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Deion Sanders knows this term for the evening hours when the largest audience is available for TV |
prime time
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"Leafy" cliche meaning "to change one's bad habits" |
to turn over a new leaf
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Engineer Joseph Jaggers made a fortune in Monte Carlo after he found out this game had a faulty wheel |
roulette
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Kenny Rogers followed up his TV movie "The Gambler" with the TV movie this person "of the County" |
(Alex: And that was the "[*] of the County"...)
Coward
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"Raja" comes from the same root word as this Latin word for "king" |
rex
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Estimated at around 30 years, it's accepted as the average period between birth of parents & their offspring |
a generation
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Stoplights are a problem if you've got protanopia, the inability to distinguish these 2 colors |
red and green
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Bags of this leafy vegetable from Natural Selection Foods were at the center of a September 2006 E. coli outbreak |
spinach
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If the wheel is loose on your computer's mouse, you may find it hard to do this up & down screen function |
scrolling
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At 3'8" tall, Kenny Baker was memorable as this alphanumeric character in 1977, 1980, 1983, 1999, 2002 & 2005 films |
R2-D2
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Around 1000 A.D. Rajaraja I expanded his Chola Empire by invading this beautiful island off India |
Sri Lanka
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The time just before sunset or after sunrise on a movie set, or a former L.A. Laker's late-night talk show |
(Penny: What is twilight?)
The Magic Hour
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The 2 books in the Old Testament with this man's name immediately precede the 2 books of Kings |
Samuel
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Some consider the Hannibal variety of these, made from 100% Havana seed leaf, the world's finest |
(Penny: What is tobacco?)
cigars
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Over-this leads to wear in the center of tires; under-this leads to wear on the edges |
(Lisa: What is [*]? under pressure? Alex: You know what? W-we'll give you that. I-it's [*]. And if you have--talking about air pressure, overpressure, it's overinflated...)
air pressure (overinflation or underinflation)
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"Jerry Maguire" inspired his song "You Had Me From Hello"; later he would marry the female lead |
Kenny Chesney
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Dating from around the 1st century B.C., this title of "Great King" ranks above your ordinary Raja |
Maharaja
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We had pleasant sensations learning about this era in U.S. history covering President Monroe's 2 terms |
"Era of Good Feelings"
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It's the only planet in the Solar System with exactly 2 moons |
Mars
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The Macrocystis genus of this seaweed can grow fronds up to 200 feet long |
kelp
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If the wheel is loose on your wheel-lock type of this, popular in the 1500s, you've got problems |
[ERRATUM: Correct response should have been musket; rifled firearms were not popular until the 1800s.]
a rifle
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At 6'6" tall, Ken Howard was memorable as basketball Coach Reeves in this 1978-1981 TV show |
"The White Shadow"
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This state whose name begins with "Rajas" was the site of India's first nuclear test in 1974 |
Rajasthan
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This longest division of geologic time doesn't have a fixed period; in astronomy, it's one billion years |
(Kate: What is an era?) (Penny: What is an epoch?)
an eon
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Using 2 flags of 2 colors each, the U.S. Navy sends short-range messages by this system |
semaphore
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This fragrant leaf of the laurel tree is sold commercially as a seasoning |
a bay leaf
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A central cohesive element, or something inserted to keep a wheel from slipping off |
a linchpin
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This British director loves the classics; he's directed films about Liszt, Mahler & Tchaikovsky |
(Alex: And this time the Kenny is [*]...)
Ken Russell
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Meaning "queen", this 4-letter word is the female form of "Raja" & is mainly used for a Raja's wife |
(Kate: What is Reina? Alex: No. ... Alex: Correct response--what is [*]? R-A-N-I...)
Rani
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