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A type of collapsed star, or a cell where many collapsed in Calcutta |
black hole
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1 of 3 full-length plays by Shaw with "man" in the title |
(Bill: What is "Man and Arms?") ... (Alex: "Man and Superman" & The Man of Destiny" were the others.)
"Arms and the Man"
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If you're allergic to chocolate, you can substitute this, which comes from a leathery pod |
carob
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The lyrics to its state song were written by King Kalakaua |
Hawaii
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If you don't mind the abuse, you can earn $40-100,000 a year doing this job in the majors |
umpire
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Before becoming a comic, this ski-nosed star started out in vaudeville as a dancer |
Bob Hope
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It commonly precedes green, neck & -nosed dolphin |
bottle
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The early Greek play "The Rhesus" isn't about a monkey, it's based on this Homerian war epic |
The Iliad
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Wild game is aged for several days or weeks, not to tenderize it but to do this |
in order to make the flavor come out more
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Most of us know the General Grant National Memorial by this name |
Grant's Tomb
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In '85 the Reds had a special phone installed so Pres. Reagan could congratulate him on his 4,192nd hit |
Pete Rose
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The current king of Thailand was born in Cambridge, Mass. while his father was a medical student there |
Harvard University
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Nickname of George Moran, whose gang was massacred on Feb. 14, 1929 |
"Bugs"
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The title character of this Ibsen play meets a troll king & even escapes being melted |
"Peer Gynt"
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This tropical fruit dessert is correctly prepared "wrong side up" |
pineapple upside-down cake
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City in which you'd find the hotel claimed to be America's tallest, the 72-story Peachtree Plaza |
Atlanta
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Seen here, he was the last man credited with a single steal of home plate in a World Series: |
Jackie Robinson
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In the 1800s antimacassar covers were put on soft backs protecting them from macassar oil used on this |
your head/hair
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A percussion instrument, or an African antelope who probably doesn't play it |
bongo
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In Arthur Kopit's play "Indians", Charles Durning was Ned Buntline & Stacy Keach was this hero of Buntline's books |
Buffalo Bill Cody
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This cereal used to make party mix comes in rice, corn, wheat, bran & honey graham varieties |
Chex
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As far as we know, it's the only city in the world with an 8 1/2-foot statue of Rocky Balboa |
Philadelphia
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1906 was the only year these 2 cross-town rivals faced each other in the World Series |
Chicago Cubs & Chicago White Sox
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This first lady was sent to finishing school in London shortly before her uncle became president |
Eleanor Roosevelt
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"Danseuse" is a fancy term for one of these, which you'll know if you're on your toes |
ballerina
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"The Gospel at Colonus" is a black gospel version of this Greek tragic hero's life |
Oedipus
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The difference between veloute & bechamel sauce is that veloute doesn't contain this |
cream/milk
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The banquet following the Iditarod Dog Sled Race is in this city, but we doubt they serve mush |
(Alex: We have less than a minute to go.)
Nome
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Many remember the 1969 "Miracle" Mets, but few remember they beat this eastern team in the World Series |
Baltimore Orioles
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Last name of designer Zandra, who's been called "The Mother of Punk Fashion" |
Rhodes
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