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REMEMBERING BARBARA WALTERS |
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He once served as deputy assistant U.S. Attorney General under Ford |
McConnell
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The first Bloomsday celebration was on June 16, 1954 when 2 writers visited Davy Byrne's pub & other sites in this city, reading & drinking |
(Ken: Yes, from James Joyce's Ulysses.)
Dublin
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Sometimes 30 feet long & 500 pounds, this snake has been known to dine on jaguars, deer & capybara |
(Devin: What is a boa constrictor?)
an anaconda
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A sculpture in Melbourne alludes to the fragility of civilization; it forms the type of triangle named for this Greek of Samos |
Pythagoras
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Hairless, sobbed, played some hoops |
[Laughter from Ken and audience since Sam is bald]
bald/bawled/balled
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Wanting to work with women of different generations, Barbara created this show that she co-hosted until her retirement |
The View
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In 1983, the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act was introduced by this then-congressman & now senator |
Schumer
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Bollywood is a term for the film industry in India, while Nollywood refers to the film industry in this African nation |
Nigeria
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Southeast Asia's tokay variety of this lizard has padded toes with impressive sticking power |
a gecko
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One of this element's radioactive isotopes has a half-life of more than 24,000 years |
plutonium
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Duo, cut the excess, a red Anjou |
pair/pare/pear
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Barbara said one of her most moving interviews was with this actor after he was paralyzed in a riding accident |
Christopher Reeve
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We're concerned you may not know this woman from Maine was the first ever Republican woman to win a fifth term in the U.S. Senate |
Susan Collins
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Though not an E.U. member, Andorra uses the euro, with a chamois or goaty-looking animal named for these mountains on its coins |
the Pyrenees
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This desert animal's name is a misnomer, as it's really a reptile; it got its name because it looks like a type of amphibian |
a horned toad
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Like Michelangelo's famous sculpture, the van Gogh painting seen here is called this; it was donated to the Vatican in 1973 |
PietÃ
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Require, work the dough, struck with the patella |
need/knead/kneed
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Barbara shared that after interviewing this world leader in Cuba in 1977, he "took us into his kitchen and made us grilled cheese" |
Castro
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It's the last name of the New Hampshire governor seen here; his dad John, had the gig from 1983 to 1989 |
(Chris) Sununu
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This second-holiest Muslim city contains the tomb of Muhammad |
(Ken: He fled to [*], that is correct.)
Medina
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A kin of alligators & crocodiles, this Central & South American reptile lends its name to an island group near Jamaica |
(Ken: The Cayman Islands, yes.)
a caiman
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It's a small bomb, which is why, as the expression goes, you don't want to be hoisted with your own |
petard
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Arouse interest, a quick look, reach the highest level |
pique/peek/peak
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Barbara attributed some of her success to this Bronxville college, her alma mater, where she "learned to ask questions" |
Sarah Lawrence
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Once legal counsel to Daniel Patrick Moynihan, she became the first female governor of New York in 2021 |
Hochul
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At the southeast end of Lake Titicaca in this country, the Gate of the Sun is a pre-Columbian arch carved from a single block of stone |
Bolivia
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Like a constellation, this lizard that can glide through the air bears a name from Latin for "dragon" |
a Draco lizard
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More obscure than plum is this other dark purple color with a 4-letter name |
puce
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A litter of pigs, an ancient grain, an ancient ruler |
farrow/farro/pharaoh
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Barbara & Hugh Downs were early hosts of this ABC newsmagazine that premiered in 1978 |
20/20
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