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A new & growing condition is nomophobia, the fear of losing access to this--is there a charger nearby? |
(Brandon: What is electricity to plug in your phone?) (Sean: What is WiFi or the internet?)
a mobile phone
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A webbed foot forms the "D" in this team's name on their logo |
the Mighty Ducks (or the Anaheim Ducks)
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15,406... 15,405... 15,404... man, this is going to take a while |
[Alex read "15,404" as "fifteen thousand, four hundred and--oh".]
a countdown
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Like the lake it was named for, Salt Lake City originally had this adjective at the front of its name |
great
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"Wild" this grain isn't this grain at all but the seed of an aquatic grass |
(Claudia: What is [*]?) (Alex: Yes.) (Claudia: Oh, thank God. I'm from Minnesota, so they'd kill me if I got that wrong.)
wild rice
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"It was glamorous to look sickly" Susan Sontag wrote of the 19th c. cult of thinness through this lung disease |
tuberculosis
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Women who suffer from tokophobia, fear of this, are more likely to want C-sections |
giving birth
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In 2010 they brought back crossed swords to their bison logo |
the Buffalo Sabres
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To put in a lower gear |
downshift
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In 1982 the Univ. of Utah Hospital was where the first permanent artificial this organ was implanted |
heart
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Bison grass from the Bialowiez region of Poland is used to flavor Zubrowka, a type of this spirit |
vodka
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No way you are getting someone with pediophobia, fear of these, to watch the movie "Child's Play" or "Annabelle" |
baby dolls
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A sea creature is depicted chomping on a hockey stick on the logo of this San Jose team |
the Sharks
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A blackmail scheme, or a Grateful Dead "Street" |
shakedown
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One of the 2 basketball stars from the 1990s to have statues outside the Utah Jazz' home arena |
Malone (or John Stockton)
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This tallest grass "shoots" over 30% more oxygen into the atmosphere than an equivalent mass of trees |
bamboo
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Sometimes I accuse the writers of ergophobia, or fear of this--but it is a serious anxiety condition |
(Brandon: What is deja vu?)
fear of work
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A musical note outlined in yellow & navy has served as their logo since 1998 |
the (St. Louis) Blues
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Term for when a spacecraft lands successfully in the sea |
splashdown
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Recalling a great moment in state history, bronze seagulls perch on a monument in this square named for a building |
Temple Square
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The tip of a leaf resembles a boat in this popular long grass with a state in its name |
Kentucky bluegrass
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The grouping of holes on the seed pod of this sacred water plant, can break out those with trypophobia, the fear of holes |
the lotus
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This team's flying wheel logo is the oldest unchanged logo in the NHL, created in 1948 |
(Claudia: Who are the Flyers?)
the Detroit Red Wings
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A native of Maine |
(Alex: Less than a minute now.)
a Down Easter
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Just like the one in the Middle East, this Salt Lake City river empties into a very saline lake |
the Jordan River
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Widely used on football fields, this grass named for a British dependency is native to the African savannas |
Bermuda grass
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19th c. Brits praised the beauty of the women in this disputed area of northern India & northeastern Pakistan |
[The end-of-round signal sounds.]
Kashmir
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