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DEFINING OUR RELATIONSHIP |
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LET'S SET SOME BOUNDARIES |
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Rossini operized this Shakespeare play about a jealous lover |
Othello
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Mantis religiosa is a scientific name for this insect |
the praying mantis
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In the 2005-06 season, LeBron James averaged 42.5 MPG--that's not miles per gallon but this |
minutes per game
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This toy we throw around was based on a tin pie plate made by & named for a Connecticut baker |
Frisbee
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What Ares was to Zeus |
(Austin: What is brother?)
son
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The Phoenicians put silver columns on this "rock" & on the African shore to mark the Mediterranean's safe boundary |
the Rock of Gibraltar
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Citrus growers competed to advertise at the premiere of "The Love for Three" these |
[ERRATUM: Austin rephrases the title of the work.]
For the Love of Three Oranges
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Seen here, it's the stage of moth development between larva & adult |
a pupa
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In hockey, PP is this situation in which a penalty gives one team more players than the other |
power play
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Leo Hirschfield named this oblong chewy candy after what he called his daughter Clara |
(Austin: Oblong chewy candy... what is... [*]?) [Austin drops his signaling device.] (Austin: I need this!)
a Tootsie Roll
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A 1988 presidential order extended the boundary of these waters belonging to the U.S. from 3 miles to 12 miles offshore |
the territorial waters
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A comic operetta by Offenbach tells the story of this hero of myth "in the Underworld" |
Orpheus
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The Aedes genus of this insect carries dengue & encephalitis |
a mosquito
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Jim Courier & Steffi Graf are members of the ITHF, this |
the International Tennis Hall of Fame
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In the 1950s an Israeli army captain won a competition by creating this submachine gun named for him |
an Uzi
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Junior Soprano to Tony Soprano |
uncle
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George H.W. Bush metaphorically drew one of these boundaries in 1990 prior to the first Gulf War conflict |
a line in the sand
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In 1727 Vivaldi made this man "Furioso" |
(Dennis: [With an Italian accent] Who is [*]?)
Orlando
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To avoid predators, a type of cockroach glows green to mimic the click type of this--why not just click? |
(Austin: What's a lightning bug?)
a beetle
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Mariano Rivera & Goose Gossage are among those who have been charged with BS, "blown" this |
saves
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This scarf worn as a tie is French for a Croatian; Croatians serving France wore them in the 30 Years' War |
a cravat
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Charlotte Haze to Lolita |
(Austin: What is... stepmother?) ... (Alex: She was not the stepmother; she was just [*].)
mother
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The Mason-Dixon Line was originally the boundary between these 2 states |
(Austin: Uh... uh... uh... Hey, $6,500. It worked last time; do it again.) (Alex: You do realize, of course, that we will be bleeping two or three of what you've had to say so far in this half-hour.) (Austin: That's all right.)
Pennsylvania & Maryland
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Oh boy! The title role in Verdi's first opera is an Italian count who shares his name with this sausage & jerky maker |
Oberto
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Some birds put ants in their feathers, maybe because the ants spray this caustic acid, killing parasites |
(Austin: What is sulfuric acid?) (Dennis: Is it [*]?)
formic acid
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In cricket, a batsman can be dismissed (that's cricket talk for "out") for LBW, "leg before" this |
leg before wicket
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This word for boastful swagger isn't from Italian but from a character in "The Faerie Queene" |
(Dennis: What is a... uh... buffoon?) ... (Alex: Austin knew it but couldn't recall it.)
braggadocio
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Kublai Khan to Genghis Khan |
(Dennis: What is son?) (Tina: What is father?)
grandson
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The PBL, or planetary boundary layer, is a region of this lowest part of the Earth's atmosphere |
(Dennis: What is stratosphere?) ... (Alex: That's right, with less than a minute to go.)
the troposphere
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