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Mangrove trees grow equally well in fresh, brackish, or this type of water |
saltwater
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Former minister who tried to simplify spelling & issued a dictionary with Wagnalls in the 1890s |
(Isaac Kaufmann) Funk
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The more populous half of Berlin |
West Berlin
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To potters, this term means baking pots, while to employers it means dismissing employees |
firing
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Young David Balfour gets abducted |
Kidnapped
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It's also called a leukocyte |
a white blood cell
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Very hardy types of this simple plant live in the hot springs of Yellowstone Park |
algae
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She appeared in the 1903 play "Hatchetation", which had a saloon-smashing scene |
Carrie Nation
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You can put another shrimp on the barbie, mate, at Coogee or Curl Curl Beaches in this city |
[Eugene gives the correct response in an Australian accent; Alex replies "Correct" in an Australian accent.]
Sydney
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Before use in ceramics, clay must be cut & beaten to get rid of these |
air bubbles
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Jean Valjean steals a loaf of bread, so Inspector Javert hounds him the rest of his life |
Les Misérables
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Title of this song, which hit Top 10 nearly 5 years after its 1st album appearance:
"And I love you / Yes I love you / Oh, how I love you..." |
(Nancy: What is "Nights Of White Satin"?) [Two lone claps of applause briefly begin for Nancy.] (Alex: No, I'm sorry, I can't accept that. Our judges signaling no.)
"Nights In White Satin"
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The starch from this New World grain, "Zea mays", can be made into urethane foams |
corn
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He often supported himself by surveying, but is more famous for his survey of "Civil Disobedience" |
Thoreau
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In Roman times, Amman, Jordan had the same name as this Pennsylvania city |
Philadelphia
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Color closely associated with Delft ceramics |
blue
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Life on the Mississippi, according to Edna Ferber |
Show Boat
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His return to gangster films, this 1949 flick put Cagney back on top of the world, ma |
White Heat
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A naturalist said this giant cactus looks like "a tree designed by someone who had never seen a tree" |
a saguaro
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Since no magazine would take her article on pollution, she turned it into a book "Silent Spring" |
Rachel Carson
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w/Same letters & syllables, names of Tokyo & this city show both have been Japanese "capital"s |
Kyoto
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Authorized in 1901 to use "Royal" on its products, it was appointed in 1968 to make Queen Elizabeth's China |
(Keith: Who is Wedgwood?)
Royal Doulton
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Sex, soma, & suicide, starting in the year 632 after Ford |
Brave New World
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In London, this street leads north from the Houses of Parliament to Trafalgar Square |
(Keith: What is Whitechapel?) (Nancy: What is Whiteside?)
Whitehall
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Some types of these are pinnate, twice-compound, & palmate |
[Applause for Nancy taking the lead from Keith, although she did not run the category]
leaves
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Lincoln called this artist, known for political cartoons & Civil War drawings, "our best recruiting sgt." |
(Alex: ...and we've got a minute to go.)
Thomas Nast
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North American metropolis occupied by the U.S. in 1847 & France in 1863 |
Mexico City
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The hard paste type of this material is so hard ordinary steel will not cut it |
(Nancy: What is clay?)
porcelain
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The 2nd Mrs. Maxim de Winter's memories of menace at Manderley |
Rebecca
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It's said the1st cavalry charge of the Revolution was at this N.Y. battle of October 28, 1776 |
(the Battle of) White Plains
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