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On May 16, 1866 Congress authorized this new coin, nicknamed for its metal composition |
a nickel
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A diet of Foix & Evian, it might be served in a French jail |
bread & water
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Brother Rezin, not Jim, invented this famous knife which carries the family name |
a Bowie knife
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Since sharks' skeletons are cartilage, not bone, only spines & these are commonly found fossilized |
teeth
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For an amateur golfer, it isn't a bum leg but the strokes taken off his final score |
handicap
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At the 1984 Olympic closing, this Lionel Richie song came up hours short of its title promise |
"All Night Long"
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It was formed when the Revenue Cutter Service combined with the Lifesaving Service in 1915 |
the Coast Guard
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It's what Campbell's asks you to add to their condensed New England clam chowder |
milk
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Some say this term for a kind of shopkeeper is from German for "Do you have that?", "Hab' ihr das?" |
a haberdashery
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Young females trained for the circus & called "seals" are really this sea animal |
(Alex: We've got about a minute to go in the round.)
sea lions
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For righthanders, a slice curves this way |
to the right
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No mention of the poet is mentioned in this 1978 Neil Diamond "Serenade" |
[Kathy added an apostrophe "S" to the first word in the title.]
"Longfellow Serenade"
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To give Taft, his hand-picked successor, a little space, he went on an African safari |
Theodore Roosevelt
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Appropriate way Baskin-Robbins participates in the Rose Parade |
[Laughter]
a float
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The English thought flavors of cinnamon, cloves & nutmeg were combined in the 1 spice they named this |
allspice
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L.A. media report the best high tides to grab a handful of these 5-8" fish on the beach |
grunions
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In 1978, Jack Nicklaus scored 5 of these in a row to win a tournment |
(Donald: What are eagles?) ... [The end-of-round signal sounds.]
birdies
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This comparative was the one-word title of a 1980 Dan Fogelberg hit |
"Longer"
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Young pastor in Montgomery, Alabama who organized city-wide bus boycott protesting Rosa Parks' arrest |
Martin Luther King
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How the Jolly Green Giant might grow a new vegetable or a new assistant |
sprout one
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Plain cotton cloth used for sheets, originally made in Mosul, in what is now Iraq |
muslin
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Though most fish have eyes on left & right, adult flatfish have both eyes on this single side |
the top side
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The Beatles' aptly named last # hit, since they'd reached the end of one by 1970 |
"The Long And Winding Road"
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The "Tom Thumb", 1st tested in 1830, was the 1st of these built in the U.S. |
(Alex: You ran the category; you did beautifully on that one...) [Applause]
a locomotive
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According to the labels, 3 of 4 ways in which Dole doles out pieces of pineapple |
(3 of) crushed, chunks, whole slices (tidbits)
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Describes someone important, based on the size of haircovering they wore |
a bigwig
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Other than a bass, the only instrument used in this 1984 Billy Joel song was his voice |
"The Longest Time"
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