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Adult frogs have 2 organs of respiration, the skin & these |
(John: What are the gills?)
lungs
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After the Panchen Lama was removed from power, it became an autonomous region of China in 1965 |
Tibet
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This current Chief Justice was a clerk to Supreme Court Justice Robert Jackson in 1952 |
(John: Who is Burger?) ... (Alex: The man who succeeded Justice Burger.)
Rehnquist
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This synonym for a bear comes from the Dutch for "brown" |
bruin
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After she fell down the rabbit-hole, she wondered if her cat, Dinah, would miss her |
Alice
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Ocean ringed by the "Ring of Fire" |
the Pacific
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Common name of dizygotic twins |
fraternal twins
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Between 500,000 & 250,000 years ago, this prehistoric man lived in what is now northern China |
Peking Man
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In 1938 he became chief counsel of the NAACP, a post he held for the next 23 years |
(Josh: Who is Wilkins?)
Thurgood Marshall
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This phrase for southern squalor came from the title of a 1932 Erskine Caldwell novel |
tobacco road
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Henry Fleming loses his illusions about the glory of war in this Stephen Crane classic |
The Red Badge of Courage
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From the Latin "lacuna", pool, it's a body of brackish water separated from the sea by a reef |
a lagoon
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Peristaltic waves move down this tube that connects the pharynx & stomach |
[The end-of-round signal sounds without a prior warning being given.]
the esophagus
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Founded in the 3rd century B.C., this dynasty gave China its name |
(Josh: What is the, uh, Ching?)
the Ch'in Dynasty
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A co-author of the Federalist Papers, he served as Chief Justice from 1789 to 1795 |
John Jay
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Harold Tucker Webster comic strip character who was timidity personified |
(Caspar) Milquetoast
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He left his son Telemachus under the care of his trusted friend Mentor |
Odysseus
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Most icebergs in the North Atlantic Ocean broke off from this island |
Greenland
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This physician led the movement that overthrew the monarchy in 1911; 2 months later he became president |
Sun Yat-sen
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In 1948 this California governor was Dewey's running mate; 5 years later he became Chief Justice |
Earl Warren
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The person who holds this post presents the reason why someone should not be canonized |
the devil's advocate
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Charles Marlowe goes in search of the mysterious Mr. Kurtz in this Joseph Conrad novel |
Heart of Darkness
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The "Eurotunnel" to link France & England is being dug under this strait |
(John: What is the English Channel?)
the Strait of Calais (the Pas de Calais or the Dover Strait)
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In 1279 this Mongol founded the Yuan Dynasty, putting all of China under foreign rule for the 1st time |
Kublai Khan
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In 1919 he said a person's right to speak may be limited if the words "create a clear and present danger" |
Oliver Wendell Holmes
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From German for tailor, it's cutting someone out of a game, like gin, without him scoring a point |
(Deborah: Oh, dear... what is skunking?)
schneider
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Dobbin is Old Gobbo's horse in this Shakespeare play set in Italy |
(Alex: Deborah?) (Deborah: What is Two Gentlemen of Verona?)
The Merchant of Venice
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They're caused by seismic disturbances & have nothing to do with tides, so "tidal wave" is incorrect |
tsunamis
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