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ALLITERATIVE ACTORS & ACTRESSES |
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Large Durham boats for hauling iron were used by George Washington to cross this river in December 1776 |
Delaware
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After hanging out with "Friends" in the '90s, she made some "Drunk History" in a "First Ladies" episode as Edith Wilson in 2014 |
Courteney Cox
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It's the word for a quotation at the beginning of a poem or other text |
(Jason: What is a foreword?)
an epigraph
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In a study on this winter state of being, the Institute of Arctic Biology found that a bear's heartbeat would slow to 3 per min. |
hibernation
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An extremely talkative person who goes on & on & on as if they have no idea they are droning along on & on & on & on |
a chatterbox
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A 2017 article written in June--not Aug. or Sept.!--asked, at 31-41, "Is it time for the Mets to wave" this? |
the white flag
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At the Reagan Library, you can go aboard this plane that served 7 presidents in all |
Air Force One
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In 2004 she provided the voice of Elastigirl, the wife of Mr. Incredible |
Holly Hunter
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A "heroic" one of these is 2 rhyming lines of iambic pentameter |
couplet
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California sagebrush & coyote bush are good yard plants in L.A. because they are this kind of period "tolerant" |
drought
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Synonyms for this word include apex, summit & acme |
the climax
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"Sure, I wave the American flag. Do you know a better flag to wave?" asked this actor, "The Duke" |
John Wayne
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France's first nuclear one of these, Le Redoubtable, was ready to go in 1971 |
a submarine
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One of his memorable lines in "A Fish Called Wanda" is "Don't call me stupid" |
Kevin Kline
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Don't hold back, name this repeated line in a poem, also a verb meaning to hold back |
(Alex: And we have less than a minute left.)
refrain
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German biologist Walther Flemming coined this term for cell division, not for the piggies on his own feet |
mitosis
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Among its meanings are intricate, a group of related buildings & some type of emotional problem |
complex
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Some have noted the often-seen mix-up of this nation's flag with the Red Cross emblem |
Switzerland
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2-word name of the German airship that was the first one to engage in a transatlantic flight |
the Graf Zeppelin
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This "Celebrity Jeopardy!" champion informed movie viewers that St. Hubbins was the patron saint of quality footwear |
Michael McKean
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Consonance is repetition of consonant; this other "nance" is repetition of vowels |
assonance
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Hawaii's white sand beaches like Anaehoomalu Bay are mainly a composition of coral & these broken-up items |
shells
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It's an ancient manuscript that is the earliest form of a book; there is a Madrid one & a Dresden one |
a codex
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This Minnesota gov. believed "Body" & soul, "There is much more to being a patriot...than reciting the pledge or raising a flag" |
Jesse Ventura
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It made 1968 news & rests on a Pyongyang river, part of the Victorious Fatherland Liberation War Museum |
the U.S.S. Pueblo
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In "Hard to Kill", this martial artist & actor says, "I'm gonna take you to the bank, Senator Trent. To the blood bank" |
Steven Segal
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This pause in the middle of a line of poetry is from caedere, Latin for "to cut" |
[The end-of-round signal sounds.]
caesura
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The only insect to migrate across an ocean is called the wandering this, like an aircraft type; it covers miles without a wingflap |
glider
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It's the diacritical mark seen here over the letter "A" |
circumflex
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