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THE TRUTH ABOUT CATS & DOGS |
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In the 1674 Treaty of Westminster, the Dutch returned New York & this other "new" colony to the British |
New Jersey
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At 26 cycles a second felines do this about twice as fast as an idling diesel engine |
Purr
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Osric is a fatuous fop at the Danish court in this tragedy |
Hamlet
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In 1978 the first champion of this tournament in the Flushing Meadows era was crowned |
U.S. Open (tennis)
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This 1969 invention of Don Wetzel is associated with a P.I.N. |
ATM (Automated Teller Machine)
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On October 8, 1918 this U.S. Army corporal, later sergeant, killed over 20 Germans & captured 132 others |
Alvin York
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In the Treaty of The Hague, this country's Philip V ended his unequal war with the Quadruple Alliance |
Spain
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Of 6 million, 60 million or 600 million, the number of pet cats in the USA |
60 million
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Her nurse says of her, "Come Lammas-eve at night shall she be fourteen" |
Juliet
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A grand champion of a tournament in this sport is called a yokozuna |
Sumo wrestling
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On Feb. 21, 1947 Edwin Land demonstrated one of these to the Optical Society of America |
(Marc: What is an Instamatic camera?) (Mary: What is a camera?) (Alex: Be more specific.) (Mary: Color camera?) ... (Alex: The Instamatic camera came way later.)
Polaroid/instant camera
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This Japanese naval officer was given the title Admiral of the Fleet after he was killed in the Solomons in 1943 |
Isoroku Yamamoto
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A 1948 Dutch truce with Indonesia was signed on a ship off this city, then called Batavia |
Jakarta
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The xuloitzcuintli, resembling the Chihuahua, is the national dog of this country |
Mexico
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It's the play in which Hecate says, "And now about the caldron sing, like elves and fairies in a ring" |
Macbeth
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This motorless vehicle tournament crowns its champion each year in Akron, Ohio |
Soap Box Derby
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In the 1960s this U.S. firm released the first word processor, an adaptation of its Selectric typewriter |
IBM
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In 1986 this former test pilot was named to the committee investigating the Challenger disaster |
Chuck Yeager
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In 1958 the Netherlands & 2 other Low Countries signed a treaty creating this economic union |
(Alex: You could set a new one-day record on our show, but don't feel any pressure because of that!)
Benelux (Belgium, Netherlands & Luxembourg)
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Garm, the hound of Hel in Norse mythology, is often compared to this canine of Greek mythology |
Cerberus
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In "The Tempest", this beastlike character is described as a "born devil" & "a monster" |
Caliban
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After being crowned a champ at the Golden Gloves tournament, this "Hit Man" turned pro in 1977 |
Thomas Hearns
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Without this 1947 invention of Shockley, Bardeen & Brattain, we'd have 40-pound Walkmans |
Transistor
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In 1968 this future Detroit mayor became the first black member of the Democratic National Committee |
Coleman Young
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A famous 18th century peace was signed at this city once called Ultrajectum |
(Doug: What is The Hague?)
Utrecht
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The official dog of this nation's army, the Briard was once rare because so many were lost in World War I |
France
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Marina is captured by pirates & sold to a brothel in the play named for this Prince of Tyre |
(Mary: What is "Coriolanus?")
Pericles
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The 2 teams that always qualify for soccer's World Cup are the previous champs & this nation -- in 1994 it was the U.S. |
Host/home nation
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Almost 40 years after Otis invented the safety elevator, Jesse Reno developed this people mover |
Escalator
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During his 20-year career with the Brewers, he had 3,142 hits & a major league record 123 sacrifice flies |
Robin Yount
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