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In 1980 Peter Buck & Michael Stipe considered Twisted Kites as a name for their new band, but you know the group as this |
R.E.M.
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France's Garonne river rises in this mountain range in Spain |
[Justin selected the first clue.]
the Pyrenees
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It's June in Altoona or Laguna--it's this season |
(Alex: It's [*]. Not summer.)
spring
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Select & choice are OK, my butcher says, but if you want the best, go for this USDA grade you usually get in restaurants |
(Justin: What is Grade A?)
prime
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18th c. builder William Baker lent his name to a street most famous as the home of this character |
[The end-of-round signal sounds.]
Sherlock Holmes
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Drummer Tommy died in 2014, the last of the original 1-2-3-4 members of this NYC band |
the Ramones
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This alp has Chamonix at its base & a nearly 16,000-foot summit in French territory |
Mont Blanc
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Don't ignore this order to come to court |
a subpoena
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Your butcher should be able to tell you whether his poultry is classified as this, meaning they were allowed outdoors |
(Justin: What is cage free?) (Alex: Be more specific.)
free range
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He was the first & the last U.S. Secretary of State to visit East Germany |
James Baker
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This 1939 Raymond Chandler title is a euphemism for death |
The Big Sleep
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In 1992 this "hot" group achieved its first hit single with "Under the Bridge" |
Red Hot Chili Peppers
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The principal chains of the northern part of this mountain range are the Ligurian, Tuscan & Umbrian |
(Justin: What are the Alpennines?) (Alex: Say it again.) (Justin: The Alpennines?) (Alex: No, sorry. What are the [*]? No "L" in that.)
Apennines
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Surname of a member of pop music's The Police |
(Joanna: What is Sting?)
Copeland
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For Thanksgiving our butcher is offering turkeys that have been "pre-" this, meaning soaked in a salt solution |
brined
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This Rodgers & Hart song perfect for Feb. 14 was a signature tune for jazzman Chet Baker |
"My Funny Valentine"
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Chandler wrote, "Down" these paths a detective "must go"; the phrase became a 1973 Scorsese film title |
(Joanna: Um. Uh. Dark paths? What are dark paths?) ... (Alex: What are [*]? Down [*].)
mean streets
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Jonny Greenwood has composed classical works but is best known as this British band's guitarist |
Radiohead
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This range that shares a name with a peninsula extends from Serbia to Cape Emine on the Black Sea |
the Balkan
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Elizabeth Banks earned this 3-word Latin phrase with her degree from Penn |
(Alex: Not summa.)
magna cum laude
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Kosher salt would be better called koshering salt; butchers use it to draw out this, which kosher meat can't have |
blood
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A typical hard-boiled line: these guys "never say goodbye. They're always hoping to see you again in the line-up" |
the cops
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Paul Westerberg fronted these Minnesota rockers with albums like "Let It Be" & many chaotic gigs |
the Replacements
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Ireland's Gap of Dunloe separates Purple Mountain and the range called Macgillycuddy's these; hold your nose |
Reeks
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It's a 6-letter synonym for the top, the apogee, the vertex, the highest point |
(Tom: What is apex?)
zenith
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If you're into experimenting, ask your butcher for the hip steak named for this mollusk |
oyster steak
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Ernest Hemingway is said to have called this "black Venus" & star of "Zouzou" "the most sensational woman anybody ever saw" |
Josephine Baker
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Chandler's "Poodle Springs" was completed by Robert B. Parker, creator of this private eye & his pal Hawk |
Spenser
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