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From Old French "to raise", examples of this include a crowbar, tongs & a seesaw |
a lever
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Government agency which compiles the Statistical Abstract of the United States |
the Census Bureau
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The Bay of Bengal & the Arabian Sea are parts of this ocean |
the Indian Ocean
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"Rocky"; not the fighter, but the vice president |
Nelson Rockefeller
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Based on "The Matchmaker", this 1964 hit was conceived with Ethel Merman in mind |
Hello, Dolly!
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It can follow Blue, Singing or Flying |
[The end-of-round signal sounds.]
nun
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An increase in this causes the "box" of an aneroid barometer to bend inwards |
(Howard: What is humidity?)
air pressure (atmospheric pressure)
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Ben Franklin was one source for the 1st article in Encyclopaedia Britannica on this subject |
electricity
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Offa's Dyke, built in the 8th century, marked the boundary between England & this land |
Wales
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"The Proud Plumber" was an appropriate nickname for this former head of the AFL-CIO |
George Meany
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It's said this circus musical produced by Billy Rose had opening night tickets 9 times the usual size |
Jumbo
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Gravitational pull decreases as this increases |
distance from the Earth
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Their first names are Isaac & Adam; you can "look it up" in their reference book |
Funk & Wagnalls
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Lord Byron dubbed this highest peak in the Alps the "monarch of mountains" |
Mont Blanc
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"Father of the Atomic Submarine", this admiral supervised the building of the "Nautilus" |
(Hyman G.) Rickover
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Featuring "Begin The Beguine", "Jubilee" was written on a world cruise by Moss Hart & this composer |
Cole Porter
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A state of balance between opposing forces or effects, it's either static or dynamic |
(Marty: What is tension?)
equilibrium
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The last names of the authors of "The People's Almanac", one is a form of the other |
Wallace & Wallechinsky
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Central America's "Mosquito Coast" got its name not from insects but from these |
tribes of Indians, the Mosquito Indians
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Texas train robber called "The Robin Hood of Texas" & "The Good Badman" |
(Howard: Who is John Wesley Hardin?)
Sam Bass
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In 1970, Groucho Marx was production consultant for this biographical musical |
(Alex: The story of the Marx Brothers, what was [*]?)
Minnie's Boys
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To get by with effort, it's how some people manage to make a living |
eke
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What the E, m, & c stand for in Einstein's famous equation |
[Alex read "equation" as "quotation".]
energy, mass & the speed of light
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The 1st edition of this book was published in 1868 by a newspaper, the New York World |
The World Almanac
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Now a republic of the USSR, its capital is Yerevan |
Armenia
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Ironically, this prominent 16th c. Protestant reformer was referred to as "The Pope of Geneva" |
John Calvin
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"Swamps of Home" is a number from this show based on "The Princess & the Pea" |
(Howard: What is, um... what is, uh, Night in Casablanca?)
Once Upon a Mattress
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With its pointed bow, stern & hole in the center, it even looks like a palindrome |
(Alex: [Prior to the wager] We've got less than a minute to go in this round.) ... (Howard: Ooh, what is a...) (Alex: Can't come up with it?) (Howard: What is a... what's a pop?)
a kayak
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