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WHAT DID YOU DO WITH THAT POTATO? |
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Devastated by the Persians in 480 B.C., this present world capital was soon rebuilt bigger & better than ever |
Athens
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Before "gorgeous" it means an absolute knockout; before "date", an absolute final cutoff time |
drop-dead
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Master distiller Waldemar Durakiewicz makes potatoes into the Chopin brand of this |
vodka
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Glenn Miller vanished in 1944, but he has a headstone here in Virginia & his Army Air Forces Orchestra has a memorial too |
Arlington
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July 22 is the feast day of this woman who according to Mark was the first person to see Christ risen |
Mary Magdalene
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No. 5 on his jersey but number one in my heart! Thanks for my Jayden Daniels gear; rooting for this D.C. team now! |
the Commanders
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In 962 Pope John XII--to repeat, the pope--crowned the ruler of what would be this empire that ended about 850 years later |
the Holy Roman Empire
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An old, unsolved investigation, especially for TV's Lilly Rush of the Philadelphia Police Department |
cold case
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Fictional astronaut Mark Watney grew & ate potatoes here, or he wouldn't have survived |
(Ken: Yes, in The Martian.)
Mars
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This university is home to a Greek Revival building called Old College & maybe someday the Joe Biden Presidential Library |
the University of Delaware
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Virginia Madsen got a Supporting Actress Oscar nomination as Paul Giamatti's love interest in this 2004 film |
(Jack: Great one.)
Sideways
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In 1997 Bud Selig retired the number 42 in honor of this man, but you can look sharp in a licensed version of his jersey |
Robinson
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During the American revolution, one German state made about 13 years of tax revenue by renting out soldiers known as these |
(Alex: What are mercenaries?) (Ken: Can you be more specific?) ... (Ken: Yes, from the state of Hesse, the [*].)
Hessian mercenaries
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Online motorcyclist forums have exchanges about how women can avoid this post-ride issue without getting a buzz cut |
helmet hair
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At this position, 1980s Minor Leaguer Dave Bresnahan threw a potato into left field & tagged the bamboozled runner at home |
catcher
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"New Jersey" or "Hackensack" can precede this rural-sounding name for the area where the NFL's Jets & Giants play at home |
the Meadowlands
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The story of Ann Rutledge, Abe's first love, was exaggerated by a biographer who hated this woman & called her "a she wolf" |
Mary Todd Lincoln
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Love my new jersey for this Seattle NHL team; the logo does kind of look like a sea monster |
Kraken
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Last name of Christopher, for whom a flag of the Revolutionary War era is named; Chris' grandson James made a big 1853 land buy |
(Ken: Yeah, the [*] Purchase.)
Gadsden
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Friar Tuck is exceptionally jolly even among this entourage of Robin Hood's |
the Merry Men
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The NP, this railroad through Idaho, used a skewer through the middle to cook enormous baked potatoes to diner's delight |
(Jamie: What is the Northwest Pacific?) (Jack: What's the North Pacific?) ... (Ken: Alex shaking his head; it's [*].)
the Northern Pacific
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Once the "Lumber Capital of the World", this Penn. city hosts the Little League World Series, in which the bats ain't lumber |
Williamsport
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Virginia Dare, the first English child born in America, was part of this colony whose members mysteriously disappeared |
Roanoke
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To go with my Pele jersey, I've got the jersey of this other one-named Brazilian legend; she now has a FIFA award named after her |
Marta
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Spain's king quickly began ridding the nation of the authoritarian policies of this man after his death in 1975 |
Franco
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In a 1963 case in Massachusetts, 2 of 3 people playing this not-exactly-a-game were convicted of manslaughter in the death of the 3rd |
Russian roulette
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Born in 1949, he had humble culinary beginnings peeling potatoes in an Austrian hotel, but L.A. beckoned |
Wolfgang Puck
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The Pacific has Orange County, the Mid-Atlantic has this Maryland O.C., known for its beaches & boardwalk |
Ocean City
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Founded in 1964, the reproductive biology research foundation became the institute named for William Masters & this woman |
(Jamie: What is... Young?)
(Virginia) Johnson
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Though this NBA team only played its first 6 seasons in the Great White North, its clawmark scratched jerseys of the '90s are lit |
(Ken: Yeah, then in Vancouver.)
the Grizzlies
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