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The $1 coin is all hopped up with 5 of these animals |
kangaroos
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An AOM practitioner is trained in this "& Oriental medicine" |
(Erin: What's Asian?) (Scott: What is alternative?)
acupuncture
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This actress & singer, do you love me? Are you riding? I mean, we're both TV hosts, as you've been on "Password" since 2022 |
Keke Palmer
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The name of this Christian movement goes back to pamphlets published by Lyman & Milton Stewart in the 1910s |
fundamentalism
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I know I've been singing this song about a young fish a lot lately, but... doo-doo doo-doo doo-doo... it's so much fun |
"Baby Shark"
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In the late 1950s the U.S. & the USSR began this rhyming competition involving satellite launches & rockets |
the Space Race
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Adorning the $50 bill is Edith Cowan, who sat in the Western Australia legislative assembly as Oz' first female MP, short for this |
a member of Parliament
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In the first part of 2024, almost 150 U.S. cases of this disease aka rubeola were reported, with nearly half in Chicago |
measles
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Devan Chandler Long tried out for the Carolina Panthers but ended up dying to be a Viking, playing Thorfinn on this CBS sitcom |
Ghosts
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A startup may turn to this, a general term for financing by smaller dollar amounts from many people |
crowdfunding
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I know you kind of hate my guts right now, but I made your favorite for dinner, this Russian dish with mushrooms & meat over noodles |
stroganoff
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This word for supporters of Thomas Jefferson returned in the 1850s as the name of a new political party |
(Ken: They were [*], the originals.)
Republicans
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An egg-laying monotreme, this insectivore graces the 5-cent coin |
an echidna
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Like yellow fever, the Zika virus is transmitted by these insects |
mosquitoes
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This sitcom character was introduced in 1984, got his own series in 1993, & got his own series again 30 years later |
Frasier
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It's the first & last name of an animated guy with a crush on Patti Mayonnaise |
Doug Funnie
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Sure I got you a vacuum cleaner for Mother's Day, but it was one from this brand that shares a name with our 31st president |
Hoover
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The "10 Percent Plan" of 1863 was the first program of this 14-letter period that started after the Civil War |
Reconstruction
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On the $10 bill, Banjo Paterson penned some of the country's most beloved songs, including the words to this dancing ditty |
"Waltzing Matilda"
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During pregnancy this procedure where a sample of fluid is taken from around the fetus is used to test for genetic disorders |
amniocentesis
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I'll lay it out in black & white, Andrew Scott plays the title grifter on this Netflix show |
Ripley
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On this kind of railway, 2 train cars use each other as counterweights |
a funicular
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Maybe I erred in saying your friend reeks like this rarely blooming flower, also known as titan arum, but I nearly passed out |
a corpse flower
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The Great Fear was just a precursor to this similarly named time of which the fall of the Girondins was a bellwether |
the Reign of Terror
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A toast to this acclaimed Australian soprano & dame who appears on the $100 bill |
(Ken: A "toast" because that's [*].)
Dame Nellie Melba
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Occurring more often in women, this syndrome, CFS, is characterized by extreme exhaustion lasting 6 months or longer |
chronic fatigue syndrome
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Ramón Rodríguez plays this ABC title guy who works for the Georgia Bureau of Investigations & has a cute li'l pup named Betty |
Will Trent
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In economics, it describes goods that can be exchanged for one another since they are equal in value; some tokens are the "non" kind |
fungible
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Yes, I spent our last dollar to build a Lego version of this mausoleum in Agra, but it was a labor of love! |
the Taj Mahal
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A 1914 gathering of lawyers & police officials from 24 countries led to the creation of this organization based in Lyon |
Interpol
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