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On Sept. 8, 1974 he was pardoned for any crimes he may have committed while president |
Richard Nixon
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These ovens used to fire pots operate at temperatures up to 2200°F. |
a kiln
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At his royal wedding, his bride mixed up his 1st & middle names & called him “Philip Charles Arthur George” |
Prince Charles
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Mark Twain should have known the name of this fruit may be an alternation of “hurtleberry” |
huckleberry
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This “stays mainly in the plain!” |
(Tom: What is rain?) (Alex: Be more specific.)
the rain in Spain
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The extended cathedral length of one of these is over 9 feet long & doesn’t include a dining car |
(Alex: Yeah, we got a little cute with that one.)
a train
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He said of his 715th homer, hit April 8, “All I could think about was that I wanted to touch all the bases” |
Hank Aaron
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To a potter, throw means to form, say, a vase on one of these |
a wheel
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Poet James Riley’s middle name |
Whitcomb
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The name of this “tuxedoed” bird may come from the Welsh for “white head” |
a penguin
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“Chicks and ducks and geese better scurry when I take you out in” this |
the surrey with the fringe on top
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In a double ring ceremony, she gives the ring to the bride to place on the groom’s finger |
the maid of honor
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Malcolm Bricklin began producing these in Canada but his company folded a year later |
the Bricklin automobile
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The word ceramics comes from “keramos”, the Greek word for this substance |
clay
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The middle name of John North, who kept a famous circus going after his uncle died in 1936 |
Ringling
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Evangelical Protestant sect named for its founder, Menno Simons |
the Mennonites
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This song from “The Music Man” says, “There were bells on the hill, but I never heard them ringing” |
(David: What is, uh, never heard them at all, [*]?)
"'Til There Was You"
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When writing, offer the bride “best wishes” & the groom this |
congratulations
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In August a 40-year-old ban on private ownership of this in the U.S. was lifted |
gold
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In 1710 the first European hard-paste porcelain factory was set up in this city near Dresden |
Meissen
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Middle name of Franklin Adams, the witty columnist known as F.P.A. |
Pierce
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Almond paste confection whose name comes from a Medieval Italian coin |
marzipan
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They say this lady will “coax the blues right out of the horn” & “charm the husk right off of the corn” |
Mame
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Exactly 9 sips of this are the essence of a Shinto wedding ceremony in Japan |
sake
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He told the UN General Assembly, “I have come bearing an olive branch & a freedom fighter’s gun” |
(Tom: Who is Ortega?) ... (Alex: You'll recall that famous scene where he was filmed with the gun on his self.)
Yassar Arafat
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The company he founded in Lambeth in 1815 was appointed a supplier to the British court in 1901 |
(Tom: Who is Wedgwood?)
John Doulton
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H.L. Hunt’s middle initial stood for this name which may remind you of a military Marquis |
(Alex: Haroldson [*] Hunt, right.)
Lafayette
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Sorority is derived from the Latin “soror”, which means this |
sister
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It begins, “Isn’t it rich? Are we a pair? Me here at last on the ground, you in mid-air” |
"Send In The Clowns"
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According to tradition, the man who catches the bride’s garter gets to place it on this person’s leg |
(Marcia: Who is the person who catches the bouquet?) (Alex: Yes, but be more specific in terms of sex.)
the woman who catches the bouquet
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