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Members of this order of mammals have chisel-like incisors for gnawing & no canine teeth |
(Bob: What are canidae?)
rodents
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Ronco made a special vacuum that cleaned these before you put them on the turntable |
records
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Venezuela's independence celebration is on this date, 1 day after ours |
July 5
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This interval has 8 steps; octo is Latin for "eight" |
an octave
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It's a long bench for seating the congregation in a church |
a pew
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Name shared by a card game, a pastry & a Bonaparte |
Napoleon
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Bipolar, ganglion & amacrine cells connect the cones & rods of the retina to this nerve |
the optic nerve
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A foundation of the Ronco empire is this device that slices & dices |
the Veg-O-Matic
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In this part of the U.K., Orangeman's Day celebrates a Protestant victory over the Catholics |
Northern Ireland
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This Italian synonym for decrescendo is often abbreviated dim. |
diminuendo
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Meaning "to write down hastily", this word comes from the Greek Iota |
jot
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Historian & columnist Pierre Berton has been called this North American country's most famous journalist |
Canada
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These chambers of the heart were formerly called the auricles |
(Tom: What are ventricles?)
the atria
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With one machine you can dehydrate food, or make yogurt or this dried meat product |
jerky
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These animals are driven through the streets of Pamplona, Spain during the Fiesta de San Fermin |
bulls
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The musical range of a baritone is between a tenor & this lowest type of male voice |
the bass
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Often paired with to, it means "away" or "back" |
(Phil: [No response]) (Tom: What is set?)
fro
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In heraldry, 1 of the 2 parts of a dragon that are usually barbed |
the tongue (or the tail)
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Doctors sometimes induce hypothermia, which is this, to reduce metabolic activity |
(Bob: What is heat?) (Tom: What is freezing? Cold?) (Alex: Neither one of you is being specific enough, unfortunately.) (Tom: What is [*]?) (Alex: Oh, hang on. I'm about to say "What is [*]?" Bob was on the right track when he said to reduce heat, sometimes induce hypothermia, which is this, to reduce metabolic activity. So we're not even going to consider it. We'll go on. You two have lost.)
low body temperature
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The egg scrambler scrambles the egg while it's still here |
In the shell
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Chinese New Year's Day falls in 1 of these 2 months on our calendar |
(Phil: What is March?)
January or February
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This cauldron-shaped drum tuned to a definite pitch originated in Asia |
timpani (kettledrum)
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It's the term for food regurgitated from the first stomach of a ruminant & chewed again |
cud
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In 1971 he launched his first Eau de Toilette for men, YSL Pour Homme |
Yves Saint Laurent
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This genus of bacteria includes S. typhi, causing typhoid, & S. typhimurium, causing food poisoning |
salmonella
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Mr. Dentist is the plaque attacker & this product lets you talk over the radio |
(Alex: Have you got one?) (Phil: No.) (Alex: Would you like one?) (Phil: Yes, bring it down.)
Mr. Microphone
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King Bhumibol of this SE Asian country gives Buddhist monks new yellow robes on Thot Kathin |
Thailand
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In an arpeggio the notes of one of these are sounded in succession, not simultaneously |
a chord
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A symbol of the power of a monarch, it's a globe surmounted by a cross |
an orb
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An Astaire & Rogers musical, an adjective that means having no worries, or a sugarless gum |
Carefree
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