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As with the Earth, a "celestial" line called this divides the sky into 2 equal hemispheres |
equator
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She was writing her 1st novel, "The Voyage Out", when she married Leonard Woolf in 1912 |
Virginia Woolf
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It's said color of these has no bearing on their nutritive value; it's just indicative of the chicken they came from |
eggs
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The Shwe Dagon Pagoda in Rangoon is said to contain "the 8 precious hairs" of this 2000 year-old teacher |
Buddha
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On radio & TV his horse was Rex, but his dog Yukon King, was better known |
(Neil: Who is Sky King?) (Judith: Who is [*] of the Mounties?) (Alex: [*] of the Yukon, yes.) (Judith: The Yukon, whatever.) [All 3 players smiling.]
Sergeant Preston
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To retreat from a political position, as though on a unicycle |
backpedal
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If you're serious about your astronomy, you should know that this star is the brightest in the night sky |
Sirius
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Guinness calls her the top-selling woman crime writer of all time |
Agatha Christie
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Fruit that makes a whiskey sour sour |
lemon
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The actual home of this nursery rhyme matriarch went on sale in England in 1987, cupboard included |
Mother Hubbard
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It was on a horse named St. Paul that he led his famous Civil War "Charge" |
General George Pickett
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Common description of music like the following: |
[A generic string instrumental played.] (Neil: What is Muzak?)
background
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Color most commonly seen during a display of the Aurora Borealis |
(Neil: What is white?)
green
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She was an illegitimate great-great-granddaughter of the king of Poland, & Chopin's lover |
(Neil: ...Who is [eyes closed & shakes head] George Eliot?)
George Sand
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Restaurants are "hopping" on the bandwagon to offer this mammal, the latest trend in lean meat |
(Neil: What is the kangaroo?) ... (Alex: Yes, but I like Neil's choice, that'd be fun. [laughter] Minute to go in the round.)
rabbit
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The Eiffel Tower, completed in 1889, was erected to honor the 100th anniversary of this event |
fall (storming) of the Bastille (French Revolution)
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In addition to "Macaroni", she had a pony named "Tex" that Vice President Johnson gave her |
[The end-of-round signal sounds.]
Caroline Kennedy
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For a computer, it's a duplicate disk |
backup
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Spanning about 1/4 of the sky, the Hydra, or "sea serpent", is the largest of these |
constellations
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In 1856, she published her 2nd anti-slavery novel, "Dred: A Tale of the Great Dismal Swamp" |
Harriet Beecher Stowe
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When a Mandarin-speaking Chinese orders "mi", he's ordering this--& he should know |
(Barbara: What's an orange?)
rice
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The entry for this landmark in the Childcraft Encyclopedia begins "We who are about to die..." |
the Colosseum
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L.A.'s Century City stands on what was once this part of 20th Century-Fox |
backlot
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Most distant object the human eye can see unaided, though with a little "strain", is this galaxy |
Andromeda
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With Geo. S. Kauffman, this novelist co-wrote the plays "Stage Door" & "Dinner at Eight" |
(Judith: Who is Dorothy Parker?)
Edna Ferber
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In 1856, he received a patent for the 1st successful milk-condensing process |
(Gail) Borden
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In a 1987 vote whether "To be or not to be" on strike for more money, guards at this Danish site voted yes |
Elsinore (Hamlet's) Castle
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You can be indicted for doing this to tax returns |
backdate
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