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    | The charter states the U.N. is determined "to save succeeding generations from the scourge of" this | 
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    | 1993's "Dragon" | 
    Bruce Lee
 
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    | They're fingered to control the pitch of a trumpet | 
    valves
 
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    | Never grab your pet leopard gecko by this body part; it can come off when the gecko is stressed | 
    tail
 
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    | When El Greco was born on this isle in 1541, it was under Venetian rule, not Greek | 
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    | An employee who runs errands; it's a Grandy job to have | 
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    | Alphabetically first among the U.N.'s 6 official languages, it was a late addition to the list | 
    Arabic
 
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    | "Man on the Moon" | 
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    | (Alex: Let's find out from Sarah.)  Like the part of the nose it rests on, the connecting part of a pair of glasses is called this | 
    bridge
 
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    | As the gecko can climb almost any surface, make sure your terrarium has one of these to deter escapes | 
    lid
 
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    | Of Domenikos Theotokopoulos, El Greco, or with a cross, it's how he signed his paintings | 
    (Christine: I'm going to say with a cross, what is a cross?)
  Domenikos Theotokopoulos (in Greek)
 
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    | Belinda, Jane, Charlotte, Kathy & Gina | 
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    | The first female U.S. ambassador to the U.N., she published the book "Political Woman" in 1974 | 
    (Christine: Who is Jane Kirkpatrick?)
  Jeane Kirkpatrick
 
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    | "The Desert Fox" | 
    Erwin Rommel
 
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    | It's a knob on the top of a saddle, or an ornamental knob on the hilt of a sword | 
    pommel
 
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    | The Global Gecko Association is in this state whose postal abbreviation is backwards in the word gecko | 
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    | The 1982 El Greco exhibition at the National Gallery of Art was inspired by the spirit of these 2 sister cities | 
    (Christine: What are Madrid & Washington?)
  Toledo, Spain & Toledo, Ohio
 
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    | Storm this desert & you're bound to find a Mongol or two | 
    Gobi
 
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    | Organizations that have this "status" include the OAU & the Holy See | 
    observer status
 
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    | "Coal Miner's Daughter" | 
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    | As a noun, it's a strip of material on a sail; as a verb, it means to secure an opening like a hatch | 
    (Alex: And less than a minute, now.)
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    | In a Q & A with Reptile Magazine, this crocodile hunter said his favorite gecko is the rough knob-tailed | 
    Steve Irwin
 
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    | In 1963 he was El Greco on film & Audrey Hepburn's husband in real life | 
    Mel Ferrer
 
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    | In 1678 the Coventry Fair instituted a festival in this lady's honor | 
    Lady Godiva
 
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    | In 1999 UNTAET began helping this country, the ET in its name, achieve independence | 
    (Nancy: What is Estonia?) ... (Alex: And it came about this past year.)
  East Timor
 
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    | "To Hell and Back" | 
    (Alex: Most decorated soldier in WWII.)
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    | (Sofia of the Clue Crew reports from Heritage Village in Cincinnati)  Like in colonial days, I'm making yarn using the drop type of this | 
    (Nancy: What is a loom?)
  spindle
 
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    | This insurance company features a gecko in its ads | 
    (Alex: And that takes you into first place; it was a long, hard ride!)
  GEICO
 
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    | During a private visit to Greece in 1999, this queen opened an El Greco exhibition in Athens | 
    (Christine: Who is Queen Elizabeth I?) (Nancy: Who is Queen Elizabeth II?) ... (Alex: Because she was born in Greece.)
  Queen Sofia (of Spain)
 
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    | He gave us the classic tale of Cossack life "Taras Bulba" | 
    Nikolai Gogol
 
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