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It may go plankton-crustacean-herring-haddock & be only as strong as its weakest link |
Food chain
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There were an average of 2.67 of these a game, not enough for some bored U.S. viewers |
Goals
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This four-leafed plant, a symbol of luck, has the power to break some fairy spells |
Clover/shamrock
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In 1698, this comet discoverer took a ship called the Paramour Pink on the first purely scientific sea voyage |
Edmond Halley
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In days past, a young punk often put "a chip on" this, & dared others to knock it off |
Shoulder
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Perhaps best known for "Walking Tall", he's more recently been seen in "GoldenEye" |
Joe Don Baker
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The extension of a land mass to about 500' underwater; it gives way to the Continental Slope |
Continental Shelf
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This country's win over the "Great Satan" knocked the U.S. out of contention for the second round |
Iran
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Pixies frolic in southwestern England, especially in this part where the Cornish people live |
(Marc: What is Wales?) ... (Alex: Now you realize, Cornish people come from [*]!)
Cornwall
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In 1698, colonists from this European country got refreshment by making Pensacola....Florida, that is |
Spain
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To sense something intuitively is to "feel it in" these calcium storehouses |
Bones
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He won one Pulitzer Prize in 1979 for his New York Times column & one in 1983 for his autobiography |
Russell Baker
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(Hi, I'm Michael Newman of Baywatch.) It's the Japanese term for seismic sea waves, sometimes 100 feet high, that can bring lots of tsuris |
["Tsuris" refers to tourists.] (Alex: Mixing our metaphors and our languages!)
tsunami
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Argentina didn't "kick" about this controversial tie-breaking method after using it to beat England |
Penalty kicks/shootout
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Resembling trolls, trows live in these Scottish islands famous for their small ponies |
Shetland Islands
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This architect who rebuilt London after the Great Fire of 1666 saw his work on Whitehall Palace burned in 1698 |
Sir Christopher Wren
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When you act out of pique & harm yourself in the process, you "cut off" this "to spite your face" |
Your nose
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Type of hit that won Frank Baker his nickname when he hit 2 in the 1911 World Series |
Home run
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The photic zone is the upper ocean layer, with enough sunlight to allow this plant process |
Photosynthesis
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Only in France: the pre-game show at the final was a tribute to this "saint"ly fashion designer |
Yves Saint Laurent
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Of all Shakespeare's plays, this one has the most fairies |
(Andrew: What is A Midsummer's Night's Dream?) (Jayne: What is A Midsummer's Night's Dream?) ... (Alex: No "S" at the end of "Midsummer".)
A Midsummer Night's Dream
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In 1698 this Russian czar founded Taganrog; 5 years later he founded a better-known port |
Peter the Great
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A fearsome foe is said to be "armed to" these body parts -- scary! |
The teeth
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Trumpet-playing Baker seen here |
Chet Baker
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As you'd expect, they're the 2 most abundant chemical elements in the dissolved solids found in seawater |
Sodium & chlorine
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It was a good July for this country: they reached the World Cup semis & Goran Ivanisevic made the Wimbledon final |
Croatia
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You might want to hobnob with these mischiefmakers whose name begins with "hob" |
Hobgoblins
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Thomas Savery patented the first practical version of this machine, intending to use it in mines |
(Alex: Well done in the category - you got all the points!)
Steam engine
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Insincere words not backed up by deeds are this type of "service" |
Lip service
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He's the Baker who played drums for Cream |
Ginger Baker
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