POLITICIANS IN THEIR SCHOOL DAYS |
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Her father was a U.S. Representative when she was born; she'd get her own seat in 1987 & has got the run of the House these days |
Nancy Pelosi
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Cheers to him, an 11-time Emmy nominee & 2-time winner for playing Boston bartender Sam Malone |
Ted Danson
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Adding the spice called file to a soup or stew does this to it, which is also good when it happens to a book plot |
thicken
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Widowed at 24, this Philadelphian born Elizabeth Griscom kept herself afloat by making the occasional flag |
Betsy Ross
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This disappearing cat is owned by the Duchess of Wonderland |
the Cheshire Cat
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To stimulate another to do something creative |
inspire
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Hair's--uh, make that here's this ex-congressman & now MSNBC host in his high school days |
Scarborough
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This social satire from director Bong Joon-ho won the Palme d'Or at the 2019 Cannes film festival |
Parasite
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The long, narrow covered pan called a "fish" this refers to a specific cooking method, not to a person who steals fish |
poacher
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On Feb. 19, 1766 James Watt wrote, "I have thought on a simpler circular" this machine "which I expect will be practicable"--it was |
a steam engine
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Tom Kitten gets rolled up in dough & is almost baked in a pudding in "The Tale of Samuel Whiskers" by this author |
Beatrix Potter
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Take a look at this then-young man from Wyoming, a few years before he was a heartbeat away from the presidency |
(Ken: Apparently, yes.) [Laughter]
Dick Cheney
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Olympia Dukakis & Cher both won Oscars for this 1987 film, playing mother & daughter |
Moonstruck
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Veggies are scalded, then plunged into ice water when you do this, a word also meaning "make pale with fear" |
blanch
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The 2 dynasties vying for power in the War of the Spanish Succession were the Habsburgs & this French one |
the Bourbons
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In "The House at Pooh Corner", Rabbit & Piglet hatch a plot to unbounce this feline character |
Tigger
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Camera lens used to make distant objects appear larger |
telephoto
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After high school, he became a Navy SEAL; he'd grapple with some bodywork, act a bit, & get to governing after that |
Jesse Ventura
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At the 2019 People's Choice Awards, the Competition Contestant winner was Hannah Brown, the title personage of this TV show |
The Bachelorette
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Splitting a steak open but not separating it is called this, which really gives it wings |
to butterfly
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Similar to Uncle Sam, this character represents England, first appearing in the 1712 satirical pamphlet, "Law is a Bottomless-Pit" |
John Bull
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Mungojerrie & Bustopher Jones are memorable characters in this T.S. Eliot work |
Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats
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Sacrilegious speech |
blasphemy
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About a decade after high school, he was elected to the Connecticut State Senate in 1970; the U.S. Senate came later |
(Terri: Who is Liebling?)
(Joseph) Lieberman
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Arthur Hill won a Tony for originating the role of George in this play by Edward Albee |
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
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This French term for a ball of meat or potato fried crisp begins with a type of lawn game |
(Ken: That is correct and I'm so happy to see you back on the plus side.) [Applause]
croquette
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Tacky's Revolt was carried out in 1760 by enslaved people on this Caribbean island, a center of sugar production |
(Terri: What is Haiti?)
Jamaica
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Pixel the cat shows up in the Robert Heinlein work "The Cat Who" does this, which regular cats can't do |
Walks Through Walls
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2 linked lines of verse |
(Mattea: Um, I think I've been doing okay when I've had time to think, so maybe let's do, like, $4,000?) ... (Mattea: What is anapest?) ... (Mattea: Oh, of course.) (Ken: With less than a minute to go.)
a couplet
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