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Color of London transport's double-decker buses |
red
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A Russian experimenter was killed by lightning in 1753 trying to match this inventor's 1752 feat |
Benjamin Franklin
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State which raises the most beef cattle |
Texas
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From African word "nguba", common southern term for "peanut" |
a goober pea
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Prehistoric cats with enlarged canine teeth |
a saber-toothed tiger
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Interior sec'y Watt barred this singing group from D.C. July 4th shindig |
the Beach Boys
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Officially Collegiate Church of St. Peter, British monarchs are crowned there |
Westminster Abbey
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It measures air pressure & is either aneroid or mercury |
a barometer
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Candy bar named for President Cleveland's White House-born daughter, not a ballplayer |
Baby Ruth
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This trademark brand has become the common term for petroleum jelly |
Vaseline
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Distinguished from leopards by its spots within spots, it's largest wildcat in W. Hemisphere |
(Pete: What's a lynx?)
jaguar
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One of their ads read, "Don't take a curve, at 60 per, we hate to lose, a customer" |
Burma-Shave
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Fleet Street is the center of this industry |
(Pete: What is financial?)
the newspaper industry
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Most are mainly water droplets, but cirrus & cirrostratus are formed of ice crystals |
clouds
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Related in fact to the peach, this nut resembles a peach pit |
[The end-of-round signal sounds.]
an almond
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Type of print which means "Italian" |
italic
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Vibrations in wall of blood vessels in the chest are believed to cause this phenomenon |
(Joe: What is angina?) ... (Alex: You forgot the category, I believe, Joe, and it cost you. Sorry about that.)
purring
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Baseball star referred to in this song:
"Dee dee dee dee dee dee dee dee dee dee dee dee dee" |
(Alex: Yes, from "Mrs. Robinson" in the movie The Graduate.)
Joe DiMaggio
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Locale where you'd find Elgin Marbles from the Parthenon & the Rosetta Stone |
(Joe: What is the Tower of London?)
the British Museum
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Layered pellets of ice & snow that might be named Alan or Alan, Jr. |
hail
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Drunk czarist officers were the 1st to challenge one another to this dangerous game |
Russian roulette
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The Himalayan gets its long hair from the Persian & its color points from this breed |
a Siamese
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Theme song of Leonard Slye & Frances Octavia Smith |
(Joe: What is "We Are Family"?) ... (Alex: The theme song for Roy Rogers & Dale Evans. We've got less than a minute to go in this first round of Jeopardy.)
"Happy Trails To You"
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Those born within the sound of the bells of St. Mary-le-Bow are called this |
(Pete: What are Bonnie Bells?) (Joe: What are Bells of St. Mary's?)
Cockneys
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Winds blowing almost steadily from N.E., they helped speed westward travel for sailors |
(Pete: What is a northeaster?)
the trade winds
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Cheap cigars favored by Conestoga wagon drivers |
(Paul: What are Conestoga cigars?)
stogies
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From German for "wailing tomcat", it's the harsh feline cry of mating season |
a caterwaul
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In a single year she "played" for the Brooklyn Dodgers, NY Knicks & NY Rangers |
(Joe: Who was Kate Smith?)
the organist (Gladys Gooding)
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