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He pointed out that his father might not have been served at a U.S. restaurant less than 60 years earlier |
Barack Obama
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The back of a skirt or coat might have a kick one of these folds of fabric; it allows more movement |
(David: What's a hem?)
a pleat
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Zeus placed Castor & Pollux in the heavens as this constellation |
(Ken: Because they're twins, yes.)
Gemini
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In 2023 Kelsey Grammer returned as this title psychiatrist, back in Boston & teaching at Harvard |
Frasier Crane
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This area at a train station has all kinds of items left behind, as seen here |
lost & found
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Swiss bankers were seen as hoarding gold underground & disparaged as "gnomes of" this city, the country's financial center |
Zurich
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James K. Polk said this republic "has made known her desire to come into our Union", & it did 9 months later on December 29, 1845 |
Texas
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Though the name sounds like you run slowly in them, these lounge pants have a slimmer fit than sweats & a cinched ankle |
joggers
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Depicted here with Apollo, the sisters who presided over the arts & sciences had this collective name |
the Muses
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72-year-old widower Gerry Turner was the title figure of this recent reality competition on ABC |
the Golden Bachelor
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Topographic phrase to describe a graphic pattern of highs & lows, like electricity usage over the course of a whole year |
(David: What's a contour map?)
peaks & valleys
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In 2023 gnomes were a popular shape for these alliterative baking items whose name implies uniformity |
cookie cutters
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Taft talked of the building of this "controlled by Colonel Goethals & his fellow Army engineers" |
(Ken: You're off to a fast start, David, how big do you want to risk here?) (David: As Salt-N-Pepa would say, let's "push it".) [Laughter] (David: $2,800.) (Ken: You're the first Episcopalian pastor I've ever heard quote Salt-N-Pepa.)
the Panama Canal
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Made from heavier material than a polo, the shirt named for this sport usually has stripes, long sleeves & a white collar |
a rugby shirt
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One legend said these warrior women cut off their right breasts to make it easier to use their bows |
the Amazons
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Natasha Lyonne solves a mystery a week in this 2023 series named for a useful feature when playing cards |
Poker Face
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Ingredients to make this type of Chinese chicken dish may include sugar, pineapple & distilled vinegar |
(Yungsheng 永勝: Better get that right.)
sweet & sour
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The gnome beverages of choice include spiced gin as a nightcap & this made of fermented honey |
mead
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He didn't believe that "The Great Society is the ordered, changeless, & sterile battalion of the ants" |
Lyndon Baines Johnson
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Worn with a kimono, its name literally means "belt" or "sash" |
an obi
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Known for his wisdom, this centaur instructed some of the greatest heroes, including Jason |
(Hannah: Who is Mentor?)
Chiron
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Asa Butterfield offers relationship advice to his schoolmates in this Netflix series |
Sex Education
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On the front of a dollar bill, it says it is legal tender for all debts owed in these 2 ways |
public & private
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On December 10, 1961 Project Gnome in this state's Eddy County became the first nuclear test designed for peaceful purposes |
(Hannah: What is Nevada?) ... (Ken: It was [*], like the first A-bomb test.)
New Mexico
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In 1969 Nixon was referring to this Apollo mission when he said astronauts "flew over the Moon's gray surface on Christmas Eve" |
Apollo 8
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If the fellas are wearing lederhosen, the gals are wearing this type of dress with a name from a German word for "girl" |
a dirndl
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After her daughter Persephone was abducted, she roamed the Earth for 9 days without eating, drinking or bathing |
Demeter
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In the miniseries "Feud: Capote vs. the Swans", a top Swan is Naomi Watts as Babe, wife of this CBS honcho |
(Yungsheng 永勝: Who is Les Moonves?) ... (Ken: Before Les's time, this is [*].)
William S. Paley
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Pres. James Garfield is quoted, "The best thing that can happen to a young man is to be tossed overboard" to do this pair |
sink or swim
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One of this composer's "Pictures at an Exhibition" is "The Gnome" |
Mussorgsky
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