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Barbara Jo Walker from Memphis won this distinction in 1947 & was the last to be crowned in a swimsuit |
Miss America
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"'Charge for the guns!' he said, into the valley of death rode the six hundred" |
(Nil: Who is Eliot?) ... (Alex: Less than a minute to go now.)
Alfred, Lord Tennyson
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1996: Dark Dakota dealings detail death, dismemberment |
Fargo
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Jimmy Garoppolo had to start at QB to begin the 2016 NFL season because this other Patriot was suspended |
(Tom) Brady
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Brazilians keep their energy up between meals with cafezinhos, tiny cups of this that are very sweet & very hot |
coffee
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Both brides & nuns "take" these solemn promises |
vows
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A donation of $1 million in 1873 helped establish Vanderbilt University, whose sports teams sail with this name |
the Commodores
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"nobody, not even the rain, has such small hands" |
cummings
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2001: Green Goliath gathers grabbed girl, goes gaga |
Shrek
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This hairstyle got its name from its popularity among rowers, especially in the Ivy League |
a crew cut
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Due east of Suriname, it's formally un Departement d'outre-mer |
(Crista: Um... what is the Ivory Coast?)
French Guiana
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"____ ____ ____ and hope to die", a character promises in Elie Wiesel's "Twilight" |
cross my heart
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In 1945 this atomic research city had a population of 75,000 but it wasn't open to walk-in visitors until 1949 |
Oak Ridge
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"The souls did from their bodies fly,-- they fled to bliss or woe! And every soul, it passed by, like the whizz of my cross-bow!" |
(Nil: Who is Keats?)
Samuel Taylor Coleridge
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2015: Philly fighter fosters filial friendship from fallen foe's family |
(Rob: What is Rocky Balboa?)
Creed
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According to "Forbes", in 2016, the status for this Facebook C.O.O. was "7th most powerful woman in the world" |
(Sheryl) Sandberg
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Gauchos fear the charge of this flightless bird that's been called the South American ostrich |
(Rob: What is an emu?)
a rhea
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To take the stand, or one-word title of a 1999 Rage Against the Machine song |
testify
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An epidemic of this waterborne disease hit the state in 1849 & claimed many lives, including that of former Pres. Polk |
(Nil: What is malaria?)
cholera
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1983: Babs becomes boy, belts ballads |
(Nil: What is Tootsie?)
Yentl
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Shaped like a bow tie, this pasta has a name that means "butterflies" in Italian |
farfalle
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The Boy Scout oath begins, "On my" this "I will do my best..." |
honor
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The 1982 World's Fair was held in this eastern city, "The Gateway to the Smoky Mountains" |
Knoxville
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"Oh weep for Adonais--he is dead! Wake, melancholy mother, wake and weep!" |
(Nil: Who is Keats?) [The end-of-round signal sounds.]
Shelley
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1971: Female Fonda fondles for funds, freedom; flees felonious fella |
Klute
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When Columbus reached this alliterative body of water, his crew "saw much weed...& judged themselves to be near land" |
the Sargasso Sea
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Bolivia's official languages include Spanish, Aymara & a dialect of this Incan mother tongue |
Quechua
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As a noun, it's a document empowering law enforcement; as a verb, it means to promise |
warrant
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