
the Yankees
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In 2005 Korean scientist Hwang Woo-suk got a dog, Snuppy, the world's first pooch of this type |
cloned
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This type of crane has a bucketlike attachment at the top for carrying a worker |
a cherry picker
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Lose both "O"s from the end of this "forbidden" word & you're left with this soft drink |
taboo & TaB
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Many worldwide ring in the new year singing this poem that Burns revised & updated |
"Auld Lang Syne"
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His titles included Guide of the First of September Great Revolution of the Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya |
Gaddafi
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1968: Mickey Lolich vs. this Cardinal |
Bob Gibson
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The 17-mile tunnel of the Large Hadron Collider is on the border between France & this country |
Switzerland
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The spot for the center of attention, or a Charlie Chaplin film |
the limelight
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What "the game is", meaning "in progress", shrinks down to a boating word |
(Liz: What is afoot and afloat?)
afoot & aft
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At "Burns Night" dinners, one of these puddings is brought in on a platter & ceremonially sliced |
(Liz: What is fig pudding?) (Andrew: What is blood pudding?)
the haggis
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Nicolae Ceausescu of this country had the sobriquets "Danube of Thought" & "Genius of the Carpathians" |
Romania
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1965: This Dodger lefty vs. the Twins' Jim Kaat |
Koufax
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The first microscopic observation of protozoa & bacteria happened in the 1600s in this country |
the Netherlands
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This postseason football game was first played in 1935 to attract winter tourists to Florida |
the Orange Bowl
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A word meaning "emotionally distant" loses its "O"s & becomes a TV alien life form |
aloof & ALF
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The Mitchell Library in this city houses a vast Burns collection that "rangers" from manuscripts to scrapbooks |
Glasgow
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He was aka "His Imperial Majesty the Conquering Lion of the Tribe of Judah" or even more humbly, "Elect of God" |
Haile Selassie
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1985: The Cards' John Tudor vs. Bret Saberhagen of this club |
the (Kansas City) Royals
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The USA's oldest national laboratory is the one named for Ernest Lawrence at this university |
Berkeley
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The fittingly yellow vessel seen here, or the brand of sunscreen you might wear aboard |
a banana boat
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A word meaning "flowed slowly" loses its initial "O"s & becomes this British word for a letter of the alphabet |
oozed & zed
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The title of this 1937 novel about migrant laborers comes from a line in Robbie's poem "To a Mouse" |
(Andrew: What's The Grapes of Wrath?) ... (Alex: "The best-laid plans o' mice and men gang aft agley.")
Of Mice and Men
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England's Mary I & this Spanish husband were also king & queen of France & Jerusalem & did some duke-ing & count-ing too |
(Alex: Give me a name.) (Andrew: What's... Henry III?)
Philip
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1986: Bruce Hurst vs. Ron Darling as these 2 teams squared off |
the Red Sox & the Mets
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Elie Metchnikoff got on a Soviet stamp for discovering these white blood cells that "eat" bacteria |
(Justin: What are leukocytes?)
phagocytes
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This cluster of small iron balls packed in a canvas tube was once used as a charge for a cannon |
grapeshot
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What you do with your loved one in private becomes this object that might illuminate the scene |
canoodle & candle
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This personification of potent potables was used in a 1782 Burns poem |
John Barleycorn
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