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Fiat lux translates to "let there be" this |
light
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As Mary Richards, she helped put out the local news on WJM-TV |
Mary Tyler Moore
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Types of this headwear include bonnie, rebel & musically, "Raspberry" |
beret
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In his 70s, Sir John Ross sailed north to find his lost friend Sir John Franklin; he failed but got promoted to rear this rank |
admiral
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The Chukchi & Laptev are among the seas in this ocean |
(Ariel: What is the Pacific?) (Simi: What is the Indian?)
the Arctic
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This fast food restaurant with a transportation name has more locations in the U.S. than any other chain |
Subway
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German for "highway", it actually does have an advisory limit of 81 mph |
autobahn
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"Deadline" (13 episodes) focused on the New York Ledger, which covered the cops on this show (450+ episodes) |
Law & Order
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GQ says this "should be pleated & sit directly on top of the waistband of your trouser" |
a cummerbund
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A 1633 book, "The Strange & Dangerous Voyage of Captaine Thomas James", may have inspired this "Ancient Mariner" poet |
Coleridge
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The Pacific's Yap Trench is this kind of trench that shares a name with a deep sea vessel |
submarine
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Barclays Bank in London installed one of the first of these machines in 1967; now there are an estimated 3 million worldwide |
an ATM
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As in the song, despacito is Spanish for this adverb |
slowly
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Show co-starring Reese Witherspoon as a small-time reporter suddenly on national air |
(Ariel: What is The Morning News?)
The Morning Show
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Perfect as casual wear, this "letter-perfect" dress fits at the hips & flares out further down |
A-line
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In 1861 elderly Capt. Armstrong was court-martialed for surrendering Pensacola Navy Yard to forces of this seceded state |
Florida
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As well as a neighborhood of Queens & the subject of an old joke, it's a river there & the bay it flows into |
(Simi: What is the Hudson?) (Ariel: What is the Bronx?) ... (Ken: You can do your own work as to what the old joke would be.)
Flushing
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The American Lung Association warns that the dust type of these omnipresent pests are major asthma triggers |
mites
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Literally "good word", it's a witty remark; en français, S'il vous plait! |
(Simi: [After Ken corrects the pronunciation] That's how you pronounce that, okay.) [Laughter]
bon mot
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Emily Mortimer produced & Jeff Daniels anchored on this HBO show |
The Newsroom
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Men's Levi's jeans & recorded music were your only options when this store, now a chain, opened in San Francisco in 1969 |
the Gap
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This Pooh creator wrote a poem about "An old sailor my grandfather knew who had so many things which he wanted to do" |
Milne
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The Hollands Diep River flows into the Haring Estuary, which ultimately discharges into this sea |
the North Sea
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Seen here, this perennial grass is used to make biofuel in Brazil |
(Ariel: What is bamboo?)
sugar cane
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This word that starts & ends with "U" means freedom in Swahili; it's one letter off from a classic TV character's name |
(Ken: Yes, like Uhura on Star Trek.)
uhuru
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In 2013 she began playing a reporter on "Being Mary Jane" & got engaged to Dwyane Wade |
Gabrielle Union
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As well as a general noun for a loose shirt, it can be a verb meaning "to poof out slightly above the waist" |
(Ken: Less than a minute.)
to blouse
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Henry Allingham died aged 113 in 2009 as the last survivor of World War I's biggest naval clash, the battle of this Danish land |
(Amy: What is Arnhem Land?)
the Battle of Jutland
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The Humboldt Current is sometimes called this South American country's current |
(Ariel: What is [**]?) [Ariel's response was ruled incorrect and the decision was reversed after the break.]
the Peru Current (the Chilean)
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Used in making everything from airplanes to appliances, it's the most abundant metal in Earth's crust |
(Simi: What is iron?)
aluminum
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