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This girl "lived in the midst of the great Kansas prairies, with Uncle Henry..." |
(Cory: Who is Laura Ingalls Wilder?) [The end-of-round signal sounds.]
Dorothy
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In 1985 this ship was discovered by a U.S. Navy expedition led by Robert Ballard that found where she had lain for 73 years |
the Titanic
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Claiming this star player was out of shape for a 2008 exhibition vs. Germany, England's soccer coach benched it like him |
Beckham
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In "He gave the dog a bone", bone is a direct one of these & dog is an indirect one |
an object
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"Moby-Dick" begins with this 3-word sentence |
"Call me Ishmael."
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Collective name for the ancient manuscript fragments discovered in 1947 in caves in the Qumran region of the West Bank |
the Dead Sea Scrolls
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Soviet coach Viktor Tikhonov's benching of goalie Vladislav Tretiak helped Team USA get miraculous at the 1980 Olympics in this village |
Lake Placid
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A t-shaped cross also called St. Anthony's cross bears the name of this Greek letter |
(Franki: What is theta?)
tau
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It's a curled piece of lemon peel to garnish a cocktail |
(Cory: What is... sorry, I blanked.)
a twist
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In French most adjectives are postpositive, meaning you'll find them here |
after the noun
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She started a novel, "Emma Woodhouse, handsome, clever, and rich..." |
Jane Austen
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In this year James Marshall discovered gold from the American River in California; the next year the rush was on |
(Franki: What is 1849?) (Jeff: What is 1847?) (Cory: What is 1846?) (Alex: No. You guys surrounded it to death almost.)
1848
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Backups Lenn Sakata, Ron Washington & Juan Bell had time to bird watch as Cal Ripken Jr. played nonstop for this team |
the (Baltimore) Orioles
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Also known as St. Andrew's cross, the crux decussata can represent the Roman numeral of this number |
10
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Orgeat syrup, which sweetens many a Mai Tai, is flavored with these nuts |
almonds
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Austrian novelist Thomas Bernhard used long sentences; the 2nd sentence of "Correction" has 79 of these punctuation marks |
commas
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"Happy families are all alike", begins his "Anna Karenina" |
Tolstoy
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In late 1805 this pair's Corps of Discovery arrived at the Pacific Ocean near what is now Astoria, Oregon |
Lewis & Clark
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Eli Manning started 232 of 233 regular season games at QB for this team but in 2019, couldn't keep up with the (Daniel) Jones |
the Giants
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A cross with a ring superimposed is also called this alliterative cross |
a Celtic cross
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This implement is used to crush ingredients at the bottom of a drink, like the mint in a Mojito |
a muddler
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This is the subject at hand; this type of "sentence" tells the main idea of a paragraph |
(Franki: What is a thesis sentence?) (Cory: What is an exposition?)
the topic
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This Poe story begins, "True!--nervous--very, very dreadfully nervous I had been and am" |
"The Tell-Tale Heart"
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At Mount Wilson Observatory in the 1920s, Edwin Hubble made the discovery that this isn't a nebula but a large galaxy all its own |
Andromeda
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N.Y. Yankee Wally Pipp had a headache in 1925, so this "lucky" man played at 1st; he didn't leave the lineup until 1939 |
Lou Gehrig
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Egyptians used the crux ansata, a cross with a loop on top, better known by this 4-letter name |
(Alex: Less than a minute now.)
an ankh
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Many a cocktail calls for these, perhaps the Angostura or Peychaud's type |
bitters
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The arrangement of words to make a sentence meaningful; in programming, it's the arrangement of characters so a computer cooperates |
syntax
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