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| Dublin, Stockholm, Paris |
Stockholm
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| This Lord Chancellor of England was canonized in 1935, 400 years after his execution |
Thomas More
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| The chicken prepared this way, French for "blue ribbon", was often hard to swallow--& such small portions! |
cordon bleu
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| In a Hawthorne tale, old Mother Rigby animates Feathertop, one of these straw dummies used on farms |
a scarecrow
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| Matt Lauer & Al Roker know that this title of their show could be an adverb meaning "at the present time" |
Today
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| As Professor Wagstaff in "Horse Feathers", Groucho told his son, "I'd horsewhip you if I had" one of these |
a horse
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| Buenos Aires, Bogota, Brasilia |
Bogota
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| In art, Saint Agnes is often depicted as holding this young animal, a symbol of innocence & purity |
a lamb
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| Diced chicken in a rich cream with mushrooms, pimientos, green peppers & sherry is chicken a la this |
King
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| In Russia, Baba Yaga is one of these & she's got a hut that walks around on chicken legs |
a witch
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| You can use this 5-letter adverb on "Jeopardy!" if your response is a country |
(Alex Marchyshyn: What is nation?)
where
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| Groucho to Chico: "I'll bet your father spent the first year of your life throwing rocks at" this bird |
the stork
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| Pyongyang, New Delhi, Islamabad |
Pyongyang
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| An immigrant herself, this Italian-American mother is the patron saint of immigrants |
Mother Cabrini
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| Da, when pierced, a boned chicken breast emits a jet of fragrant melted butter in chicken this 4-letter style |
chicken Kiev
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| This character announces, "with my bow & my arrow, I killed Cock Robin" |
the Sparrow
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| It can be a noun meaning a company, or an adverb for "without wavering", as in "stand" this |
firm
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| Film in which Groucho asks, "Wouldn't it be simpler if you just put the stateroom in the trunk?" |
[The end-of-round signal sounds.] (Alex Trebek: Oh gosh. All right, bad news for you, Alex. That last incorrect response took you into negative territory, and so you're going to wind up with a thousand dollars as our third-place finisher.)
A Night at the Opera
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| Luanda, Monrovia, Algiers |
Algiers
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| Legend has it that St. Sylvester healed this first Christian Roman emperor's leprosy in baptismal waters |
Constantine
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| Alton Brown recommends pinot noir for the wine in the French name of this dish |
(Alex Trebek: Less than a minute to go now, Steve.)
coq au vin
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| Gerda tries to rescue Kay from this Hans Christian Andersen title royal |
the Snow Queen
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| Please resist the temptation to spell this adverb meaning "very nearly" with 2 L's |
(Steve: What is at all?)
almost
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| Manila, Kathmandu, Jakarta |
Kathmandu
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| This New Testament martyr is the patron saint of bricklayers |
Saint Stephen
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| Cooked spaghetti & strips of chicken with a sherry-parmesan cheese cream sauce is chicken this Italian name |
(Alex Marchyshyn: What is carbonara?)
chicken tetrazzini
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| In a Robert Burns folksong, this character whose name once symbolized liquor endures torture & death |
John Barleycorn
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| Meaning "frequently", this adverb is now 2 letters longer than it was some 400 years ago |
often
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