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Little A & 47North are publishers owned by this Internet behemoth that mails out a lot of books |
Amazon
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Since 1900 the Davis Cup has been awarded to men's teams in this sport |
tennis
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This brand of canned & frozen veggies offers steamcrisp corn niblets |
(Karen: What is Jolly [*]?) (Alex: [Sighs] I think we're going to accept that, yeah.)
Green Giant
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This state: by Oregon, Idaho, Utah, Arizona & California |
Nevada
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There was a pretty big revolution in 1905, but 2 bigger ones came in this year & saw Nicholas II get the boot |
1917
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You kicked a football, then kicked out the -ted to get this, a play on words |
a pun
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The Doubleday Book Club will mail you mystery novels "co-written" by Jessica Fletcher, based on this TV show |
Murder, She Wrote
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In 2017 a Kiwi named Peter Burling became the youngest helmsman to win this quadrennial race |
America's Cup
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For pies, a good choice is these yummy apples seen here |
Golden Delicious
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This province: by British Columbia, the Northwest Territories, Saskatchewan & Montana |
(Alex: [Before reading the clue] Less than a minute now.)
Alberta
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This city that was renamed was the center of the 20th century revolutions & of the Decembrist one back in 1825 |
Saint Petersburg
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You kicked something, then kicked out the -ted to get this, a sports fan's sound of contempt |
boo
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In 1926 "The Sun Also Rises" was one of the first novels mailed by this club that lets you discover new titles 12 times a year |
the Book of the Month Club
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This tiny country's soccer team chose coach Gianfranco Guadagnoli because he'd never received a yellow or red card |
Vatican City
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Trace minerals give this seasoning from the Himalayas its namesake rosy hue |
pink salt
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This peninsula: by the Yellow Sea, the Tsushima Strait & the Sea of Japan |
(Alex: Yeah, we'll accept that.)
the Korean Peninsula
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Born Lev Davidovich Brownstein, this agitator came up with the concept of permanent revolution |
[Alex read the man's name using a Russian accent.]
Trotsky
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You put up a portable canvas shelter yesterday, then took down the -ted to leave this cardinal number |
(Matt: Uh, what is a, uh, what is, uh, tenth?) ... (Alex: The word would be "tented". You take the "ted" off of it, and you're left with this number--the number [*].)
ten
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The Folio Society sells mail-order illustrated editions of famous books, like this 1880s pirate adventure |
(Matt: What is Robinson Crusoe?)
Treasure Island
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A big race with this 2-word French name was first run near Le Mans in 1906 |
the Grand Prix
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A couple of shaves of this on your pasta can set you back several hundred dollars |
black truffles
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This body of water: by Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Iran, Azerbaijan & Russia |
the Caspian Sea
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The Russian revolution saw this 4-letter legislative body fade away |
the Duma
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With no -ted, you go from a slang way to say you got caught to this mode of group transport |
a bus
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One of Powell's Indiespensable Book Club selections was George Saunders' "Lincoln" in this purgatory-like state |
(Karen: What is the "Bargo"?) (Alex: Say it again.) (Karen: The "Bargo"?) (Jamison: "Bordo"? What is "Bordo"?)
Bardo
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The British Empire Games are now known by this name, as the Brits are somewhat less imperial now |
the Commonwealth Games
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This Creole dish "& rice-ly yours", the name of a Louis Armstrong LP, is how Louis often signed his letters |
(Karen: What are [*] and rice?)
red beans
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This city of 75,000: by Wilmette, Skokie, Chicago & Lake Michigan |
Evanston
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In 1905 this ship sailed into Odessa with a revolutionary attitude, a red flag & a "people's committee" newly in charge |
(Karen: [Shakes head] I'm sorry.)
the Potemkin
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A word meaning not blind gets rid of -ted to make this weary exhalation |
sigh
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