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Based on real events in the 1630s, "Bajazet" is about an attempt to depose the sultan of this Turkish empire |
the Ottoman Empire
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Mud & minerals from this body of water 1,400 feet below sea level are used to make facial masks & body wraps |
the Dead Sea
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In Norwegian this holiday greeting is god jul |
Merry Christmas
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In a Disney film, Practical Pig, Fiddler Pig & Fifer Pig wonder "Who's Afraid Of" him |
the Big Bad Wolf
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As a concession to workers during a 1894 railroad strike, President Cleveland created this U.S. holiday |
Labor Day
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We're not pulling it over your eyes--set the iron for 300 degrees for this, which has lanolin as a byproduct |
wool
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In the 1674 play "Iphigenie", this Greek king is asked to sacrifice the title character to get fair winds to sail to Troy |
(Liz: Who is Priam?) (Tucker: Who is Menelaus?)
Agamemnon
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Kilt Rock on the Isle of Skye is a sea cliff made up of this dark-colored volcanic rock |
(Tucker: What is obsidian?) (Liz: What is granite?) (Janna: What is pumice?)
basalt
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Your girlfriend will be ecstatic if you send her a billet-doux or "sweet note", this alliterative item |
a love letter
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A 1947 act named for Robert Taft & this other Republican placed limits on the right to strike |
(Fred) Hartley
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It should be at 400 degrees for this, a crop declared "king" in 1858 by a South Carolina senator |
cotton
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"Berenice" is tragic, all right; its last word is "hélas", the French equivalent of this 4-letter English word |
alas
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A native sandstone, Roxbury puddingstone is the official rock of this state |
(Janna: What is Connecticut?)
Massachusetts
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If you don't take something too literally, you take it "cum grano salis", or this |
with a grain of salt
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It's the song title (& maybe the only thing) in common to Neil Sedaka & Taylor Swift |
"Bad Blood"
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On John Lindsay's first day as NYC mayor, the workers of this system went on strike |
(Janna: What is the, um... the garbage system?) (Liz: What is the subway? ...[*]?)
transport (or transit)
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Get the iron hot but not too hot--275 degrees--for this stretchy stuff AKA elastane |
(Liz: What is rayon?)
spandex
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Louis XIV was costumer & usher for the Racine play about this Jewish wife of a Persian king |
(Tucker: What is Scheherazade?)
Esther
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Containing more carbon than other types, this highest ranking coal has a metallic-like luster |
(Tucker: What is graphite?) (Janna: What is, uh, bituminous?)
anthracite
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Brahms' 4th symphony begins in this lively tempo "non troppo", Italian for "don't go overboard" |
allegro non troppo
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Leonard Maltin calls it "the quintessential spaghetti Western" |
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
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This governor's role in quashing a 1919 Boston police strike helped lead to his 1920 VP nomination |
Coolidge
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This flax product likes it really hot--around 445 degrees |
linen
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In the 1669 play "Britannicus", this fifth Roman emperor kills his brother & rival |
Nero
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The first diamonds to be mined came from this country, especially from the ancient city of Golconda |
India
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Once the title of the Japanese emperor, it means "honorable gate" |
mikado
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On this song from "Channel Orange", Frank Ocean sings to a cab driver of his unrequited love for a man |
"Bad Religion"
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A protest against anti-strike police brutality led to the deadly 1886 Haymarket Riot in this U.S. city |
Chicago
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This manmade fiber that starts with a male first name likes the iron around 375 degrees |
rayon
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