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Its state fair takes place in Syracuse, not in Albany |
New York state
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He's called "Taz" for short |
the Tasmanian Devil
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Dialects of this language fall into 2 major divisions: Plattdeutsch & Hochdeutsch |
German
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"Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are" these "ravening" animals |
wolves
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The date of this U.S. holiday changes, but it's always the last Monday in May |
Memorial Day
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On the 1992 Oscar telecast, Jack Palance did a one-handed one |
a push-up
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The Bering Sea Ice Classic is a golf tournament played on ice in this U.S. state |
Alaska
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The 1947 cartoon that first paired this cat & bird won an Academy Award |
Sylvester & Tweety Bird
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Quechua, spoken in Peru, Bolivia & Ecuador, was the language of this empire |
Incan
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It's what the wise men followed "till it came and stood over where the young child was" |
the Star of Bethlehem
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This country's second- biggest festival is Wandering Souls' day; the biggest festival is Tet |
Vietnam
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Cowboys do it to cattle; Casablancan police do it to "the usual suspects" |
round up
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Roland Hinton Perry sculpted the lions for the Taft Bridge on Connecticut Avenue in this city |
Washington, D.C.
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This character's cartoons include "Odor-Able Kitty", "Heaven Scent" & "Touche and Go" |
Pepe Le Pew
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"Koala" & "boomerang" entered English from the indigenous languages of this continent |
Australia
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John reports that Jesus used a whip to drive the sheep, oxen, money changers & dove sellers from this place |
the Temple
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Japanese Buddhists celebrate the festival of Bon, when these are lighted & floated down a river |
candles (or okuri-dango, or lanterns)
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A famous one in the 1940s was Betty Grable |
a pinup
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Henry Flagler's fabulous mansion is now a musuem in this Florida beach city named for its coconut trees |
[ERRATUM: "Museum" was misspelled as shown in the clue.]
Palm Beach
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Mac 'n' Tosh, a goofy pair of these burrowing rodents, appeared in several cartoons |
gophers
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The Dravidian languages are found principally in Pakistan, India & this island nation |
Sri Lanka
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The devil asked Christ, "If thou be the son of God, command this stone that it be made" this food |
bread
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On the 10th of Tishri, this Jewish high holiday, a special memorial service or Yizkor is held |
Yom Kippur
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The person who came in second |
a runner-up
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This city, Oklahoma's second largest, hosts an annual chili cookoff & Bluegrass Festival |
(John: What is Ponca City?)
Tulsa
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In 1958's "Robin Hood Daffy", he played Friar Tuck |
Porky Pig
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About 1/3 of this country's people speak Amharic, especially in the region around Addis Ababa |
Ethiopia
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After Herod presented his stepdaughter with the head of John the Baptist, she gave it to this person |
her mother
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All Souls' Day, for the dear departed, follows the day for "all" of these |
saints
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For safekeeping he might have kept his findings in a poll vault |
(George) Gallup
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