ANIMAL NAMES WITH LEWIS & CLARK |
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Lewis & Clark gave this non-canine rodent its name and even brought one back to give to Thomas Jefferson |
a prairie dog
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In 1985 the slogan "Cubano Vota Cubano" led to Puerto Rico-born Mayor Maurice Ferré losing his job in this city to Xavier Suarez |
Miami
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It's a perch for chickens to rest on at night |
a roost
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Bill Hader, since 2018 |
Barry
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In a 2015 cover story for Vanity Fair, she revealed her new identity & talked about her gender transition |
Caitlyn Jenner
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A pregnant Mrs. Woodhouse attends a strange New Year's Eve party in this devilish book by Ira Levin |
(Alex: Good, with less than a minute.)
Rosemary's Baby
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Though we think of it as grayish-brown, the boys called it a "white bear" & killed quite a few |
the grizzly bear
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Before she was a nominee for vice president & a governor, she was the mayor of the small city of Wasilla |
Sarah Palin
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It was the alma mater of Hugh Grant & Sir Roger Bannister |
Oxford
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John Krasinski, since 2018 |
Jack Ryan
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Steven Spielberg called this composer "the single most significant contributor" to his "success as a filmmaker" |
John Williams
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This character's January 1 diary entry counts Bloody Marys as food ("as contain Worcester sauce & tomatoes") |
(Val: Um... I don't know.) ... (Alex: Interesting food choices, right?) [Val laughs.]
Bridget Jones
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Don't complain. Just name the sage type of this bird that Lewis & Clark called the heath cock |
a (greater) grouse
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Norman Mineta became the first Asian-American mayor of a major U.S. city when he took over this tech town near San Francisco in 1971 |
(Karen: What's Palo Alto?)
San Jose
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A 2018 statement from the Latter-Day Saints says not to call them these |
Mormons
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Idris Elba, 2010-2019 |
(John) Luther
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In 2005 this British graffiti artist installed his own works on the walls of museums in N.Y. & London |
Banksy
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He wrote of the Little Match Girl who had "frozen to death on the last evening of the old year" |
Hans Christian Andersen
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Say, Meriwether, that sheep sure has large paired features on its head--you're right, William, so let's call it this |
a bighorn sheep
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In between his third & fourth terms as mayor of Washington, D.C., he served 6 months in prison on drug charges |
Marion Barry
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This '50s music style is what The Turbans are saying in their song "When You Dance" |
doo-wop
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Liev Schreiber, since 2013 |
Ray Donovan
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Shared last name of the two men seen here, New York's Archbishop & one of the city's sports team owners |
(Karen: What's O'Brien?)
(Timothy & James) Dolan
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This author's "Middlemarch" includes a party hosted by Mr. Vincy on New Year's Day |
(Val: Who's Jane Austen?)
George Eliot
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Lewis noted of the Lewis' type of this bird that the pointy tail helps it stay vertical against the tree trunk it's beaking |
a woodpecker
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Hubert Humphrey in the 1940s & George Pillsbury in the 1880s presided over this city |
Minneapolis
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Just one more thing--this Asian capital city is home to Gangaramaya Temple |
(Shane: [Grimaces and says nothing])
Colombo
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Telly Savalas, 1973- 1978 |
Kojak
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Upon the death of Daniel Inouye, this Vermont Democrat, in office since 1975, became the longest-serving U.S. Senator |
(Patrick) Leahy
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New Year's Eve finds 4 people contemplating suicide in "A Long Way Down" by this man who also wrote "About a Boy" |
Nick Hornby
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