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Russia annexed this peninsula between the Black Sea & the Sea of Azov in 1783; wouldn't be the last time they tried that, either |
Crimea
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Pindar was famed for these poems; Alexander Pope wrote one "On Solitude" |
odes
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Slightly sweet & chewy, they're the little tapioca pearls in the tea |
boba
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"The pins you save live on your boards" on this site |
Pinterest
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At the Golden Globes in 2024, he said, "This is a nice moment for me", when he won for "Succession" |
Kieran Culkin
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An Olympic award changes a letter & becomes this lever |
a pedal (from medal)
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This 12,000-foot volcano in Japan erupted in 1707 but thankfully has been dormant for the ensuing 300+ years |
Fujiyama
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Haiku masters Buson & Issa had to master this many syllables to craft their works |
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A caffè Americano is this dark strong coffee diluted with hot water |
espresso
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This site "enables anyone to be a creator", as Noah Beck found out when 9 seconds of lip-syncing made him famous |
TikTok
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Season 1 of this Netflix series focused on Pablo Escobar, played by Wagner Moura |
Narcos
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A 4-games-to-0 result in the World Series changes its second letter to "T" & becomes this adjective |
steep (from sweep)
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In 1789 the Marquis de Launay, gov. of this landmark, didn't give up its munitions to the people so easily; bad move |
the Bastille
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A villanelle is a 19-line poem consisting of 5 tercets & a concluding (do the math) one of these |
(Ken: Four lines left over.) ... (Ben!: Those were helpful instructions from the writers.)
a quatrain
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With spinach as a star ingredient, the dish seen here goes by this 2-word name, partly after a city |
(Yogesh: Hopefully lunch is coming up soon, so FOOD & DRINK $600.) ... (Ben!: What is quiche... Lorraine?) ... (Ken: Spinach means "Florentine"--[*].) (Troy: Oh.) ... (Yogesh: There goes our perfect game.) [Laughter]
quiche Florentine
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This "in the gaming community is the problem we are trying to solve", said a founder of the platform of that name |
Discord
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In the daytime drama world, Shemar Moore rose to fame in the '90s as Malcolm Winters on this soap opera set in Genoa City |
The Young and the Restless
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Satisfaction taken in winning trades a "D" for a "Z" & becomes this award for winning |
prize (from pride)
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On May 1, 1776, Adam Weishaupt founded the Perfectibilists, a branch of this "enlightened" secret society... oh dear, I may've said too much |
(Troy: Uh, don't get me.) [Laughter] (Yogesh: Too late.)
the Illuminati
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Famous in the sonnet-verse, Petrarch devoted hundreds of poems in his "Canzoniere" to this woman, his love |
Laura
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Aubergine caviar is another name for this smoky Mediterranean spread made with roasted eggplant |
baba ghanoush
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This search engine with a double-talk animal name emphasizes privacy, saying it doesn't track searches or collect user info |
DuckDuckGo
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She starred on dramas like "The Leftovers" & "The Gilded Age" |
(Yogesh: Who is the great [*]?) (Ken: She is great, that's correct.)
Carrie Coon
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A championship flag trades one of its "N"s for a "D" & becomes this dangling thing |
pendant (from pennant)
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Not thrilled with the colonies in 1774, Britain's parliament passed 4 punitive measures known not so nicely as these acts |
the Intolerable Acts
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For this grave work, Yeats chose words he had already written: "Cast a cold eye, on life, on death. Horseman, pass by" |
(Ben!: What is Elegy in a Church Courtyard?)
his epitaph
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They're not lemons, but this 4-letter citrus fruit from Asia, whose juice & zest are used in Japanese cuisine |
yuzu
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Called "China's Google", this search engine became the first Chinese company to be listed on the NASDAQ 100 |
Baidu
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President Obama said his favorite character on "The Wire" was this stickup man portrayed by Michael K. Williams |
(Ken: [*], comin', right.) (Yogesh: [*], comin', yeah.)
Omar (Little)
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A verb meaning to admit, as into a hall of fame, changes a letter & becomes this verb meaning to infer from reasoning |
induce (from induct)
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