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GET 'EM WHILE THEY'RE COLD |
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ON HIS BASEBALL HALL OF FAME PLAQUE |
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In Luke 2 they're "abiding in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night" |
shepherds
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It's the "merry" 2-word name for the skull & crossbones flag |
the Jolly Roger
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Due to concerns with how this tally for 1920 was run, Congress was not reapportioned for the decade |
the census
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A hot day is a good time for this jiggly treat, "America's most famous dessert" |
Jell-O
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Originally, this 6-letter type of tower was for warfare & had no bells inside--how batty |
a belfry
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"2,632 consecutive games played from May 30, 1982 through September 19, 1998" |
Cal Ripken Jr.
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In Matthew 4 Jesus is walking by the Sea of Galilee when he sees 2 brothers doing this job & recruits them |
(Nick: Who are James & John?) ... (Nick: Oh, the job.) [Laughter]
fishing
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These ships in the Royal Navy flew pirate flags upon surfacing while returning to port after sinking enemy ships during war |
submarines
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Now a state capital, it beat out Golden to become the first city in the territory to connect to the Union Pacific railroad |
Denver, Colorado
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Despite the name, there's no booze in the dish seen here |
a shrimp cocktail
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A fable gives us the phrase "bell" this animal, meaning a very dangerous task (especially for the rats) |
the cat
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"Hit safely in 56 consecutive games for Major League record 1941" |
DiMaggio
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Genesis 10 says Nimrod was "a mighty" this "before the Lord" |
(Nick: What is warrior?)
hunter
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A black flag is scary enough, but a pirate ship flying this color flag meant "no quarter given", a very bad omen |
red
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In 1791 this man beat Philip Schuyler, Alexander Hamilton's father-in-law, for a New York Senate seat |
(Katie: You're a New Yorker, I'm glad you got that.)
Aaron Burr
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The Dutch word "kool" doesn't mean cool, it means cabbage & led to the name of this chilled salad |
coleslaw
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Also the name of a high school-set sitcom, this phrase for timely intervention comes from boxing |
Saved By the Bell
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"Managed Dodgers... claiming to 'bleed Dodger blue'... championships in 1981 and 1988" |
Lasorda
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Skeptical folks in a synagogue ask, "Is not this the" ____, the son of Mary...? |
carpenter
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A skeleton flag is associated with this man & his ship, the Queen Anne's Revenge |
Blackbeard
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In November 1774, a year after the one in Boston, Charleston had one of these in its harbor |
tea party
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Try the yellow kind of this with varieties like yellow doll & crema Saskatchewan |
watermelon
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A Roman Catholic excommunication rite famously involved this trio |
bell, book & candle
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"'The Say Hey Kid"', also the "first to top both 300 homers and 300 steals" |
(Jilana: Who is Hank Aaron?)
Willie Mays
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Jesus calls these old-time copyists hypocrites & tells them, "Woe unto you" |
scribes
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Act I of this Gilbert & Sullivan operetta has the lyric "Oh, better far to live and die/ Under the brave black flag I fly" |
[NOTE: Jilana did not include the leading article.]
The Pirates of Penzance
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In 1840 this former president went to St. Louis Cathedral in New Orleans to honor an event that occurred 25 years earlier |
(Nick: Who is...) (Katie: Wanna give it a try?) (Nick: Martin Van Buren.) (Katie: Nope. Who is [*]? The Battle of New Orleans.)
Andrew Jackson
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Though the rest of the world mostly knows the cold Andalusian style of this soup, some Spaniards eat it hot |
gazpacho
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The bathyscaphe evolved from this "bell" |
a diving bell
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"Greatest drawing card in history of baseball" |
(Nick: Who is Honus Wagner?)
Babe Ruth
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