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Throw down & tell us this name for the armored glove that protected a knight's hand |
the gauntlet
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Neil Armstrong secured his gear with these made by Alliance Rubber Co., which makes 1.2 million miles of them a year |
rubber bands
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Please refer to this actor as "Boss", his title role on a Chicago-set drama |
Kelsey Grammer
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Pablo Sarasate owned one of these famed violins he called "El Rojo", which he never played in public |
a Stradivarius
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Farm security & home economics are among the concerns of the House Committee on this, founded in 1820 |
Agriculture
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To do something all the way is to do it to this, the handle of a sword |
the hilt
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Worldly wise, like the "Lady" in a Duke Ellington song |
sophisticated
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During WWII the Soviet Union & the U.S. experimented with latex from this lawn weed to produce rubber |
(Daphne: What's crabgrass?) (Alex: In the summer when you play with it, you break the stem? [*]. You notice the white liquid.)
dandelion
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CIA officer Claire Danes suspects that a U.S. marine sergeant is working for al Qaeda on this Showtime drama |
Homeland
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Classical guitarist Julian Bream also led a revival of this Renaissance instrument |
the lute
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Federal accountants may be hung over on October 1, the first day of this year |
the fiscal year
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It's not dinnerware, it's the type of armor that superseded chain mail in 14th century Europe |
[end-of-round signal sounds]
plate
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This oily liquid explosive is used in the production of blasting gel |
(Joel: What is... napalm?)
nitroglycerin
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Rubber-soled shoes were first mass-marketed with this now-familiar name by U.S. Rubber around 1916 |
(Richard: What is Vibram?) (Joel: What are tennis shoes?)
sneakers
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The Starz series about this title swordsman has subtitles like "Blood and Sand" & "Gods of the Arena" |
Spartacus
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Maurice Andre plays a special 4-valve version of this brass instrument |
the trumpet
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Chicago has 50 wards, each represented by one of these elected officials |
(Daphne: What's a councilman?)
an alderman
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A domesticated cat with black & red markings is referred to by this "turtle" name |
(Alex: Good, less than a minute to go now.)
a tortoiseshell
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In 1853 this American wrote about his vulcanization discovery in "Gum Elastic and its Varieties" |
Goodyear
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Profession of the TNT title duo Franklin & Bash |
attorneys
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This Belfast-born flute master can be heard on the "Lord of the Rings" film soundtrack |
(James) Galway
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Meaning "immeasurably small", it comes from a word meaning "immeasurably large" |
(Joel: What is "infintesimal"?) ... (Alex: That's it, you left out one syllable, Joel.)
infinitesimal
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In 1770 this oxygen discoverer noticed that rubber could be used to rub out pencil marks, thus giving it its name |
(Joel: [Long pause, shaking head] Who is Newton?)
Joseph Priestley
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This AMC series details the construction of the first Transcontinental Railroad |
Hell on Wheels
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Of these 874 federal government jobs, 85 are vacant, some for over 5 years |
judgeships
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