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This state capital was founded by four way-out-of-staters, one from England, one from Georgia, one from Alabama & one from Iowa |
Helena
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Thank you for being a friend all of these years, beloved icons Betty White & this one-time co-star who both passed in 2021 |
Ed Asner
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The name of this Akron-based company honors the man who invented the vulcanization process for rubber |
(Mayim: Correct, Charles [*].)
Goodyear
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Handel wrote this piece with its famed "Hallelujah" chorus for Easter, not Christmas |
the Messiah
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Rutgers' football rivalry with this school goes back to their first collegiate game in 1869 |
Princeton
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It's from the Greek for "forgetfulness" |
amnesia
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The Hudson Bay Lowland & the Saskatchewan Plain are 2 of the land regions that extend into this Canadian province |
Manitoba
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A heart attack claimed the life of '90s rapper Earl Simmons, better known by this 3-letter moniker |
DMX
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This stolen vehicle recovery system's name is a pun on a word meaning "to steal a vehicle" |
LoJack
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Sail away with this waltz, Opus 314, that Johann Strauss the Younger composed in 1867 |
(Evan: What is the "Danube Waltz"?)
"The Blue Danube"
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No beans about it, this school now in Chestnut Hill was founded by a Jesuit priest in 1863 |
(Mayim: Get it? Beans.)
Boston College
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It's a list of subjects to be discussed |
agenda
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The name of this stream near Rimini comes from a Latin word for "red" |
(Christian: What is... uh...)
Rubicon
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This actress whose credits included "Arrested Development" & the voice of Malory on "Archer" passed away at 80 |
Jessica Walter
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This music company was named after its founders Herb Alpert & Jerry Moss |
A&M Records
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Here's a bit from his exuberant "Jupiter" symphony |
Mozart
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On the campus of this Texas university, Joy & Lady live in a special habitat accredited as a zoo |
(Christian: Uh, what is North Texas?) ... (Mayim: The [*] Bears.)
Baylor
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A Roman goddess, or the dawn of day |
Aurora
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The Song Cuu Long, or "River of 9 Dragons", is what locals in its lower delta call this 2,700-mile Southeast Asian river |
the Mekong
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In 2021, we lost two veteran Jewish comedians--Mort Sahl on the left & this man on the right |
(Christian: Who is Jackie Gleason?)
Jackie Mason
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This software company sounds like a type of clay brick but is actually named for a creek |
Adobe
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Paintings by Monet & J.M.W. Turner inspired this composer's orchestral masterpiece "La Mer" |
Debussy
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This Illinois school was founded in 1851 to serve Ohio, Wisconsin, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan & part of Minnesota |
(Mayim: Making up what was then the Northwest Territory.)
Northwestern
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It's the fear of heights |
(Christian: What is, uh,...)
acrophobia
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This 200-mile strip of land along the coasts of Honduras & Nicaragua got its name from a people, not bugs |
the Mosquito Coast
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This author & essayist who also wrote screenplays with husband John Gregory Dunne passed away at 87 |
Joan Didion
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In Korean this electronics company's name means "three stars" |
Samsung
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This composer wrote "The Humming Chorus" for the part of the opera where Butterfly waits & hopes for Pinkerton's return |
(Mayim: In Madame Butterfly.)
Puccini
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This historically Black college in Atlanta consistently ranks among the top 10 women's colleges |
Spelman
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It's the little area that processes emotions such as fear |
the amygdala
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