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In 1547, this author was born near Madrid, which Spaniards call "the largest village in La Mancha" |
Cervantes
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1st offered in 1986, it's the U.S. equivalent of the krugerrand or maple leaf |
the American eagle
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In November of '86, saying "We need a fresh start", she asked for resignations of her entire cabinet |
(David: Who is Margaret Thatcher?)
(Corazon) Aquino
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In most areas, Eskimos are now replacing dogsleds with these winter vehicles |
snowmobiles
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Both tacos & this popular meat stew are of Aztec origin |
chili
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This pretty-sounding girl's name is from same Greek root as "barbarian" |
Barbara
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Due to its Axis ties, Spain was initially denied membership in this international organization |
the United Nations
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Country which bought nearly 1/2 world's output in 1986, for coins marking emperor's 60th year on the throne |
Japan
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Position from which John Poindexter resigned at the outbreak of the "Contragate" furor |
(Sally: What is CIA director?) ... (Alex: The director of the CIA was William Casey; John Poindexter was [*].)
National Security Advisor
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Eskimo rolls are not something you eat but stunts performed in one of these boats |
a kayak
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Jay Leno says America is hated because we can afford to put funny plastic hats on these tubers |
potatoes
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Arabic for "great": it's appropriate for a prizefighter who also calls himself "the greatest" |
(Kathy: Who is Muhammad?)
Ali
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Of Guadalajara, Cordoba or Durango, the number you'll find in both Mexico & Spain |
(David: What are two?)
three
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In ancient times, this country's Nubian Desert mines were the world's main source of gold |
Egypt
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Once largest GM stockholder, his shares were bought out by GM for $700 million |
H. Ross Perot
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Since Eskimo languages are polysynthetic, a single word is equivalent to this in most other languages |
(Alex: We've got less than a minute to go.)
a sentence
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It's said Churchill called these "the good companions", but IHOP would call them their bread & butter |
pancakes
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Common girl's name derived from a French region bordering on Germany |
(Sally: No idea.) (Alex: Aw, that's too bad. The region, of course, is Alsace-[*] and the girl's name is, Al.) [Laughter] (Alex: No, [*].)
Lorraine
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For nearly 200 years after Ferdinand died, Spain was ruled by members of this "Austrian" dynasty |
the Hapsburgs
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Used for decorative purposes, it can be as thin as 3 millionths of an inch |
gold leaf
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The 2 pilots who flew "Voyager" non-stop around the world |
(Dick) Rutan & (Jeana) Yeager
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3 of the 4 countries in whose domains Eskimos live |
(David: [*], [**] and [***].) (Alex: I'm sure that as you began responding you heard a gasp come from the members of the audience because you forgot to phrase it properly and it's odd you made that same mistake on our last show.)
(3 of) the Soviet Union, the United States, Canada or Denmark
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Sauerkraut was named in Germany but originated in this Asian country |
China
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"Melissa" in the Greek & "Deborah" in Hebrew both mean this insect |
the bee
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Term for the setting of the price of gold, the 1st was done in September 1919 at $20.67 |
fixing (the fix)
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Most dictionaries list this spelling of Eskimo, from the French, as an accepted alternative |
(Sally: What is E-S-Q-U-I-M-O?) ... [The end-of-round signal sounds.]
E-S-Q-U-I-M-A-U
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Described in "Alice in Wonderland" as "beautiful soup so rich & green, waiting in a hot tureen" |
(David: What is pea soup?)
mock turtle soup
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Diego is the Spanish form of this name |
James or Jacob
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