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AMONG THE TOP BRITISH BABY NAMES |
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This inner autonomous region arcs for 1,500 miles across the north of China |
Inner Mongolia
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The North Carolina Aquarium at Fort Fisher has these animals at the north end of their natural range, including a popular albino one |
an alligator
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In 1962, at age 7, this cellist played for President Kennedy, accompanied by sister Yeou-Cheng on the piano |
Yo-Yo Ma
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For boys the top 2 names are Noah & this Muslim one, with its various spellings |
Muhammad
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Based on a hit Chinese sci-fi novel, this Netflix series sees aliens called the San-Ti looking Earthward |
(Greg: What is the [*]?) (Ken: Yes, [*].)
3 Body Problem
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A position in basketball & a word before English |
center & middle
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It's a 90-minute ferry ride from Port Angeles, Washington to this Canadian provincial capital |
(Julie: What is Vancouver?)
Victoria
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Adwaita, the oldest recorded land animal at about 250 when he died, was one of these critters |
a tortoise
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John Williams (not the composer) put out an album of greatest hits on this instrument with works by Albeniz, Granados & Tárrega |
a guitar
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It's the name shared by British-born actresses James & Collins |
Lily
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Episodes of this police comedy include "Dangle's Moving Day" & "Beige Lives Matter?" |
(Greg: Um, nope, don't got it.) (Julie: What is Brooklyn Nine-Nine?)
Reno 911!
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A tasting sampler, as of wines or whiskeys & the second book of the Bible |
flight & Exodus
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This island territory is roughly 900 miles east of Charleston, South Carolina |
Bermuda
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This snake of the desert Southwest, named for its unusual locomotion, can hit speeds of 18 miles per hour |
a sidewinder
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Emmanuel Pahud plays a 14 karat gold one of these woodwinds; Sir James Galway's is platinum |
a flute
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Drop 2 letters from a piece of land surrounded by water to get this popular girl's name, recently No. 3 |
Isla
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Her real name turns out to be Jane Ives, & she developed powers due to involvement in the government's MK-Ultra program |
(Sam: Who is... Seven?) (Ken: No, I'm sorry, it sounds like you were thinking of Stranger Things, but her name is [*].)
Eleven
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One in the final year of classes & what the "M" stands for in the TV-MA rating |
(NOTE: Ken reads "year" as "years".)
senior & mature
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This country at the southwest tip of the Arabian Peninsula borders Saudi Arabia & Oman |
Yemen
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From service in the Southwest, the U.S. Army's 9th Engineer Battalion has as its crest this scary-sounding lizard |
a Gila monster
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Soon after this American pianist won the Tchaikovsky Competition in 1958, a major intl. piano competition was named for him |
Cliburn
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It's from Greek for "bright" or "radiant", like Ms. Waller-Bridge |
Phoebe
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Fittingly, one episode of this CBS comedy finds Caroline embracing Kickstarter to raise funds |
2 Broke Girls
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Flannel-forward paper towel brand & a type of nuclear force |
Brawny & strong
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On the map as an independent country since 2006, it lies between Serbia & the Adriatic |
Montenegro
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This fossil of New Zealand looks like a lizard, but unlike lizards it has no external ears |
(Ken: Well done, yes.)
a tuatara
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L.A.'s Dorothy Chandler Pavilion opened in 1964 with a performance by this Lithuanian-born violinist & longtime USC teacher |
Jascha Heifetz
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This name that's in the top 20 belongs to a boy born in 2019 who's sixth in line to the British throne |
(Ken: That's right, your neighbors' family.) (Julie: Yes.)
Archie
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Proxima III is the site of a big battle for Captain Sheridan & his space station on this show |
Babylon 5
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A Quaker & one of 10 divisions of a Roman legion |
Friend & cohort
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