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It can be a collection of books, magazines & pamphlets or the place where they're kept |
library
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The Nuremberg Laws of 1935 made the flag bearing this symbol the official one of Germany |
swastika
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This 1977 film set in Brooklyn capitalized on the disco craze of the late '70s |
Saturday Night Fever
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Called "The Collegiate School", it was founded in 1701 to counteract Harvard's liberalism |
Yale
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The plastic variety of this big pink bird is often found on front lawns in the suburbs |
flamingo
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A queen bee's job is to rule but to do this |
(Alex: Bill, remember to phrase it in the form of a question; you won't get any prompts in Double Jeopardy!)
to produce young, to fertilize eggs
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In Irish folklore, these little elves are cobblers who hold hidden treasure |
leprechauns
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During the '30s it's where people went on "Bank Night" to win prizes |
the movies
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"The kids in Bristol are sharp as a pistol when they do" this dance |
the Bristol Stomp
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This large island lies across the water from most of Connecticut's coastline |
Long Island
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In Greek myth, Hera took the 100 eyes of Argus, the watchman, & set them into this bird's tail |
peacock
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These "industrious" bees really know how to use their heads: that's where they make royal jelly |
worker bees
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The Greek word glycyrrhiza, meaning "sweet root", gave us this name for the plant & candy flavor |
licorice
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This play about Georgia sharecroppers began its record-setting Broadway run in 1933 |
(Bruce: What is God's Little Acre?)
"Tobacco Road"
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In 1965 Freddie & the Dreamers urged everyone to do this dance |
(Jackie: What is the Locomotion?)
the Freddie
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The city of Bridgeport holds an annual festival honoring this famous showman & one-time mayor |
P.T. Barnum
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Completes the couplet "A wonderful bird is the pelican, his bill will hold more than..." |
his belly can
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Since ancient times, people have blown this at bees to pacify them |
smoke
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At the '88 GOP convention George Bush spoke of "A thousand points of" this |
light
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While Jimmy Dorsey played alto sax & clarinet, brother Tommy played this |
(Bill: What is the trumpet?)
trombone
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This red-haired dancer, once Frank Sinatra's fiancee, was TV's "Mona McCluskey" |
[The end-of-round signal sounds.]
Juliet Prowse
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The oldest U.S. newspaper published continuously under the same name is this city's Courant |
(Alex: We've got a minute to go.)
Hartford
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The sapsucker is the only member of this bird family that gets nourishment from the trees themselves |
(Jackie: What is the flicker family?) (Alex: Jackie, your response of the flicker, it is a member of the woodpecker family, but does not constitute a family in & of itself.)
woodpecker
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A thick waterproof wool used for making coats, or a color of green |
(Bill: What is lime?)
loden
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L.A. began receiving electricity from this dam October 9, 1936 |
Hoover (Boulder) Dam
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Yankee peddlers supposedly sold pieces of wood that looked like this spice, giving the state its nickname |
nutmeg
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Houses built for these "purple" birds usually look like little apartment buildings |
purple martins
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