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Evolutionary war starter: CD |
Charles Darwin
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In this colorful technique, meat is rubbed with Cajun spices & cooked at high heat until charred, giving it a crispy crust |
blackening
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I believe we're all in accord that the League of Nations assembly met for the first time in 1920 in this Swiss city |
Geneva
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Teri Bauer does not live to see another day on this TV show, killed by her hubby's duplicitous coworker |
24
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An epistaxis is one of these, maybe after a punch |
a nosebleed
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It's said of some people, "Born on third base & thinks he hit" this |
(Daniel: What is a home run?)
a triple
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Lawyer & evolutionary war defender: CD |
Clarence Darrow
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This term refers to making sugar brown by heating in a skillet over low heat until melted & golden |
caramelizing
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This document that said the king was subject to the rule of law was reissued with some changes in 1216, '17 & '25 |
the Magna Carta
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An early episode of this killer cable show was "Shrink Wrap"; near the finale came "Goodbye Miami" |
Dexter
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The columella or tip of your nose is the lower, front portion of this nasal divider |
the septum
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Oliver Goldsmith once noted that a certain man was born with one of these in his mouth, another with a wooden ladle |
a silver spoon
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A famous playwright: GBS |
George Bernard Shaw
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This thin cotton cloth is used to strain liquids & bundle up herbs & spices that can be dropped into soup stock |
cheesecloth
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In 1984 this Minnesotan got the fewest electoral votes, 13, of any Democrat since 1872 |
Walter Mondale
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On "The Office" he killed Sprinkles, the cat of his sometime love interest Angela |
Dwight
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The '70s were called this 2-letter decade |
the "Me" decade
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Women's rights activist: SBA |
Susan B. Anthony
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This term for vegetables cut into long, thin strips to accompany a salad comes from a French first name |
julienne
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This Siberian mystic didn't make it to New Year's 1917, getting poisoned, shot twice, tied up & drowned, all in 1 rough Dec. night |
Rasputin
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As serial killer Billy Flynn, Tim Curry confronted Shemar Moore on this CBS show |
Criminal Minds
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A nose job is the common name for this 11-letter medical procedure |
(Alex: With less than a minute to go.)
a rhinoplasty
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In 1989 a syndrome named for this type of coddled child was identified as involving self-centered & immature behavior |
the spoiled child syndrome
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Retired from the Supreme Court in 1932 at age 90: OWH (Jr.) |
Oliver Wendell Holmes
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To do this to herring or salmon, you must split, salt & smoke it |
(Daniel: What is pickle?)
kipper
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On March 13, 1954 50,000 Vietminh attacked 10,000 French troops at a base in this village |
Dien Bien Phu
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On "The Last Man on Earth", January Jones got revenge of a sort, gunning down this actor in a cameo |
Jon Hamm
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It's that weird divot just below the nose & above the upper lip |
a philtrum
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Describing the idle wealthy, in 1899 Thorstein Veblen wrote of this "class", now a common phrase |
the leisure class
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