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MINOR LEAGUE BASEBALL TEAM GEOGRAPHY |
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THE DREADED LESSER-KNOWN OPERA CATEGORY |
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From France, how about some of these French-named pouches filled with dried lavender |
(Megan: What is potpourri?)
sachets
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The surface of our star is peppered with these planet-sized blemishes that have a central dark area called an umbra |
a sunspot
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The Jumbo Shrimp try not to get eaten by Jaguars in this Florida city just south of the Georgia border |
Jacksonville
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He got into the MCU as Iron Man's sidekick Colonel Rhodes, aka Iron Patriot |
Don Cheadle
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Aka "ring-tailed bandits", these animals are known to unscrew jars, untie knots & defeat locks |
a raccoon
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Throughout Norway, you'll find souvenir shops with figurines of these mythical beings |
trolls
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In a Newtonian law, "F" is for attractive force & "G" is for this constant |
gravity
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The Southern League's Rocket City Trash Pandas play in Madison but were formerly the Bears of this other Alabama "M" city |
(Laura: What is Montgomery?) [ERRATUM: The team that became the Trash Pandas was known as the BayBears (1997-2019). The Bears (1886–1970) were an earlier, unrelated team.]
Mobile
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She played the intrepid Janet on "The Good Place" |
D'Arcy Carden
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Known more for his Marches, he composed the comic opera "El Capitan" about competing Spanish viceroys in Peru |
Sousa
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Job held by Tom Brady & Sir Henry Morgan |
(Laura: What is quarterback?) (Ken: No, that would've been a stretch for Henry Morgan.)
a Buccaneer
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Some call it liquid gold & in Morocco you can get the real deal; your silky shiny hair will thank you |
(Megan: What is coconut oil?)
argan oil
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Gymnosperms like the pine tree reproduce via these organs also called strobili |
(Ken: Laura?) (Laura: [Shakes head] What are...) [The time expiry signal sounds.] (Ken: Out of time; like the pine tree, [*].) (Laura: Oh, okay.) (Ken: Pine [*].)
cones
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The Sod Poodles are very good boys for this Texas panhandle city whose soil color gives it its Spanish name, meaning "yellow" |
(Ken: Right, with less than a minute.)
Amarillo
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"Rock, Roll & Remember" is a memoir by this man who began hosting "Bandstand" at Philadelphia's WFIL-TV in 1956 |
Dick Clark
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Originally performed by both female & castrato sopranos, Francesco Veracini's "Rosalinda" was based on this Shakespeare comedy |
(Ken: Rosalind is in [*].)
As You Like It
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This synonym for clown comes from the Italian for "puff out the cheeks" |
[Herb shakes his head.] (Ken: Herb, you got anything?) (Herb: No, sorry.)
a buffoon
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In India & nearby regions, you can pick up this type of shawl or scarf made from the wool of a certain cashmere goat |
a pashmina
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These clotting agents form in giant bone marrow cells called megakaryocytes |
platelets
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It's easy for the Space Cowboys to see the parent club, the Astros--the team plays for this "sweet" city in Houston's metro area |
Sugar Land
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In "First Man", Ryan Gosling reunited with this "La La Land" director to tell the story of Neil Armstrong |
Damien Chazelle
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A woman's name begins this verb that means to indulge or pamper excessively |
to mollycoddle
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From Venice, hop a boat to this nearby island & buy some authentic glass of the same name--maybe a vase |
(Ken: That's the famous [*] glass, island of [*].)
Murano
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No. 12 on the periodic table, it's the third-most plentiful structural metal in the world after aluminum & iron |
(Ken: Very difficult clue--what is [*]?)
magnesium
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The Rumble Ponies horse around in this SUNY city south of Syracuse whose name should bing a bell |
Binghamton
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This late, great actor was an amoral, sexist boss in "Nine to Five" & again in "Tootsie" |
[The end-of-round signal sounds.]
Dabney Coleman
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In Matthew 22 Jesus is confronted by members of the Pharisees & by this sect |
(Laura: Who are the Philistines?)
the Sadducees
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