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On May 1, 1873, the post office began issuing post cards at this price |
one penny
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Area code of number to call to order Ginsu knives, Slim Whitman albums, or Time magazine |
800
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The well-developed exoskeleton on most fish or what blind justice holds |
scales
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At a White House dinner Nov. 9, 1985, president Reagan called this person Princess "David" |
Princess Diana
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A house that is 2nd to nuns |
a convent
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From "choraules", the flute player who accompanied choral dances, comes this word for a hymn of joy |
(Charles: What is a choral?) (Warren: What is a chorale?) ... (Alex: What we are going for here is what is a [*], as in Christmas [*].)
a carol
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Between 1872 & 1874, it's said almost 12 million of these animals were systematically killed in the U.S. |
buffalo (bisons)
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What auto salesman Cal Worthington calls all his animal co-stars, be they bear, chimp, or hippo |
"my dog Spot"
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Of a grunt, a sucker, or a Fanta, the 1 that isn't a fish |
(Alex: We've got about a minute to go in this round.)
a Fanta
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Soviet who said in November 1963, "start throwing hedgehogs under me, I'll throw 2 porcupines under you" |
Khrushchev
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When Uncle Sam wants you, whether you want him or not |
(Alex: I heard somebody in the audience give it. What is [*]? Be careful in the audience, ladies and gentlemen, please. We're gonna take a commercial break right now, and during these couple of minutes, we'll go into the audience and beat that person within an inch of his life.)
conscription
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"Adeste Fideles" |
"O Come, All Ye Faithful"
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As chief of the Dept. of Public Works for NYC, this "Boss" defrauded the city of $200,000,000 |
[The end-of-round signal sounds.]
Boss Tweed
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He gets "rid of dirt & grime & grease in just a minute" & was subject of nationwide look-a-like search |
Mr. Clean
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Living in poorly oxygenated water, the mudfishes' swim bladder has adapted to do this |
breathe in air
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Currently the only Muslim spiritual leader to head a country |
the Ayatollah Khomeini
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"All I want for Christmas" is this so I can say, "Sister Susie sitting on a thistle" |
"My Two Front Teeth"
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For a special Jumbo Jack promotion in July 1985, Jack-in-the-Box brought back this spokesman |
Rodney Allen Rippy
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While the smallest fish are the gobies, the largest are of this type |
sharks
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In a 1983 TV movie, Louis Gossett, Jr. portrayed this slain world leader |
Anwar Sadat
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A hot dog stand at Yankee Stadium |
a concession
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Completes the title of the #1 selling song of Christmas 1984, "Grandma Got Run Over By A..." |
"Reindeer"
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Since people found it difficult, they bet you couldn't "eat just one" |
Lay's potato chips
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In 1971, they sang, "joy to the fishes in the deep blue sea" |
(Alex: Joy to you and me.)
Three Dog Night
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His daughter was kidnapped Sept. 10, 1985 by the Pedro Pablo Castillo Front |
(José Napoleón) Duarte
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1 of 2 words meaning a fit, either temperamental or physical |
a conniption (or convulsion)
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Christmas standard introduced at midnight mass in 1847 when "the stars were brightly shining" |
"O Holy Night"
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