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Indigo, a major colonial crop, was used mainly for this |
dyeing
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"Look Sharp" company that sponsored long running Friday night fights on TV |
Gillette
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J.H. Bair pioneered biofeedback by teaching students to wiggle these |
their ears
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In Norse mythology, this son of Odin carries a hammer, a magic belt, & iron gloves |
Thor
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Aussies call it the gum tree |
the eucalyptus tree
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Hoover, Grand Coulee, or a colt's mother |
a dam
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R.I. founder Roger Williams is said to have been 1st in America to undergo this by immersion |
baptism
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The NBA's Utah Jazz got their name when they played in this city |
New Orleans
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Meaning "joint inflammation", this is man's oldest known chronic disease |
arthritis
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God who reigned over Rome's "golden age" and now "runs rings" around the sun |
Saturn
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To horses, a slow gallop, not a singing rabbi |
a canter
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The first public schools in America were founded in this colony |
Massachusetts
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1st professional game of this sport was played in Hoboken, N.J. in 1846 |
(Dominic: What was basketball?)
baseball
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In 1905, "Ladies Home Journal" proved a medicine for teething babies had this opium drug in it |
(Dominic: What is Orajel?) ... (Alex: Boy, were those babies happy, I bet.)
morphine
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Shakespeare's nickname derived from these poetic Druid historians who "sang" their tribes' myths |
bards
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A mongrel dog is called a "bitser" because it's said to consist of this |
[The end-of-round signal sounds.]
bits of dogs
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Equus asinus, this horse family member is still found wild in original North African homeland |
(Jeff: What is a zebra?) (Dominic: What is the Arabian horse?) ... (Alex: We've got less than a minute to go.)
a donkey (or an ass)
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Both of these colonies claimed all of Vermont |
(Jeff: What is Delaware & Massachusetts?)
New York & New Hampshire
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Only NFL team to play its home games in New York State |
(Barbara: I can't think of the third team.)
the Buffalo Bills
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Phagocytosis is the process of these leukocytes "chewing up" bacteria |
white blood cells
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Ancient name for the Dardanelles, which Leander swam nightly to visit Hero |
the Hellespont
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What you'd have to have to produce cackleberries |
(Alex: Cackleberries are eggs.)
chickens
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Major group of horses which, when fully grown, stand less than 14.2 hands or 58 inches |
(Dominic: What are Shetland [*]?)
ponies
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Founders of the Carolinas called on this Eng. philosopher to write their fundamental laws |
(Dominic: Who is Henry James?)
John Locke
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Type of wrestling developed in 19th century France, not in ancient times |
Greco-Roman
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Daily dosage of this B vitamin equal to 1/100 of a salt grain will help cure pernicious anemia |
B12
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Greek goddess of vengeance that's come to mean any deadly rival |
a nemesis
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When someone's doing this, he's said to be bashing the ear |
talking excessively
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Tallest & strongest of horses, such as a Percheron, descended from steeds knights rode into battle |
draft horses
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