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| South Pacific angling includes fishing for the bigeye & skipjack varieties of this food fish |
tuna
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| The list, compiled in the 5th century, includes geometry & this branch of math where you add & subtract |
arithmetic
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| In 2010 Spain's cup runneth over after it won this tournament & trophy for the first time |
the World Cup
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| In 1860 she established a school for nurses at St. Thomas' hospital |
(Holly: Who is Clara Barton?)
Florence Nightingale
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| At a convention, it's a person chosen to represent a state in the nomination process |
a delegate
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| Useful in fly fishing, the nail & surgeon are types of these |
(Chris: What are hooks?)
knots
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| This one of the liberal arts concerns linguistic rules |
grammar
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| Seen here, it was actually modeled after New York University football player Ed Smith |
the Heisman Trophy
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| This 18th-century Russian ruler hinted that none of her three children was fathered by her hubby--ouch |
Catherine the Great
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| The Nov. 8, 1972 L.A. Times headline was this type of huge "Victory for Nixon" |
landslide
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| It's a fishing lure with an oval metal blade attached that revolves when drawn through water |
a spinner
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| This art form may be "of the spheres" |
music
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| The Naismith Trophy is given to the men's & women's college players of the year in this sport |
(Alex: With less than a minute to go, you are right.)
basketball
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| Lucrezia Borgia was the daughter of a corrupt man who got this title in 1492 |
(Phil: What is doge?) ... (Alex: Alexander VI, yes.)
pope
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| Alliterative term for a procedure counting up spoken yeas & nays |
(Chris: What is the roll call?)
voice vote
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| This provision is added to a legislative bill to get it adopted along with the bill |
[The end-of-round signal sounds.]
a rider
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| Bottom fishing is a good way to catch these, like the North American "Big Three"--blue, flathead & channel |
catfish
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| Mr. Spock would be pleased that this study of reasoning makes the grade |
logic
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| (Jimmy of the Clue Crew stands with a famous trophy.) Since 1851, the America's Cup trophy has been won by just six yacht clubs--New York, San Diego, Golden Gate, one from Switzerland, & clubs from these two southern-hemisphere countries |
Australia & New Zealand
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| (Hi, I'm Ken Burns.) My documentary "Not for Ourselves Alone" explored the lives of Susan B. Anthony & Elizabeth Cady Stanton, 2 of our country's greatest these, from the Latin for "voting tablet" |
suffragettes
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| Phrase meaning shifting the burden of responsibility; Harry Truman said it stopped with him |
(Holly: What is the buck stops here?)
passing the buck
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| At one period this German dog was used to pull carts for butchers |
a Rottweiler
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| Specialized equipment used in this type of fishing can include pronged arrows attached to a line |
spearfishing (or bowfishing)
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| Sometimes accused of being "empty", it's the art of using language to persuade |
rhetoric
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| In addition to a trophy, the winner of the Masters tournament gets this iconic piece of apparel |
a green jacket
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| In 1914 she began distributing a pamphlet called "Family Limitation" that outlined her views |
(Holly: Who is Stanton?)
Margaret Sanger
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| It's a fundraiser who gathers lots of smaller donations into a big package of money for a candidate |
a bundler
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| It's the profession of a con man played by Burt Lancaster in a 1956 film set in drought-ridden Kansas |
the rainmaker
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