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Disturbances in Dijon in 1788 were early signals of this event that really got going in 1789 |
the French Revolution
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This association is "an organization of members of the legal profession", & it's time for you to pass it |
the Bar
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The right spot to smack on a Heinz bottle is this number to get the ketchup flowing at a brisk .028 mph |
57
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As Nick Lachey surely knows, it's sorta kinda around the normal body temperature |
98 degrees
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19-year-old George Washington caught this disease, which left him with a scarred face for the rest of his life |
smallpox
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This name of seafaring warriors of around the year 1000 is from a Scandinavian word for "pirate" |
Viking
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This aforethought is "the requisite mental state for common-law murder", including the intent to inflict grievous bodily harm |
malice
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A 42-foot rocking chair in Missouri & the original McDonald's site in California are not far off this route |
Route 66
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Is it this abbreviation for filming people filming people, or a K-pop band with Jin & Suga? |
(Ken: Short for behind the scenes, [*].)
BTS
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In rising water, these tiny ants, named for their burning sting, form a living life raft with their waxy, waterproof bodies |
fire ants
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In "The Pajama Game", "Why don't you stop all this" trivial chat; "I've got something better for your lips to do" |
small talk
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Symbolizing this new dual monarchy, in 1868, Empress Elisabeth, or Sissi, traveled to have her youngest be born a Buda baby |
(Abby: What is Hungarian?)
Austro-Hungarian (Austria-Hungary)
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"A solemn declaration, accompanied by a swearing to God... that one's statement is true" |
(Amar: What is an affirmation?) (Steve: What is a testament?)
an oath
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You can just do the math to get this number of batters faced by a Major League Baseball pitcher who threw a perfect game |
27
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It's an idiom for working well together, like Chris Kirkpatrick on a tandem bicycle with Justin Timberlake |
in sync
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A bug in the "click" family of this insect can snap its thorax to flip into the air & right itself |
a beetle
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A surprising cost, as in "fixing up the house will cost a..." this; there's debate on how much it is, which I'll settle: $2.77 mil. |
(Amar: What is small print?)
small fortune
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In politics it's someone who firmly supports one side; in WWII history, it refers to anti-Nazi resistance fighters |
(Steve: What is a zealot?)
a partisan
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This witness "is biased against the examining party, is unwilling to testify, or is identified with an adverse party" |
a hostile witness
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In the presidential election of 1956, Eisenhower carried 41 states & Stevenson, this many |
(Amar: Uh... [*]--what is [*]?) (Ken: [*] is correct, yes; Alaska and Hawaii had not yet been added to the Union.)
7
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Donnie Wahlberg & Joey McIntyre are these children who just came to the neighborhood & now we gotta show them the ropes |
the new kids on the block
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Monarch butterflies flock to this poisonous "weed"; they're immune, so absorbing the toxins makes them an unpleasant meal |
milkweed
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John Mellencamp was referring to Seymour, Indiana when he sang, "I was born in" this |
small town
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In 346 B.C., Athens made the Peace of Philocrates with this northern kingdom soon to spread to empire size |
Macedonia
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Alliterative item "given to a court... to guarantee that the defendant will duly appear in court in the future" |
a bail bond
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"Paradise Lost" & the "Aeneid" are divided into this many "books" |
(Abby: What are seven?)
12
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A bar mitzvah marks this transition from childhood to adulthood; I wonder if Nathan Morris & Shawn Stockman had one |
boys to men
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These pinhead-sized crop pests like to specialize; apple, cabbage, pea & rose are just a few of the varieties |
(Ken: Yes, your enemy on the farm.)
aphids
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In a poker game, the player to the left of the dealer makes this mandatory bet before the cards are seen |
small blind
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