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Adopted in 1886, the Berne Convention gives international protection to these; the standard term is author's life plus 50 years |
copyright
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A life-size 20-foot-tall rock carving of this animal in Niger shows that the Sahara supported more varied life 5,000 years ago |
(Laurel: What is a lion?)
a giraffe
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Our relationship is strictly NSA, this |
(Ken: We are, yes.)
no strings attached
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89109 is the ZIP Code for most of the hotels on this city's strip |
Vegas
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The deuce, the hook & Uncle Charlie are baseball slang for this type of breaking pitch |
a curveball
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A symbol of Turkey since Ottoman times, this flower has inspired decorative motifs on carpets, clothing & ceramics |
(Debbie: What is a lotus?)
a tulip
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The 1899 Hague Convention explicitly forbade dropping bombs from these; nice idea, but technology soon passed it by |
(Kevin: [Sighs] What are airplanes?) (Ken: No, I'm sorry...) (Kevin: Weren't invented yet.)
hot air balloons
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Fish need shade too, sometimes provided by these, the floating leaves of plants such as Nuphar advena |
(Laurel: What is kelp?) (Kevin: What is seaweed?)
lily pads
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The Atlantic gets a lot smaller in this phrase meaning over in America to a Brit, or vice versa |
across the pond
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Batter up & head to this Chavez Ravine ballpark that's not in 90210 but in its anagram, 90012 |
(Ken: It is, nick of time.)
Dodger Stadium
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Yagli gures, one of the most popular sports in Turkey, is a variety of this one, but with the grapplers covered in oil |
wrestling
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In a stirring speech, she rebuked mobs disrupting an 1853 women's rights convention in New York City |
Sojourner Truth
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A desire to work in the kelping professions may lead you to phycology, defined as the study of these |
algae
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An uneasy accord has been reached when you do this rhyming phrase, politely let go of a dispute without resolution (you're still wrong) |
agree to disagree
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The city of Schenectady has 11 ZIP Codes; the highest in number is this, & it's easy as... |
(Debbie: Oh, uh, what is ABC?) (Laurel: What is 99999?)
12345
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In cricket, the only defensive player who wears gloves is the guy in charge of keeping this vital thing |
the wicket
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Made with molten glass, a nazar boncuğu is a Turkish amulet used for protection against this negative force |
the evil eye
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184 countries are signatories to CITES, the Convention on Intl. Trade in these plants & animals, the E.S. of CITES |
Endangered Species
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Geneticist Polly Fordyce dislikes this term for the 98% of DNA that is non-coding; much of it does come out in gene expression |
(Laurel: [Sighs]) (Ken: Didn't have it.) ... (Ken: You gonna stick with LIFE SCIENCE, Kevin?) (Kevin: LIFE SCIENCE for $1000, let's do it.) (Ken: At least we get rid of it.)
junk DNA
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To pine for someone, or more literally, to participate in a pre-Olympics ceremony |
carry a torch
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When writing to this famous residence, use the ZIP Code 20500 |
the White House
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Any castaway knows this brand makes the NCAA official beach championship game volleyball |
Wilson
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Producing more than 70% of the world's supply, Turkey is the world's largest grower of these nuts, aka filberts |
hazelnuts
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On Jan. 16 & 17, 1793 France's National Convention voted to sentence this man to death |
Louis XVI
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All of a manatee's teeth, which gradually move forward in its jaw, are these |
molars
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It means doing everything right, or getting a hit every time up, though the math doesn't strictly work on that last one |
batting 1.000
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ZIP Codes go up to 99950, which belongs to a city in this state |
(Laurel: What is Washington?) (Debbie: What is Hawaii?) ... (Ken: It's in [*], Ketchikan, [*].)
Alaska
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In 2014, 260 years after its founding, this legendary golf club finally agreed to accept female members |
(Debbie: What is the Masters?)
St. Andrews
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Before Turkey's largest city was renamed Istanbul, it was Constantinople & just before that, known as this |
Byzantium
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