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GREAT BRITAIN IN THE 1700s |
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Iceland's vast Vatna Glacier is dotted with these; their heat can periodically cause melting & flooding |
volcanoes
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In 1984 Nena floated to No. 2 on the charts, singing, "Scramble in the summer sky, 99" of these "go by" |
red balloons
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"Ah, distinctly I remember it", this conflict of legend ignited by Paris & Helen, & in the room that I now dwell in, "Quoth the raven..." |
the Trojan War
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"The Volunteer State" |
Tennessee
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1721 saw Robert Walpole become the first person to hold what would be called this high political office |
prime minister
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Kahlil Gibran wrote this cheery sort of person "sees the rose and not its thorns" |
an optimist
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Tasman Lake in this country is one of the few lakes in the world where you can see icebergs |
(Steve: What is Australia?)
New Zealand
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Toddlers worldwide know this group sang, "Toot Toot, Chugga Chugga, Big Red Car" on their TV show |
The Wiggles
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"As of someone gently rapping, rapping at" this alliterative item seen here; what for? "Only this and nothing more" |
(Robert: What is the door?)
a Dutch door
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"Great Faces, Great Places" |
(Robert: What is New Hampshire?) ... (Mayim: It's a reference to Mount Rushmore.)
South Dakota
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After 9 years' work, in 1755 Samuel Johnson published this pioneering reference work |
(Robert: What is the Oxford English Dictionary?)
the dictionary
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A "standing" one of these after your powerful monologue is sure to bring you a smile |
an ovation
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99% of the world's glacial ice is located on Antarctica & this big island well to the north |
Greenland
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For Peter Gabriel, this unusual title precipitation "is coming down... pouring down all over me" |
"Red Rain"
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"Presently my soul grew stronger", & I'd wait no longer! This "small" French cake I'd make, I swore! "Quoth the raven..." |
[Mayim corrects Robert's pronunciation from "puh-TEET four" to "petty four".]
petit four
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Not a state, "Isla Del Encanto" |
Puerto Rico
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Jacobite supporter Lord Lovat was the last person publicly executed this way in Great Britain--he was spared hanging, drawing & quartering |
beheading
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Cheers to the NCAA Final Four, where the MVP is called the "M.O.P.", with the "O" short for this |
outstanding
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This glacier in Alaska is named for naturalist John, who visited it in 1879; it has since receded & thinned |
(Robert: Who is John [*]?)
Muir (Muir Glacier)
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In 1988 UB40 drank up attention singing this title, "Stay close to me, don't let me be alone" |
"Red Red Wine"
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"All my soul within me burning", we see here this singer of 1999s "Candy" returning with such name as? |
Mandy Moore
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"Heart of Dixie" |
(Steve: What is Mississippi?)
Alabama
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In March 1743 this sacred oratorio received its London premiere conducted by Handel himself |
the Messiah
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Shakespeare wrote, "Why, then the world's" my this "which I with sword will open"; hopeful indeed! |
oyster
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When glaciers retreated in Norway, seawater filled the floor of the resulting trough, creating these, like the Sogne |
fjords
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This country star, the son of a big league pitcher, hit the Top 40 in 2002 with "Red Rag Top" |
Tim McGraw
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"Other friends have flown before", to this northeastern Canadian region, bounded by its self-named sea & more, "Quoth the raven..." |
Labrador
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The Midwest's "Birthplace of Aviation" |
Ohio
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Not as famous as James Watt, around 1712 Thomas Newcomen invented an initial version of this machine |
a steam engine
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Greeks of good cheer will exclaim this 3-letter word, perhaps after breaking a plate |
opa
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