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In 1947 Harry Truman made a visit to this capital city, meeting with Governor General Alexander & PM MacKenzie King |
(Emily: What is Canberra?)
Ottawa
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It's a coveted Shakespeare role for older actors, like Christopher Plummer on Broadway at age 74 |
King Lear
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Antarctica is circular except for a peninsula that stretches toward this continent & gets within 600 miles |
South America
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In billiards, when it's too far a reach, you can use a mechanical one of these 6-letter tools to help make the shot |
a bridge
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In 1987 Michael J. Fox won praise for the "Family Ties" episode "'A', My Name is" this |
Alex
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Experiments show this 10-letter word is from Latin for "workplace" |
laboratory
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Ronald Reagan famously visited this European city in 1987 & gave a speech during its 750th anniversary celebrations |
Berlin
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The first ancient Greek plays had just one actor, the protagonist, & a chorus; Aeschylus added a 2nd actor, called this |
the antagonist
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Species of these found in Antarctica include the chinstrap & the Adelie |
penguins
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At Starbucks, hot coffee comes in sizes from short, 8 ounces, to this, 20 ounces |
venti
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Don Cheadle narrates this reboot about growing up in the 1960s |
The Wonder Years
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A marine one of these equals 3 nautical miles |
a league
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He made Goodwill visits to 10 Latin American countries as president-elect in late 1928, but never left the country as prez |
(Herbert) Hoover
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The profanity-laced Pulitzer Prize-winning play "Glengarry Glen Ross" takes place in this industry |
(Emily: What is sales?) (Mayim: More specific?)
real estate sales
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Arriving in December 1911, this Norwegian's expedition won the race to be the first to reach the South Pole |
Amundsen
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In 2021, the U.S. Postal Service issued new stamps celebrating this holiday |
the Day of the Dead (Día de los Muertos)
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Abbi Jacobson & Ilana Glazer starred in this series set in New York |
Broad City
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To mix with a modifying substance, or to produce fermentation in dough |
leaven
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Summer 1969 overseas trips by Richard Nixon saw him meet with Pres. Marcos in the Philippines & Pres. Ceausescu in this country |
Romania
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The courtroom drama "Night of January 16th" by Ayn Rand needs exactly this many people to be selected from the audience |
(Emily: What is 9?) (Mayim: I'm sorry, no, [*] to make up the jury.)
12
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Despite regulation of spray cans, an 8-million-square-mile hole still appears in this over Antarctica each year |
the ozone layer
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According to the AKC in 2020 this dog with a nationality in its name jumped to No. 2 in popularity, ahead of German shepherds |
the French bulldog
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This veteran actor found new fans in the '90s as Ray's dad in "Everybody Loves Raymond" |
Peter Boyle
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It means to slice or tear jaggedly |
(Steve: What is lance?)
lacerate
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Barack Obama's journey to Egypt in 2009 featured an address at Cairo University & a meeting with this president |
Mubarak
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In 2022 Matthew Broderick & Sarah Jessica Parker headlined this author's classic comedy "Plaza Suite" on Broadway |
Neil Simon
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This Antarctic research station has the same name as Russia's first manned ventures into space & means "east" in Russian |
(Steve: What is Sputnik?) (Jin-Soo: What is Volga?)
Vostok
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Of the major airports that serve London, this one is the second-busiest |
Gatwick
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Robin Thede is the creator & Issa Rae is an executive producer of this HBO "Sketch Show" |
[Emily does not include "A" in her response.]
A Black Lady Sketch Show
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A region of Sparta gives us this word meaning extremely concise in speech |
laconic
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