THERE'S AN ANIMAL IN THAT PHRASE |
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WHERE DID I LEAVE MY KEYS? |
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An adventure into the unknown: "Down the ____ hole" |
rabbit
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The ideas of Édouard de Laboulaye, president of the French anti-slavery society, inspired this gift from France to America |
(Ken: Or [**], but yeah, show-off.) [Laughter] (Yogesh: I only get a few chances to.) [Ken laughs.]
Liberty Enlightening the World (the Statue of Liberty)
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This booze was the base of a Sputnik cocktail, popular in the 1950s |
vodka
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Around 546 B.C. Pisistratus took power as tyrant of this city & ruled there for 2 decades |
Athens
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In 2022, a year after a bad car crash, Tiger Woods returned to the greens in Augusta to play in this tournament |
the Masters
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Always check your pants pockets! Specifically, I'll check this style of tight-fitting pants named for an Italian island |
(Ken: Yes, I love to wear my [*].) (Yogesh: No doubt.)
capris
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Begin a decline in quality: "Jump the ____" |
shark
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Martin Luther King never had a chance to meet this man who inspired him, but he did meet with his son Ramdas |
Gandhi
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2 million gallons of beer in the hall, 2 million gallons of beer... about that much was consumed at this 2011 event in Munich |
Oktoberfest
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He ruled Libya as dictator for 40 years, but Muammar Qaddafi styled himself as this less-than-highest military rank |
colonel
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That's Greg LeMond in yellow, the first American to win this race, competing in 1989 before helmets became mandatory |
the Tour de France
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I do like to time travel, & my keys may be in this year: I saw D-Day firsthand & went to the premiere of "Double Indemnity" |
1944
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That's ridiculous & utter nonsense: "____ -&-____ story" |
cock & bull
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The Altair 8800 & its creator, Dr. Ed Roberts, inspired these two teenage pals from Seattle who became famous |
(Yogesh: All right, Ken, YOU'RE MY INSPIRATION $600.) (Ken: Oh, thank you.) [Laughter]
Bill Gates & Paul Allen
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Waikiki's Royal Hawaiian has an oceanfront bar named for this rhyming cocktail; 2 kinds of rum go into it |
a mai tai
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He prepared his sons Uday & Qusay to succeed him in power, but they predeceased him in 2003 |
Saddam Hussein
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A little birdie told us that China has won the most gold medals in this sport's BWF World Championships |
badminton
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Could've been at the Deerfield, Illinois HQ of this co. (before it moved to Texas) that makes the center-pivot 440 backhoe loader |
(Kyle: What is John Deere?)
Caterpillar
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Angry like a certain insect: "Mad as a ____" |
a hornet
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In 1921 a Jewish woman named Edith Stein read a book by this woman of Avila & began a journey to sainthood under the same name |
Teresa
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Beer's 4 main ingredients are malt, yeast, water & these cones of a plant that help the drink keep its foamy head |
hops
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In 1964 the legislature of this Caribbean country ratified a new constitution making Papa Doc Duvalier president for life |
Haiti
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Dating back to the 1850s, the oldest trophy in international sports goes to the winners of this yachting competition |
the America's Cup
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Let's see, I remember heading directly north out of Israel into this country on the Mediterranean... maybe in Baalbek? |
Lebanon
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The losing party has gained control: "The ____ has turned" |
the worm
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Marie Duplessis, a courtesan & the lover of Alexandre Dumas fils, inspired the character of Violetta in this Verdi opera |
La traviata
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Creme de cacao & half & half are 2 other ingredients in this brandy cocktail, a favorite of John Lennon |
(Kristina: What is a grasshopper?)
a Brandy Alexander
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Slobodan Milosevic, who had been the despotic leader of this nation, died in custody in 2006 while on trial for war crimes |
Serbia (Yugoslavia)
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Meaning "unconquered", these intl. games, held in The Hague in 2022, are for wounded, injured & sick servicemen & women |
the Invictus Games
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The patient had peritonitis from a ruptured one of these; I made the McBurney's incision to remove it & might have dropped my keys |
an appendix
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