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| For the first 9 to 10 days of its life, a bobcat suffers from this ocular disability |
blindness
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| Stranded FedEx employee Chuck Noland |
Cast Away
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| This Texas port is the fourth-most populous city in the U.S. |
Houston
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| Rav is Hebrew for "teacher" or "master"; an "I" sound to mean "my" was added to create this word we use in English |
(Malisha: What is ravi?)
rabbi
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| These spinning neutron stars were named for the bursts, or "pulses", of radio waves they emit |
pulsars
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| Taxonomists group cats into ones that roar & ones, including bobcats, that do this instead |
purr
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| Its capitol building stands 5,280 feet above sea level |
Denver
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| The word leech comes from an Old English word for this modern occupation |
(Malisha: What is barber?)
doctor
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| The name of Rigel is from the Arabic for "foot"; it's the foot of this mighty hunter |
Orion
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| IRON RITE |
(Jayanth: Uh... what is, uh, Environment?)
Interior
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| When it's black instead of spotted, this cat is often called a panther; there are albino ones, too |
a leopard
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| Death row prison guard Paul Edgecomb |
The Green Mile
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| Believe it or not, Jerry Springer was once the mayor of this large Ohio city |
Cincinnati
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| This measure of star brightness is symbolized with a small m if it's apparent, a big M if it's absolute |
magnitude
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| NO PARTISAN TROT |
(Alex: It's another way of saying [*], isn't it?)
Transportation
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| Y acts as the only vowel in the name of this wildcat, a bobcat relative |
(Jayanth: [Shakes head] No.)
lynx
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| Dying lawyer Andrew Beckett |
Philadelphia
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| Founded in 1769, this city near the Mexican border is often called "The Birthplace of California" |
San Diego
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| English words drawn from the Algonquian language include moose, terrapin & this other word for groundhog |
woodchuck
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| In about 22,000 years, Thuban in the constellation Draco will hold this distinction now held by Polaris |
The North Star
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| AUDIT ONCE |
(Alison: What is Treasury? No.)
Education
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| E.T. Seton referred to the "lithe & splended beasthood" of the New World panther with this 2-word name |
a mountain lion
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| Mob enforcer & loving father Michael Sullivan |
Road to Perdition
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| A campus for the University of Alabama is here, nicknamed "Rocket City, U.S.A." |
Huntsville
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| The Latin mulsus, meaning "sweet", gave us the name of this chocolate dessert |
mousse
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| The 3 stars of the Alpha Centauri system are Alpha, Beta & this, whose name means "the nearest" |
(Jayanth: What is Gamma?) (Malisha: What is Proximini?) ... (Alex: Malisha, you were close. What is [*]? [*] Centauri.)
Proxima
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