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    "The Metamorphosis" (1915) | 
    (Franz) Kafka
 
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    | This stone came before "lock" in the name of an olden type of musket | 
    flint
 
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    | Amy Poehler acts as a surrogate for Tina Fey | 
    Baby Mama
 
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    | Your 2013 weather forecast: expect fewer tornadoes but be ready for these to threaten the Gulf & Atlantic Coasts in June | 
    (Joel: What are superstorms?)
  hurricanes
 
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    | A New Year's Day 2013 House vote kept the economy from sliding over what was known as this | 
    the fiscal cliff
 
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    | "The period before a short stroll", or the introductory statement of the U.S. Constitution | 
    the preamble
 
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    "The Dead" (1914) | 
    (James) Joyce
 
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    | Formed from sea creatures' shells, the limestone that makes up the White Cliffs of Dover is this one of the 3 classes of rock | 
    sedimentary
 
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    | Hilary Swank stars as Maggie Fitzgerald | 
    Million Dollar Baby
 
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    | Fight off colds, flu & vampires by eating cloves of this--it helps boost the immune system | 
    garlic
 
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    | They're the two New York governors seen here | 
    (Joel: Who are Cuomo? Who are [*]?)
  Mario & Andrew Cuomo
 
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    | "In favor of footballer Howie or actress Shelley", or to keep something going | 
    (Joel: What is going long?)
  prolong
 
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    "The Adventure of the Speckled Band" (1892) | 
    (Colby: I will not Roger Craig this.  I will bet $800.) ... (Colby: Fine, uh--who is Twain?)
  Arthur Conan Doyle
 
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    | World-famous granite boulder with "1620" carved on it | 
    Plymouth Rock
 
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    | Diane Keaton plays a yuppie who inherits an infant | 
    Baby Boom
 
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    | Coming quite early, the first day of this Jewish holiday coincides with Thanksgiving | 
    Hanukkah
 
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    | In North Dakota, 13,452 signatures on one of these put an initiative on the state ballot | 
    petition
 
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    | "Put on that frock again", or right a wrong | 
    redress
 
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    "A Good Man is Hard to Find" (1953) | 
    Flannery O'Connor
 
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    | Starting about 4 1/2 miles below the ocean floor, this layer of rock in the Earth is over 1,800 miles thick | 
    the mantle
 
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    | Ben Affleck directed this tale about the kidnapping of a little girl | 
    Gone Baby Gone
 
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    | Philematology is the study of this; osculation is the act of doing it | 
    kissing
 
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    | "A colossal brim of a cap", or an overseeing manager | 
    (Alex: What is a [*]?) [Colby hisses and shakes his head after Alex gives the correct response.] (Alex: Oh, come on, Colby. It was funnier than that.) [Laughter]
  a supervisor
 
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    "Young Goodman Brown" (1835) | 
    Nathaniel Hawthorne
 
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    | Black jasper is used as this type of "stone": rub a gold alloy on it & the streak color tells you the gold content | 
    a touchstone
 
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    | Cary Grant & Katharine Hepburn grapple with a pet leopard | 
    Bringing Up Baby
 
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    | Occurring twice a month, it's the 6-letter hard-to-spell term for when the Sun, Moon & Earth are in alignment | 
    syzygy
 
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    | Chairmen of this body have included Bob Dole, Lee Atwater &, currently, Reince Priebus | 
    Republican National Committee
 
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    | "A school class for a prisoner", or a large open space for crowds at an airport | 
    (Alex: You're gonna love this one.  What is a [*]?  [Pauses]  Or maybe you're not gonna love this one.) [Laughter] (Colby: Oom!  Yes.)
  a concourse
 
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