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Catherine of Braganza, widow of England's King Charles II, became regent of this small Iberian country |
Portugal
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The younger sister of Phylicia Rashad, this dancer won 2 Emmys for her choreography on "Fame" |
Debbie Allen
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They're the main food of chickadees, swallows & woodpeckers |
(Russ: What are seeds?) (Dean: What are worms or grubs?)
insects
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Of the cowboy, calf or horse, the one out of the chute first in calf roping |
calf
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To vacation in this country, you can fly via its national airline, Olympic |
Greece
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"Five Finger..." |
Exercise
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Queen Christina of Sweden converted to this religion secretly before her abdication |
Catholicism
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Anchorman who wrote a memoir titled "The Camera Never Blinks: Adventures in TV Journalism" |
Dan Rather
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Despite its name, the skylark doesn't nest in the sky but here |
(Meg: What is a tree?)
ground
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"I can't draw landscapes or boats...I draw naked women," says this actor known for his role as Columbo |
Peter Falk
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When traveling abroad, you may need this official endorsement from the country you desire to enter |
visa
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"Sexual Perversity in..." |
(Alex: Remember your phrasing, please.)
Chicago
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After this emperor died, his widow, Livia, beame known as Julia Augusta |
Augustus Caesar
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When orphaned at age 17, he took control of his father's Houston-based tool company |
(Howard) Hughes
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A merganser, sometimes called a sheldrake, is this kind of bird |
(Meg: What is a diving bird? Waterfowl?) (Alex: Diving bird? No.) [Meg's response was later deemed acceptable.]
diving bird (duck)
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This part of the half dollar is milled |
edge
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San Remo is the leading resort town on this country's riviera |
Italy
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Godfrey of Bouilion became the ruler of this city after it was taken from the Muslims in 1099 |
Jerusalem
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This first black heavyweight boxing champ claimed he lost deliberately to Jess Willard in 1915 |
(Dean: Who is Joe Johnson?)
Jack Johnson
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The 4 main ones in North America are the Pacific, Mississippi, Central & Atlantic |
(Dean: Uh, what is a pelican?)
migration routes
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Due to the S.F. earthquake, the World Almanac went to press in 1989 for the 1st time without full results of this |
World Series
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Fluency in this language would be helpful in Tahiti since it's the official language |
French
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"The Doctor in Spite of..." |
Himself
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King Baudoin I of this country is the son of King Leopold III & Queen Astrid |
Belgium
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This "outlaw" singer topped the country charts in 1977 with "Luckenbach, Texas" |
Waylon Jennings
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Scientists are reintroducing this blue-gray falcon in the eastern U.S. where it's been extinct 30 years |
perigrine
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Brazil is now the world's largest producer of this "cheap" metal also called stannum |
tin
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Each year over 2 million tourists visit this national memorial near Keystone, South Dakota |
Mount Rushmore
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