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Lew Wallace's historical novel "The Fair God" is set in this country; the fair god is Quetzalcoatl |
Mexico
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In 1982 this player known as "Mr. Cub" became the first Cub to have his uniform number retired |
Ernie Banks
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Where you see the biggest pig in the state, or what you pay the bus driver to take you there |
fair/fare
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In 1990 the Soviet parliament gave him power to rule the economy by decree until March 1992 |
Gorbachev
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The American Indian leather slipper that shares its name with a venomous snake |
a moccasin
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It's both the flower "of Tralee" & "My Wild Irish" flower |
Rose
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Col. Pyncheon built this title Hawthorne house on Pyncheon St. in Salem, Mass. |
[Marta does not include "the" after "of".]
the House of Seven Gables
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In 1987 this Red Sox pitcher became only the fourth man to win 2 consecutive Cy Young Awards |
Roger Clemens
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To ring a bell, or to skin an orange |
to peal/peel
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In January 1970 Pan Am made the first regularly scheduled flight of this jumbo jet |
(Marta: What is the Concorde?)
the 747
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Though it sounds exclusive, no one knows for sure who invented this glossy black leather |
patent leather
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When these "are smiling, sure they steal your heart away" |
Irish eyes
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"Cannery Row" is in this U.S. state |
California
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This team's Arlington Stadium is the only one not to have hosted an All-Star or postseason game |
the Texas Rangers
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A small, bloodsucking insect, or to run away from danger |
to flee/flea
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On Dec.16, 1971 East Pakistan became this country |
Bangladesh
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From French for "shoulder", it's a shoulder ornament originally worn on military garb |
an epaulette
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Completes "I kiss the dear fingers so toil worn for me, oh, God bless you and keep you..." |
"Mother Machree"
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In this E.M. Forster novel, Adela claims she was attacked in the Marabar Caves |
(Alex: It was a great PBS series a couple of years ago on--[*].) [Alex corrected himself after the break that the PBS series he was thinking of was The Jewel in the Crown while [*] was a movie.]
A Passage to India
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He led the American League in stolen bases every year of the 1980s except one |
Rickey Henderson
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A treaty, or filled to capacity |
pact/packed
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Site of a major WWII battle, this largest island in the Ryukyu chain was returned to Japan in 1972 |
(Philip: What is Midway?) (Marta: What is Guadalcanal?)
Okinawa
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In a 1958 hit, The Royal Teens asked, "Who wears" this scanty warm weather wear |
(Philip: What is an itsy bitsy teenie weenie yellow polka dot bikini?) [Laughter] (Alex: No, but I'm glad you took us down that path.) [Laughter]
short shorts
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In a George M. Cohan song, he spells his name with a "Double R" |
Harrigan
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Joseph Conrad's "Nostromo" is set in Costaguana, a fictional republic on this continent |
South America
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Imaginary Winter Baseball League based on cartoons showing fans huddled around an old Franklin |
(Marta: What is a rotisserie league?)
the Hot Stove League
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Of sound health, or to beckon a taxi |
hale/hail
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This pair was arrested for the murder of a shoe factory paymaster in 1920 & executed in 1927 |
Sacco & Vanzetti
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The common lace-up shoe with 3 or more pairs of eyelets. named for a British city |
an Oxford
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The 2 titles of the following song; one mentions a city in Northern Ireland:
Instrumental music by Mantovani and His Orchestra |
(Marta: What's "A Long Way To Tipperary?) [The music is not played going into the break.]
(Oh,) "Danny Boy" & "Londonderry Air"
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