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On June 11 she was elected to a third & final term as British prime minister |
Margaret Thatcher
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Will Smith played a pilot fighting aliens in this 1996 summer movie |
Independence Day
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It's a creamy white color, or what white piano keys were once widely made of |
ivory
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This 4-letter word for a silent street performer once referred to a type of ancient farce |
mime
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"Choosy moms choose" this brand of peanut butter |
Jif
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With a tongue over a foot long (& located about 16 feet above the ground), it can lick its own ear |
(Alex: But why would it want to do that?!)
a giraffe
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"Staphylococci" was the word that won Stephanie Petit this national contest |
the National Spelling Bee
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As Annie, she steps in for a fallen bus driver in 1994's "Speed" |
Sandra Bullock
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Appropriate shade of blue to wear at 12 A.M. |
midnight blue
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The space occupied by the musicians is called this "pit" |
the orchestra pit
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This company's new computer products include the Aptiva S & the Thinkpad 560 |
IBM
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It's the muscle that makes you hiccup & makes your lungs work |
the diaphragm
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She resigned as transportation secretary to work on her husband's presidential campaign, much as she did in 1996 |
Elizabeth Dole
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Yoda teaches this rebel to be a Jedi in "The Empire Strikes Back" |
Luke Skywalker
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This Indian name for corn also refers to the color of corn |
maize
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These lights at the front of the stage floor are at about the same level as the actors' pedal extremities |
footlights
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This product claims it's "the pain reliever hospitals use most" |
Tylenol
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These mammals almost never drink water; they get their moisture from eucalyptus leaves |
koala bears
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Later chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, this African-American became National Security Advisor in 1987 |
Colin Powell
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In his first film, Ace Ventura, Pet Detective, searches for one of these marine mammals |
(Akiva: Who is Jim Carrey?)
a dolphin
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The 2 shades of red named for January's & July's birthstones |
(Josh: What are garnet and opal?) ... (Alex: I would have gotten the second because my birthday is in July.)
garnet & ruby
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Often found in Shakespeare's plays, the stage direction "exeunt" means the actors do this |
leave
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The Parker Duofold Red Jasper, one of these, features a nib split by hand |
a pen
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You better buckle up, as his second law of motion shows when your car stops suddenly, you don't |
[ERRATUM: The clue refers to Newton's first law, not his second.]
Sir Isaac Newton
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Following gall bladder surgery in February, this pop artist passed away |
Andy Warhol
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In "Jingle All the Way", Arnold Schwarzenegger competes to buy this toy superhero |
Turbo-Man
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This fruity shade of orange shares its name with the Chinese officials who wore robes of that color |
Mandarins
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Derived from the Greek words for "dance" & "write", it's the art of creating dances, perhaps for a play |
choreography
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In 1970 "Twister" inventor Reynolds Guyer created a 4" foam ball named this by Parker Bros. |
Nerf
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Soap makes water wetter by weakening this, the water's "skin" |
Surface Tension
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