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Seen here with pink roses, these little white flowers symbolize innocence |
baby's breath
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Hallmark says sales of cards for this anniversary spiked in the early 1990s; Americans had rushed to marry before the boys went to WWII |
50th anniversary wedding card
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The standard by which all TV pets will forever be measured is this beloved Collie owned by young Timmy Martin |
[Awws from the audience]
Lassie
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Norway & Alaska, where there's 24 hours of light during summer, share the nickname the "Land of" this |
Midnight Sun
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"The clangor of that blacksmiths' fray" is a line by Herman Melville about this ironclad ship's battle with the Merrimack |
the Monitor
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A direction takes on a Y & rises as a single-celled fungal organism |
east & yeast
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Van Gogh captured these huge flowers in their August bloom; the yellow background makes the work almost monochromatic |
sunflowers
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The anniversary Hanoi celebrated in 2010, or a person born around 1990 |
a millennial
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On "Sabrina the Teenage Witch", her talking black cat had this name, also a historic New England village |
Salem
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"They say I got away in a boat / and humbled me at the inquiry", begins Derek Mahon's "After" this, about a haunted survivor |
(Jackie: What is the Mary Celeste?)
the Titanic
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A canvas roof extension extends further with a Y to become an action done when drowsy |
awning & yawning
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The oil made from this purple flower is used in perfumes and cosmetics |
(John: What is a lilac?)
lavender
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If someone says you kept him waiting for these lengths of time, remind him there have only been 4 of them in earth's 4.6 billion years |
eons
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A sea snail named Gary is the pet of this title burger joint employee |
SpongeBob SquarePants
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After one of its national symbols, this U.K. country is "The Land of the Leek" |
Wales
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"The ship went down like lead" in this Samuel Taylor Coleridge poem about a man haunted by a guilty act |
The Rime of the Ancient Mariner
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Ecclesiastical law approves the addition of a Y to be a steep-sided deep valley |
canon & canyon
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The poem "I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud" says, "All at once I saw a crowd, a host, of golden" these flowers |
daffodils
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Moose was the real name of the popular pup called Eddie on this sitcom |
(Alex: Less than a minute now.)
Frasier
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In Germany, it's "The Town of the Pied Piper" |
Hamelin
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This ship "is unsinkable / that was Hitler's cry", ran a WWII-era Royal Navy poem titled "The Sinking of" it |
the Bismarck
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The occupation of examining accounting records adds a Y & becomes an adjective that pertains to hearing |
auditor & auditory
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If only "Jeopardy!" had Smell-O-Vision, then you could really enjoy the star type of this fragrant flowering shrub |
jasmine
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Fed up with economists saying things will return to balance, J.M. Keynes wrote, "In" this extended period "we are all dead" |
[The end-of-round signal sounds.]
the long run
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Arnold, one of these animals on "Green Acres", could change the TV channel & play the piano |
a pig
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This country that's famous for its cheese & butter is nicknamed "the Dairy of Northern Europe" |
(Jackie: What is Belgium?)
Denmark
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"Long time ago, from Amsterdam a vessel sailed away", begins John Boyle O'Reilly's poem about this spooky title ship |
the Flying Dutchman
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A general term for a musical group adds Y to become a verb meaning to exchange words |
band & bandy
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