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If Venus seems like a greenhouse, it's because its atmosphere is almost completely made of this greenhouse gas |
carbon dioxide
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The only Oscar-winning vehicle for this duo, Stan & Ollie, was the 1932 short film "The Music Box" |
Laurel and Hardy
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This son of a blacksmith would later lead armed squads called the Blackshirts |
[Stephanie selected the first clue.]
Benito Mussolini
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Near the end of this work, Police Inspector Javert throws himself into the Seine |
Les Misérables
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Amnesty International wants more communities to accept refugees, asking for a longer table, not a taller this structure |
a wall
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The name of this brown powder comes before "butter" or "beach" |
cocoa
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Starring Dustin Hoffman & Jon Voight, it's the only X-rated movie to win Best Picture |
Midnight Cowboy
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In March 1943 he ended a 21-day fast in India with a religious ceremony & a glass of orange juice |
Mahatma Gandhi
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This nemesis perishes when he plunges off Switzerland's Reichenbach Falls with the hero |
Professor Moriarty
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Black Lives Matter came to national prominence as a hashtag after tragic events in this suburb of St. Louis in 2014 |
Ferguson
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In North America, a reindeer is called this |
a caribou
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A study of the macaques in this European territory shows that they were descended from imports from Africa |
(Stephanie: What is Macau?)
Gibraltar
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The only statuette made of this was a special award to Edgar Bergen, in honor of his pal Charlie McCarthy |
wood
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She has been dubbed the "Queen of Queens" & "The Serpent of the Nile" |
Cleopatra
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Old Yeller saves the family from a rabid one of these beasts, but he's bitten & young Travis must put him out of his misery |
(Jennifer: What is a mountain lion?)
a wolf
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Started in Victoria, British Columbia in 1987, the Raging "these", older relatives, fight for social and economic justice |
Grannies
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It's a large, festive gathering, often of Boy Scouts nationwide |
jamboree
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The polar night jet is not a new airline; it's another name for this phenomenon that froze the Midwest in Jan. 2019 |
the polar vortex
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The only silent-era Best Picture was this 1927 film about World War I flyboys |
Wings
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In 1609 he published "New Astronomy", containing his first 2 laws of planetary motion |
(Johannes) Kepler
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In this novel by Camus, Meursault kills an Arab on a beach; he's not entirely sure why |
The Stranger
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In 2019 protests here got a bill shelved that would have allowed extradition to Mainland China |
(Jennifer: What is Taiwan?)
Hong Kong
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This 7-letter skin condition that affects the nose, cheeks & forehead often makes it look like a person is blushing |
rosacea
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The drum fish gets its name from the noise it makes when internal muscles resonate through this air sac |
(Jennifer: What is a diaphragm?)
the swim bladder
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The only winner for Best Actress for playing a saint was Jennifer Jones for playing this peasant girl of Lourdes |
St. Bernadette
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From 1961 to 1971 this Burmese statesman served as Secretary-General of the United Nations |
U Thant
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In the "Iliad" this Trojan & elder brother of Paris is killed by Achilles in single combat |
Hector
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This political movement fighting income inequality is named for emergency items required in cars by French law |
(Jennifer: What is [*]?) (Alex: You are right. And my gosh, look at your score! $35,200!) [Applause from audience, as well as from Stephanie and Davita] (Alex: I mean, it is one thing to turn the game into a runaway. It is another thing to blow away your opponents. Most impressive.)
yellow vests
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It's a thick cream soup, or unglazed porcelain popularly used to make dolls in the 19th century |
a bisque
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