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In his will, this playwright left his second-best bed to his wife; maybe the best one went to Gwyneth Paltrow |
William Shakespeare
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"The Ricardos Change Apartments" |
I Love Lucy
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This dazzling rock is so hard it can only be scratched by another one |
Diamond
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This company first introduced its MSN Network as part of Windows 95 |
Microsoft
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You'd be "as slow as" this syrup too if you were made from cane sugar |
Molasses
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Footgear for Secretariat, or an enjoyable backyard game |
Horseshoes
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Against all odds, Catherine Parr's marriage to this man who'd been wed 5 times before was surprisingly happy |
Henry VIII
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"Wally's Girl Trouble" |
Leave it to Beaver
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Often white & translucent, this delicate variety of gypsum has been used to make statues & vases |
(C: What is marble?)
Alabaster
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Here's the "scoop": this chain began operating in 1978 out of a renovated gas station in Vermont |
Ben & Jerry's
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She's the "syrupy" mrs. seen here: |
(Rick: Who is Aunt Jemima?)
Mrs. Butterworth
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It can be a business recruiter or a cranium collector |
Headhunter
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Some say this Scottish queen only married the Earl of Bothwell because he abducted her |
Mary, Queen of Scots
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"Sheriff Barney" |
The Andy Griffith Show
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Red pyrope, a type of this mineral & birthstone, is often sold as an imitation ruby |
Garnet
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With its "Softer Side" ads aside, this retailer now offers "The Good Life at a Great Price. Guaranteed." |
Sears
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Mon dieu! This Canadian province produces more maple syrup than any other |
Quebec
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The last stage of an undertaking, or the last part of a race |
Homestretch
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This "Great" czar forced his first wife, Eudoxia, to become a nun, but she gave up the veil & romanced Stepan Glebov |
Peter the Great
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"Hot Lips and Empty Arms" |
M*A*S*H
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New Hampshire's state rock of coarse is this common building material |
Granite
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This airline first took to the skies in 1924 as a crop-dusting service based in Macon, Georgia |
Delta Airlines
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Used in a variety of foods, this a"maize"ing syrup is made by processing a starch with acids or enzymes |
Corn syrup
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Hawaii favorite flowering here |
Hibiscus
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This philandering U.S. pres. called his wife Florence "The Duchess"; we wonder if she had any choice nicknames for him |
(R: Who is Grover Cleveland?)
Warren G. Harding
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"Lovey's Secret Admirer" |
Gilligan's Island
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A carbonate of copper, the ornamental stone malachite is this color |
Green
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I can get it for you wholesale at this warehouse chain that merged with Price Club in 1993 |
Costco
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After baking, syrup is poured over this multilayered paper-thin Turkish & Greek pastry |
(Alex: It's fun to eat, isn't it, especially when it's really fresh & it gets all over your fingers & you get to lick them a lot!)
Baklava
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Das kapital of das Keystone State |
Harrisburg (Pennsylvania)
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