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This Macedonian General began his war against the Persian Empire by crossing the Hellespont in the spring of 334 B.C. |
Alexander the Great
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He's "nipping at your nose" in a Christmas song |
Jack Frost
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The Hippocratic Oath begins, "I swear by" this son of Zeus "the physician and Aesculapius..." |
Apollo
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The Shiba Inu originated in this country centuries ago but was only introduced into the U.S. after World War II |
Japan
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A verb or an adjective or a pronoun or an interjection |
a part of speech
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The Mayans gave this ancient Mexican city a name meaning "mouth of the wells of the Itza" |
Chichen Itza
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In a 1988 movie Bill Murray played Frank Cross, who's this Dickens character updated as a TV executive |
Ebenezer Scrooge
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You can still hear live music at this city's Club Grosse Freiheit, where the Beatles performed when they were mere larvae |
Hamburg
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From the Greek for "itch", it's a "heartbreaking" skin disease characterized by reddish patches |
psoriasis
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The American Kennel Club recognizes 2 breeds of pinscher: the Doberman & this "small" one |
Miniature
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Medium-sized game bird related to the pheasant |
(Brenna: What is a grouse?)
a partridge
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This Greek was condemned to death in 399 B.C. for "impiety" & "corrupting the youth" |
Socrates
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In the New York City Ballet's 1954 "Nutcracker", Alberta Grant was Clara & Maria Tallchief, her |
the Sugar Plum Fairy
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The 1905 Nobel Prize for Medicine was awarded to Robert Koch for his discoveries in relation to this lung disease |
(Brenna: What is emphysema?)
tuberculosis
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This dog was named for its ability to hunt birds called woodcock |
(Brenna: [About 6 seconds after Alex finishes reading the clue] What is [*]? (Alex: Yes, indeed! I love to watch contestants work it out, figure it out, let the brain go, the wheels turn, then, "What's [*]?"--of course!)
the cocker spaniel
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Resistance fighters |
partisans
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Nebuchadnezzar's many building projects included the repair of this type of stepped tower devoted to the god Marduk |
a ziggurat
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Character name of Edmund Gwenn & Richard Attenborough in versions of "Miracle on 34th Street" |
Kris Kringle
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At Hohenschwangau Castle, you'll find a body of water that shares its name with this 1877 ballet |
Swan Lake
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In 1785 Dr. William Withering documented the first medicinal use of this plant from which digitalis is derived |
foxglove
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The name of this small dog sounds like a Belgian relative of "Jeopardy!" creator Merv |
(Brenna: What is the Griffon?) (Alex: Be more specific.) (Brenna: What is the...) (Alex: Say something.) [The time expiry signal sounds.]
the Brussels griffon
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The division of a country into 2 or more separate countries |
a partition
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This ancient wonder was built around 353 B.C. as a tomb for a provincial ruler of the Persian Empire |
the Mausoleum of Halicarnassus
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In a Victor Herbert operetta, children Alan & Jane see a spectacular pageant in this place |
(Micah: Don't know.)
Toyland
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This Baylor physician who pioneered coronary bypass techniques was the first to repair an aneurysm |
(Robert: Who is Jarvik?)
Michael DeBakey
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The Dandie Dinmont terrier was named for a farmer in this man's novel "Guy Mannering" |
Sir Walter Scott
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Reproduction without fertilization |
parthenogenesis
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