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ALLITERATIVE TELEVISION SHOWS |
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He represented Virginia in Congress from 1789 to 1797; as president from 1809 to 1817, he had what was called his war |
(Kyle: Who is James Monroe?)
James Madison
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The nicer buses within South Korean cities are called jwaseok, which means this, something most people look for when they board |
seat
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"Thank You For Being a Friend" was the theme song for this sitcom that co-starred Estelle Getty |
[Allee did not include the leading article.]
The Golden Girls
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It's the one-word title of a 1920 book written for a mass audience & subtitled "The Special & the General Theory" |
Relativity
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The title of this 2009 bestseller refers to the inked & pierced Lisbeth Salander |
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
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In "Mickey Blue Eyes", James Caan teaches Hugh Grant how to say this NYC slang of squished-together words that can mean "nevermind" |
fuhgeddaboudit
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President Andrew Johnson had been a senator & a representative from this state |
Tennessee
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As well as buses & trains, transit options of the MBTA, or T, included this kind of service from Boston to Hingham |
a ferry
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Chase & Rubble are 2 of the playful rescue dogs who use their unique talents to protect the town of Adventure Bay on this show |
Paw Patrol
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One unit of this measure of pressure is equal to 101,325 pascals |
(Adriana: What is a newton?)
an atmosphere
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This international bestseller has everything: exotic locales, a shipwreck & a Bengal tiger named Richard Parker |
the Life of Pi
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Often said to hail from ATL, this slang for stylish clothes sounds like a verb for what a leaky faucet does |
drip
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Rep. Franklin Pierce was such a devoted supporter of Andrew Jackson, he got this nickname alluding to his age (29) |
(Ken: Not Old, but [*], yes.)
Young Hickory
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In 1914 one of these places in Paris was renamed Liège & is decorated with scenes of that Belgian city |
a metro station
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Can't get enough of charming but evil surgeons? Watch this true crime show on Peacock |
Dr. Death
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The saber-toothed cat chilled out during this epoch colloquially called "The Great Ice Age" |
the Pleistocene
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The title character of this novel by Madeline Miller is a sorceress & the daughter of Helios in Greek mythology |
Circe
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Order a Coney Island at Detroit's finer eateries & you'll get this |
(Adriana: What is a hot dog?) (Ken: Can you be more specific?)
a chili dog
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The last former U.S. representative to become president was this man who had represented Texas' 7th district |
George H.W. Bush
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Helping reach hilly areas, this country's Medellin Metro Cable is one of the world's few aerial parts of a mass transit system |
Colombia
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Krysten Ritter starred as this reluctant ex-superheroine suffering from PTSD & working as a NYC private eye |
Jessica Jones
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D2O, or heavy water, combines oxygen with this isotope that is twice as heavy as hydrogen |
(Adriana: What is...)
deuterium
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A lone astronaut has a lot of problems to solve in his novel "Project Hail Mary" |
(Andy) Weir
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In 2023 Lil Wayne revealed that "Ya heard me?" is one of his favorite slang terms from this city of his birth |
New Orleans
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He was a rep. from New York before becoming veep & then became our 13th president with the sudden death of Zachary Taylor |
Fillmore
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The L train & a bus to Skokie are run by the CTA, short for this original name of the "Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is?" band |
(Kyle: What is the Chicago Transit Administration?) ... (Ken: Yes, that's what the band Chicago was originally called.)
Chicago Transit Authority
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The title of this 1960s primetime soap opera became shorthand for a melodramatic, complicated situation |
Peyton Place
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Frogs & other amphibians have 3-chambered hearts, with one ventricle & 2 of these |
an atrium
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The title of this 2023 James McBride novel refers to a shop run by a woman named Chona |
The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store
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A homophone of a first name but probably derived from "joint", it's Philly slang for almost any person, place or thing |
(Kyle: What is jaunt?)
jawn
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