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  | CALCULATING THE MEASUREMENTS |  
   
 
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    | Get out the blue ink for this sea immediately north of Poland | 
    the Baltic
 
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    1988: "Need You Tonight/Meditate" | 
    INXS
 
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    | Maria Tallchief played the Sugarplum Fairy in a 1954 New York City ballet performance of this classic | 
    The Nutcracker
 
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    | 16 short tons minus 13 short tons leaves you this many pounds | 
    6,000 (3 tons, 2,000 per)
 
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    | In 1949 Canada joined the United States & 10 other nations to form this military alliance | 
    NATO
 
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    | Proverbially, "he who" does this "is lost" | 
    hesitates
 
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    | However you draw the border between Nicaragua & this 2-named country, somebody gets mad, huh? | 
    (Tom: What is El Salvador?)
  Costa Rica
 
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    2009: "Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)" | 
    Beyoncé
 
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    | This wooden rail attached to the wall of a ballet studio is used by the dancers for support during exercises | 
    a barre
 
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    | Fahrenheit boiling point of water times Celsius freezing point of water | 
    0
 
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    | Between 1913 & 1932 Canada dug a new & deeper version of the Welland Canal that connects these 2 Great Lakes | 
    (Tom: What is... Huron and Erie?)
  Erie & Ontario
 
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    | A house of shelter for pilgrims, or a homelike facility that provides care for the terminally ill | 
    a hospice
 
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    | A study says it's the most misspelled city in the U.S., but you got it right, with the final "H" | 
    (Tom: What is Savannah, Georgia?)
  Pittsburgh
 
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    1984: "You Might Think" | 
    The Cars
 
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    | Born Margaret Hookham in England, she made her professional debut in 1934 at the age of 15 | 
    (Alex: And that was the great [*].)
  Margot Fonteyn
 
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    | Number of quarts in 2 gallons divided by the number of pints in 2 quarts | 
    (Tom: What is 4?)
  2 (8 divided by 4)
 
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    | On July 3, 1608 this Frenchman landed at what would become the City of Quebec | 
    (John: Who is... Cartier?) ... (Alex: Cartier was 1500s, not 16.)
  (Samuel de) Champlain
 
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    | From 1823 to 1838 it was one of the 5 countries that made up the United Provinces of Central America | 
    Honduras
 
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    | Mark all of these--really more than 1,500--including Wolfe on the Canadian side of the river & Wells on the U.S. side | 
    the Thousand Islands
 
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    | Onstage this late Soviet defector often partnered Maya Plisetskaya; offstage, Jacqueline Bisset | 
    (Joon: Who is... Nijinsky?) (John: Who is Baryshnikov?)
  Alexander Godunov
 
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    | Square inches in a square foot plus square feet in a square yard | 
    153
 
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    | The 1947 discovery of oil in a field at Leduc in this prairie province launched a Canadian oil boom | 
    Alberta
 
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    | In Egyptian myth this deity & son of Osiris is usually depicted as having the head of a falcon | 
    Horus
 
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    | Wite-Out please!  Kinshasa hasn't been named this, after an abusive Belgian, since 1966 | 
    Léopoldville
 
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    | When "Le Pavillon d'Armide" premiered in 1907, Vaslav Nijinsky played the Slave & she played Armide | 
    (Alex: And that was the great [*].)
  Anna Pavlova
 
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    | Feet in a fathom plus feet in a mile | 
    5,286
 
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    | The Dominion of Canada was formed in 1867; this transplanted Scot became the country's first prime minister | 
    (Joon: Who is... King?)
  (John A.) Macdonald
 
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    | Anglers & crafters, not just surgeons, use this instrument, whose name means "blood stop" | 
    (Alex: Pulled that one out of thin air, didn't you?  Well done, go again.)
  a hemostat
 
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