DEALING WITH THINGS DIPLOMATICALLY |
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WHERE DID THAT COME FROM? |
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THOSE WORDS PACKED SOMETHING TO EAT |
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Jefferson sent James Monroe to France to buy this port city & West Florida for $10 mil, max; Napoleon said how about all of Louisiana for 15? |
(David: What is St. Augustine?)
New Orleans
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This icon, the focus of a blockbuster film & a Mattel mainstay, made it onto Forbes' list of the most powerful women of 2023 |
Barbie
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In 1956 Harry Coover received a patent for "alcohol-catalyzed cyano-acrylate adhesive compositions" or just "Super" this |
Glue
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According to the U.S. Geological Survey, of all the continents, this one has the fewest earthquakes |
Antarctica
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Sir Alec Guinness won a Tony for his performance in this play about poet Thomas, not musician Bob |
Dylan
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Containing a veggie, it completes the saying "Hell hath no fury like a woman..." |
scorned
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The 6th century Peloponnesian League was a coalition of city-states led by this one big on the military |
Sparta
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He briefly played in the minors in Baltimore before the Red Sox & his 1914 rookie card recently sold for more than $7 million |
Babe Ruth
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The pillar kind of this device loved by dogs was invented by... uh... we dunno; an early patent was ironically lost in a blaze |
a fire hydrant
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In 1968 this NYC school dropped "of Music" from its name to reflect its broader scope that includes dance & drama |
Juilliard
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In this play named for a Danish city, the spirits of Heisenberg & Niels Bohr come together to discuss a meeting they once had there |
Copenhagen
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There's a fruit inside this word meaning "marked with small patches" such as "of sunlight" |
dappled
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In 1994 U.S. diplomats got this country's deposed President Aristide reinstated just in time to head off an invasion |
Haiti
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In 2009 it was revealed that Joy is the first name of this pancake syrup spokescharacter |
(David: Who is Aunt Jemima?)
Mrs. Butterworth
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Inventor Dan Klitsner said he was working on a zany remote control for kids when he came up with this '90s hit toy |
Bop It
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More than 6,000 athletes from some 40 countries compete in these games, the Olympics of the Western Hemisphere |
the Pan American Games
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It ends with Malcolm saying, "So thanks to all at once and to each one, whom we invite to see us crowned at Scone" |
Macbeth
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There's lunch meat nestled in this cloth used for polishing |
[James selected the first clue.] (Diandra: What is cheese cloth?)
a chamois
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In 2023 Saudi Arabia resumed diplomatic work in this other Arab country a decade after ending it due to the long Civil War |
(David: What is Yemen?)
Syria
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The leg warmers may be gone but 50 years after Judi Sheppard Missett founded this dance & fitness franchise, it's still going strong |
Jazzercise
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In 1978 Julio Palmaz heard a talk about the problem of arteries re-closing after surgery & invented this tube to hold them open |
a stent
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With a Russian name meaning "union" & launched in the '60s, it's the longest operational manned spacecraft program in history |
(James: What is Sputnik?)
Soyuz
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The musical "My Fair Lady" was based on this play by George Bernard Shaw |
Pygmalion
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The English word for unagi is inside this old pirate torture where you got dragged by ropes under the ship |
(David: What's the wheel?)
keelhauling
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In 1956 this U.N. Secretary-General from Sweden worked with Canada's Lester Pearson to resolve the Suez Crisis |
Hammarskjöld
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Miyawaki is the last name of the "Your Best American Girl" indie rock goddess who goes by this single name |
Mitski
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Puppets dancing to steel drums in Port of Spain on this island inspired the design of those wiggly tube dudes in front of car dealers |
Trinidad
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The youngest veep at 36, John Breckinridge served under this president before running against Lincoln for president |
(Ken: Lincoln's predecessor, yes.)
Buchanan
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This 2005 Pulitzer Prize winner by John Patrick Shanley is set in a Bronx Catholic school in 1964 |
Doubt
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Help yourself to a piece of dessert within this word meaning lack of reverence |
impiety
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