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SO YUMMY THEY NAMED IT TWICE |
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Chopped pickles go into this mayo-based sauce that's often served with fried fish |
tartar sauce
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Current multiplied by resistance |
voltage
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Britannica notes that this Russian ruler "had young lovers up to the time of her unexpected death...at...67" |
Catherine the Great
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Yosemite Sam ropes hoop-erstar Michael Jordan into a meeting with Bugs Bunny & friends in this movie |
Space Jam
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The Hundred Acre Wood |
(Sathvik: Who... is... )(Shannon: Who is "Mill-nee"?)
(A.A.) Milne
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For starters, you might enjoy this appetizer platter featuring shrimp toast, wontons & spare ribs |
pu pu platter
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It's your calling, truly |
vocation
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The battle of this city that helped make Andrew Jackson a hero was actually fought after the War of 1812 ended |
New Orleans
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Wesley Snipes & Woody Harrelson leapt into starring roles hustling some basketball in this film |
White Men Can't Jump
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Loompaland |
(Sathvik: Who is Baum?)
(Roald) Dahl
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A popular Tunisian staple, this semolina dish is served with a fiery hot sauce called harissa |
couscous
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A period of popularity, like the 24 weeks the Madonna song spent on the charts in 1990 |
vogue
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Lasting 40 minutes, an 1896 battle between Britain & this island, now part of Tanzania, is considered to be the shortest war |
(Kevin: What is Tanganyika?)
Zanzibar
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As Monica, Sanaa Lathan gives a movie its title when she tells Omar Epps, "All's fair in" this "& basketball, baby" |
love
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Panem |
(Shannon: Who's Orwell?)
(Suzanne) Collins
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A warm water fish, the dorado is also known by this Hawaiian name |
mahi-mahi
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2-word parliamentary procedure in which the outcome is determined by relative volume |
a voice vote
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On March 30, 1981 this Secretary of State & retired general told the press, "As of now, I am in control here, in the White House" |
(Alexander) Haig
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Before moving on to Golden State, this NBA star was "thunderstruck" , losing his hoops talent in a "Freaky Friday" way to a kid |
(Kevin) Durant
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Lake Wobegon |
(Garrison) Keillor
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This Japanese dish is raw meat & raw veggies cooked in a pot of hot broth by the diner at the table |
(Sathvik: What is hot pot?)
shabu shabu
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A whirlwind or a whirlpool in the form of a spiral |
a vortex
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A 1945 telegram from Churchill to Truman mentioned Soviet power & "the descent of" this "between us and everything to the eastward" |
(Shannon: What is... communism?)
the Iron Curtain
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In a 1996 comedy basketball fans Mike O'Hara (Daniel Stern) & Jimmy Flaherty (Dan Aykroyd) have lots of this "Pride" |
Celtic
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