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An 1875 hearing resulted in this ex-First Lady being committed to a sanatorium for months |
Mary Todd Lincoln
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To shield spectators from the sun, the Colosseum had a retractable velarium, which we call this |
awning
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When followed by "away", this word for a small deep-fried cake, often apple, means to squander |
(Rain: What is square?)
fritter
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Similar to a cashier's check, it's a check that bears a bank officer's promise that it's good |
a certified check
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Don't curse the yellow-bellied sapsucker, a type of this bird; he isn't trying to make your headache worse |
woodpecker
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In 1962 Ursula Andress was in a state of relative undress in the film about this title physician |
(Alex: With less than a minute.)
Dr. No
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4 signers of the Declaration of Independence were alumni of this school chartered in the 17th century |
William & Mary
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This old British coin was equal to 12 pence |
(Austin: What is a pfennig?) (Rain: What is a farthing?) (Rich: What is a [*]?) (Alex: Yes! You picked the right -ING!)
shilling
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A tete is the classic shape of this French-named bread, as seen here |
brioche
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Invented by American Express, they've declined in use now that there are ATMs everywhere |
a traveler's check
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Just like the bird, cuckoo wasps are so named because they do this in the nests of other insects, like bees |
lay their eggs
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When you were young & your heart was an open book, you knew Jane Seymour was Solitaire in this classic Bond film |
Live and Let Die
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Mary Mallon, the first known carrier of this disease in the U.S., was confined to a hospital for her final 20 years |
(Alex: [*] is right. [*] Mary.)
typhoid
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Here's a bit of the music from this ballet composed by Aaron Copland |
Appalachian Spring
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Gouda & this cheese coated in red wax are the 2 most exported from the Netherlands |
(Alex: That would be [*]. Gouda and [*] cheese.)
edam
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Like old bread, a check presented to the bank more than 6 months after it's written is considered this & needn't be honored |
stale
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urbancarnivores.com says in the L.A. area, these canines mostly eat fruits & small wild mammals, hardly any pets |
coyotes
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Maybe it was catlike reflexes that earned this Honor Blackman character her "Goldfinger" name |
Pussy Galore
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Mary Baker Eddy founded this religion to "reinstate primitive Christianity and its lost element of healing" |
Christian Science
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An example of the coulomb force is this 2-word phenomenon, as when garments gather a charge & stick to each other |
static cling
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Acai berries are South American; here are these other 4-letter berries grown in China & also said to be a superfood |
goji berries
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Illegally shifting money between accounts is doing this "soaring" term with checks |
(Austin: What is flying them?) (Alex: Flying them? No.)
kiting
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Built on ravines, Toronto is full up & fed up with these trash can menaces the mayor called "a huge nuisance" |
raccoons
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Lois Chiles was Holly Goodhead, who had an outer space fling with Roger Moore in this flick |
Moonraker
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In 1959 Mary Leakey found a 1.75-million-year-old skull in Olduvai Gorge in what's now this country |
Tanzania
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It's the cotton fabric used to make the pennant flags seen here |
bunting
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Tofu is made from curdled soy milk; this is fermented soybean cake |
tempeh
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Mitsubishi saved Morgan Stanley by cutting a check for $9 billion in this year |
(Alex: Ah, the big crisis in [*].)
2008
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There's a 17-year & a 13-year type of this noisy insect that has multiple different calls to annoy you |
cicadas
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Diana Rigg ran out of all the time in the world after becoming Mrs. Bond to this man in his 1-shot role as Mr. Bond |
George Lazenby
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