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WEIGHT, WEIGHT, DON'T TELL ME |
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Barack Obama quickly resigns from the Senate for a very good reason |
2008
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Budgies are the first known non-mammals to experience contagious this action, perhaps leading to a nap |
yawning
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All hail the king! In 1991 Saskatchewan discovered it was home to Scotty, a 42-foot-long, 20,000-pound type of this dinosaur |
a T. rex
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In this book you'll find "I shall cut off her head and fill her mouth with garlic, and I shall drive a stake through her body" |
[Michael responds using "Draccent".]
Dracula
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Writers once had some pizzazz using these -nyms! Ben Franklin was Silence Dogood & Washington Irving, Jonathan Oldstyle |
a pseudonym
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Coming on the pitch in the 60th minute in his Inter Miami regular season debut in 2023, he got his first MLS goal 29 minutes later |
Messi
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Martin Luther King Jr. gives his immortal "I Have a Dream" speech in D.C. |
(Randall: What is 1965?)
1963
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In 1993 the Supreme Court said "claims of actual" this from new evidence aren't grounds for appeal--you must have been shafted at trial |
innocence
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Bugs Bunny would've lost his mind after learning Guinness certified that one of these in Minnesota grew to be 22-plus pounds |
carrot
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In a 17th century classic, he tells the title character, "What we see there are not giants but windmills" |
Sancho Panza
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In addition to being an acronym, this device that determines an object's distance & velocity is also a palindrome |
radar
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In addition to being a Hall of Fame running back, Jim Brown could stick it to foes by scoring goals in this sport & Jim's in its Hall, too |
lacrosse
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Rosa Parks stays seated on mass transit & makes history |
1955
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Look at the name MOhandas DEwese for the stage name of this artist who slayed Busy Bee in an early rap battle |
(Ken: Pretty old school, yes.)
Kool Moe Dee
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Heavyweight Tyson Fury was 277 pounds for a 2021 fight; this character weighed but 190 against heavyweight Apollo Creed in 1976 |
Rocky
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It includes, "I had only just gone to my room, when my Mary told me a lady had thrown herself under the train" |
(Ken: Yes, spoilers.)
Anna Karenina
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A retronym is a new term created to show the difference between new & old forms, like paper book or this rhyming postal term |
snail mail
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In 2021 Ryan Crouser heaved a metal sphere 76 feet, 8 1/4 inches, breaking a world record set in this sport before Ryan was born |
the shot put
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At John Glenn's request, Katherine Johnson verifies the computer's planning of Friendship 7's flight |
(Randall: What is 1961?)
1962
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Hugh Chisholm edited the 11th edition (1910-11) of this, an edition called the greatest encyclopedia ever |
Britannica
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These clouds are associated with blue skies, especially the humilis type; they look all fluffy but weigh over a million pounds |
cumulus
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The very long opening line of this novel includes the phrase "It was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair" |
(Michael: I will bet the whole shebang.) ... (Michael: What's War and Peace?) (Ken: Sorry, no, "Best of times, worst of times" from [*].)
A Tale of Two Cities
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A cryptonym is a secret name or code word; this 1960s Vietnamese leader had several, including Agent 19 |
Ho Chi Minh
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In 2023, Corey Seager won his 2nd World Series MVP award as this team became champions |
the Texas Rangers
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Just after World War II, Jackie Robinson integrates Major League Baseball |
(Randall: What is 1946?) ... (Ken: Randall, you're very good at ONE YEAR OFF BLACK HISTORY--this is [*], I'm afraid.)
1947
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Romans, Arabs, Normans etc. have overrun this home of resilient Sicilians that's been called the world's most conquered city |
Palermo
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Fluting on armor reduced weight; in Maximilian armour, a set for fighting weighed just 50 pounds, while a set for this was 100 |
jousting
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This Sinclair Lewis guy hears "Preacher... damned if I'm going to watch you seducing the first girl you get your big sweaty hands on" |
Elmer Gantry
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Crohn's disease, the Ferris wheel & Parkinson's law (for Burrill, George & C. Northcote, respectively) are these -nyms |
eponyms
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New Zealand's Jonah Lomu topped ruck.co.uk's list of this sport's 25 best players of all time |
(Michael: I got a sports question.)
rugby
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