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| Technically, the measure of a body's inertia is known as this property of matter |
(Jay: What is density?)
mass
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| Mary Alice's suicide in the first episode of the show doesn't stop her from narrating this series |
Desperate Housewives
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Margaret & H.A. Rey: "The Complete Adventures of Curious ____" |
[ERRATUM: The co-author's name is spelled "Margret" on the book cover but was misspelled "Margaret" in the clue as shown.]
George
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| You might use this electrical appliance to mix your smoothies |
a blender
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| In the 1880s this European nation combined the 3 areas under its control into a unified Vietnam |
France
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| Plant this veggie, allium cepa, near your carrots, as its odor drives off carrot flies, & maybe makes them cry |
onions
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| In palynology scientists study the past distribution of seed plants by looking at grains of this |
pollen
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| Edgar succumbed to sentox gas at CTU in a 2006 episode of this show |
24
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Beatrix Potter: "The Tale of ____ Bunny" (not "The Curious Case of ____ Bunny") |
Benjamin
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| The Corinth one in Greece is only 3.9 miles long & has no locks |
a canal
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| According to its official name, Vietnam is one of these republics |
(Pat: What is a democratic?) (Dobbs: What is a People's Republic?)
a socialist
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| Full of nitrogen & potassium, this marine product, such as knotted wrack, can make your garden healthier |
seaweed
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| Episodes of this HBO series began with someone's death; one was a jogger killed by a mountain lion |
Six Feet Under
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Roald Dahl: "____ and the Great Glass Elevator" (a sequel) |
Charlie
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| In June 1919 a group of writers that included Edna Ferber began lunching together at this New York City hotel |
the Algonquin
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| In January 2007 Vietnam joined this global trading alliance after waiting 12 years to do |
the World Trade Organization
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| These annelid creatures improve the soil, so take a census of them in a batch of earth & add mulch if needed |
earthworms
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| In 1674 this Dutchman, using microscopes that he made, became the first to describe red blood cells |
van Leeuwenhoek
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| After she jumped into a demonic portal in 2001, her gravestone read "she saved the world a lot" |
Buffy
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Jane O'Connor & Robin Preiss Glasser: "Fancy ____" (it rhymes) |
Nancy
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| This type of fence is made of thick steel wire interwoven in a diamond pattern |
chain-link
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| Vietnam's president & prime minister both have this family name, a very popular one there |
Nguyen
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| The kitazawa seed co. can help you grow the greens of this 4-syllable flower with edible as well as symbolic value in Japan |
chrysanthemum
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| The proton consists of 2 types of this elementary particle: 2 up & 1 down |
quarks
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| After his sitcom alter ego died in 1975, this actor surfaced on "The Carol Burnett Show" in a raft, screaming, "I'm OK" |
(Alex: And that was [*], who had starred on M*A*S*H before that.)
McLean Stevenson
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Beverly Cleary: "Runaway ____" (it's alliterative) |
(Dobbs: What is Ramona?)
Ralph
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| In the 1st century B.C., Publilius Syrus wrote that this "alone sets all the world in motion" |
money
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| At 1 Le Thanh Tong street, you'll find this --an actual hotel, not a hellish prison |
the Hanoi Hilton
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| This veggie whose name comes from the Latin for "root" needs to be harvested before root maggots set in |
a radish
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