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Derek Jeter of this team had a pretty fun year in 2000 as MVP of both the All-Star game & the World Series |
the New York Yankees
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This author introduced the Pevensie children in "The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe" |
(Alex: With less than a minute to go.)
C.S. Lewis
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Hall of Fame Billiards player: ____ Fats |
Minnesota
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Capitalized, it's a 40-day period; lowercase, it's the counterpart of borrowed |
Lent/lent
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The arrest & torture of youths who had scrawled graffiti in Daraa in this nation triggered civil war there in March 2011 |
Syria
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In "Tangled", Mother Gothel steals this girl with magical hair & raises her in a tower |
Rapunzel
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From 1984 to 1992 the NBA MVP Award rotated among Magic Johnson, Michael Jordan & this Celtic |
Larry Bird
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Edward Gibbon's "The Decline and Fall of" this entity covers more than 1,000 years of history |
the Roman Empire
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Founded by lawyers in 1985: ____ Pizza Kitchen |
California
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Lowercase, it's an official decree; capitalized, it's an Italian carmaker that merged with Chrysler |
fiat/Fiat
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At the Oscars held in 2019, this film that was nominated for 8 awards won only one, for Best Original Song |
A Star is Born
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In Marvel movies, Frigga is not the mother of this "Thor" villain, who's really a frost giant |
Loki
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This Patriot is seen here soon after being named Super Bowl MVP in 2019 |
Julian Edelman
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Somerset Maugham's "The Moon and Sixpence", about a man who heads to Tahiti to paint, is based on the life of this man |
Paul Gauguin
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A blues-rock quartet: ____ Shakes |
Alabama
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Lowercase, this adjective describes universal interests; capitalized, it's a religion |
catholic/Catholic
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In April 2018 this little bro ended nearly 60 years of his family's rule when he stepped down as Cuba's president |
Raúl Castro
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This ever-optimistic "glad girl" in books by Eleanor H. Porter is sent to live with her aloof aunt |
Pollyanna
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In 2012 the L.A. Kings' Jonathan Quick lived up to his name playing this position to bag the Conn Smythe trophy |
(Sara: What is running back?) ... (Alex: We're talking hockey.)
goaltender
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Dale Carnegie's 1936 self-help book teaches you "How to" do these 2 title things |
win friends and influence people
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A tale of doomed love by John Green: "Looking for ____" |
Alaska
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Capitalized, it's a magazine; lowercase, it's a cranberry cocktail its readers might sip |
(Alex: [Calling on Sara] Sam?) (Sara: What is Metropolitan/metropolitan?) (Alex: No.) (Sara: Sorry. Cos--) [Originally ruled incorrect; ruled correct during contestant interviews]
Cosmopolitan/cosmopolitan (or Metropolitan/metropolitan)
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In early 2016 the W.H.O. announced an outbreak of this virus that during pregnancy can cause infants to be born with microcephaly |
Zika
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In a Neil Gaiman story, Coraline's other mother seems perfect except she has these objects for eyes |
buttons
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We get a kick out of Wayne Rooney, D.C. United's 2018 team MVP & also winner of the squad's coveted "Golden" this |
(Conor: What is Golden Ball?)
Golden Boot
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His 1913 novel "Sons and Lovers" was daring but not banned like a later work |
D.H. Lawrence
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Politicians who got high offices during Harding's administration: ____ Gang |
Ohio
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Capitalized, it's a historical South African province; lowercase, it means relating to birth |
Natal/natal
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In a first, the ESA's Philae spacecraft successfully landed on one of these in November 2014 |
a comet
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In the Bible Pharaoh's daughter paid this boy's own real mother to nurse him |
Moses
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