YOUR IDIOM IS FOREIGN TO ME |
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A German idiom for "a pig in a poke" is "buying" this animal "in a sack"; time to let it "out of the bag" |
a cat
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In 1970 Britain's prime minister Edward Heath appointed her secretary for education |
Margaret Thatcher
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2 big phrases at this state school: "Til Gabriel blows his horn" & "Hook 'em" |
(University of) Texas
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In 1962 Tony Bennett hit the Top 40 with this tune; he's sung it a few times since |
"I Left My Heart In San Francisco"
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In "Lady Windermere's Fan", he wrote, "I can resist everything except temptation" |
(Oscar) Wilde
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In Spanish, poner las manos en el fuego, or "to put" these "in the fire", means to have 100% faith in someone |
your hands
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Before becoming prime minister in 1966, she served as India's minister of information & broadcasting |
Indira Gandhi
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In 1858 this university went co-ed when it took on the Tallahassee Female Academy |
(Grant: What is Florida?)
Florida State University
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Rigg, Vreeland or Nyad |
Diana
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Spoiler alert: the title character of this absurd 1950s play sends word that he will arrive, but never does |
Waiting for Godot
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You're probably familiar with carpe diem, but the less-used carpe noctem translates to this |
seize the night
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In 1770, at age 14, she married Louis XVI by proxy in Vienna; the 2 had never met |
Marie Antoinette
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The Walsh School of Foreign Service is part of this D.C. university |
(Holly: What is American University?)
Georgetown
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Created in 1932, the U.K. version of this candy bar has chocolate, caramel & nougat |
Mars
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In "Arms and the Man", by him, a fugitive soldier exposes some villagers' romantic ideas about war |
George Bernard Shaw
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Vai a fava, Portuguese for "go to the fava bean", is like our slang "get" this 4-letter word, meaning "go away" |
get lost
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Dolores Ibárurri, a heroine of the losing side in this 1930s war, remained honorary president of the Communist Party until 1989 |
the Spanish Civil War
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Home to the William Ransom Hogan Jazz Archive, this university is known as the "Harvard of the South" |
(Grant: What is Duke?) (Holly: What is Emory?) (Rebecca: What is Vanderbilt?)
Tulane
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If you say this is rising, that means it's getting hotter |
mercury
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In the satiric 1729 "A Modest Proposal", this author suggested dining on poor Irish children to control poverty |
Jonathan Swift
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For us, this animal's "years" means a long time; in France, "to jump from the cock to" it is a non-logical conversation |
a donkey
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In 1903 she starred in the play "Hatchetation" & got the chance to smash a saloon in one scene |
Carry Nation
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This U. is home to its state Writers Hall of Fame; honorees include Joel Chandler Harris & Alice Walker |
[The end-of-round signal sounds.]
the University of Georgia
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The Beach Boys were "gettin' bugged drivin' up & down the same old strip" in this 1964 song |
"I Get Around"
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The third-stage engine of this type of rocket used for Apollo flights to the moon kicked things to 25,000 MPH |
(Alex: Yes, the [*] V.)
Saturn
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'Tis this 3-named Irish poet & Nobel laureate seen here |
(Alex: With less than a minute to go now.)
William Butler Yeats
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