BORN DURING THE CIVIL WAR |
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Here's something to chew on--this Civil War baby would grow up to create a chewing gum empire |
Wrigley
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Poseidon, the Greek god of the sea, is usually depicted holding this weapon |
a trident
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While "The Walking Dead" takes place primarily in the South, "Fear the Walking Dead" started in this city |
Los Angeles
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It's the 4-letter nickname for London's subway system |
the tube
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Queens of this "sweet" insect species emit a "queen substance" that attracts males from other hives |
honeybees
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Alone or preceded by "molly", this verb means to treat in an overindulgent way |
coddle
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Ernest Lawrence Thayer, who was born in 1863, would hit a home run with this poem published in 1888 |
"Casey at the Bat"
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In Hawaiian religion, she is the goddess of volcanoes & fire |
(Madame) Pele
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Like "Breaking Bad", "Better Call Saul" is set primarily in this U.S. state |
New Mexico
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In Laughlin, Nevada water taxis will take you from one casino to the next along this river |
the Colorado River
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A pheromone in the "desert" type of these insect pests leads to them forming swarms of biblical proportions |
locusts
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The Bible, including the book of Proverbs, gives us "gird one's" these |
loins
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Across the pond Joseph Merrick developed deformities that cruelly earned him this nickname |
the Elephant Man
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A top Mayan deity, Kukulkan is sometimes depicted as a feathered one of these real-life creatures, also the meaning of his name |
snake
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The first season of "Narcos" tells the story of Pablo Escobar's rise to the top of the drug world in this country |
Colombia
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Atlanta's metropolitan area has this rapid transit rail system, similar to the Bay Area's BART |
MARTA
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Some evidence indicates that androstadienone found in this human skin excretion boosts women's moods |
sweat
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The name of this job that provides child care is a French phrase meaning "equal" |
an au pair
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This president's first wife Alice & his second wife Edith were both born during the early days of the war in 1861 |
Theodore Roosevelt
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All's fair in love & war, 2 things this Babylonian deity, Astarte's counterpart, is goddess of |
Ishtar
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Amidst odd happenings on this show, agent Dale Cooper ate delicious cherry pie at the Double R Diner |
Twin Peaks
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You & your car can travel by ferry from Washington State to the town of Sidney, British Columbia on this island |
Vancouver Island
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To attract mates female moths emit a plume of pheromones, which are in turn detected by this body part on males |
antennae
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Mawashi is the name for the garment worn by this athlete |
a sumo wrestler
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The son of a Civil War officer, he would become famous for his Wild West artwork like "The Bronco Buster" |
(Frederic) Remington
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This Egyptian deity of mummification & the dead shared canine traits with the jackal god Wepwawet |
(Lisa: Who is Ra?)
Anubis
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Priyanka Chopra played an FBI recruit when this ABC drama with a place name title debuted in 2015 |
Quantico
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A New York City tramway carries passengers between Manhattan & Roosevelt Island over this river |
the East River
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Pheromones of these eel-like fish are used to lure them into traps, helping curb their invasion of the Great Lakes |
(Amal: What is a moray eel?) (Doug: What is the Asian carp?)
a lamprey
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This dish in which chicken is simmered with herbs gets its name from the Italian for "hunter" |
cacciatore
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