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| SONGS FROM MUSICAL TV EPISODES |
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| A shipwrecked clan from a neutral country meets up with a shipwrecked 18th century character |
The Swiss Family Robinson Crusoe
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| Collective name for the essays published in New York newspapers in 1787-88 supporting ratification of the Constitution |
the Federalist Papers
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| On this drama, Seattle Grace staffers sang tunes like "How We Operate" & "How to Save a Life" |
Grey's Anatomy
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| Regular: slang for nothing; acronym: postal locator code |
ZIP
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| These worms used for almost any ailment by doctors of old are today used for restoring blood flow to damaged veins |
leeches
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| To 6.7 million Twitter followers, it comes between @ & Teigen |
Chrissy
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| All about lumber, the Aroostook War between New Brunswick & this state was settled by 1842's Webster-Ashburton treaty |
Maine
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| Neil Patrick Harris musically chose suits over female companionship during an episode of this sitcom |
How I Met Your Mother
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| Regular: an athlete who cost his team a win; acronym: an athlete who will be forever honored |
(Alex: [*], yes, greatest of all time.)
GOAT
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| Using less current than in the bad old days, it can be effective in treating severe depression |
electroshock therapy
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| Ms. Amanpour reporting |
(Johnny: Who is Christine?)
Christiane
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| E.B. White's diminutive rodent visits Dickens' friend William in Marshalsea Prison |
(Johnny: What is Stuart Little Lord Fauntleroy?) ... [The end-of-round signal sounds.]
Stuart Little Dorrit
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| 1965's "Pastoral Constitution on the Church in the Modern World" came out of the second of these church gatherings |
an ecumenical council
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| A variety show on this HBO prison series found one inmate covering "I Wanna Be Free" by the Monkees |
(Eileen: What is Orange is the New Black?)
Oz
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| Regular: a waterproof protector sheet; acronym: a subprime fiasco protector program |
TARP
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| In the 20th century hygiene in hospitals helped lower this, the IMR, from about 100 to 7 per thousand births |
infant mortality rate
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| J.R.R. Tolkien had 3 sons: John, Michael, him |
Christopher
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| Aldous Huxley's dystopian novel meets another harsh situation with Max Brooks' tale of a zombie apocalypse |
Brave New World War Z
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| One of the less earthshaking parts of this 13th c. document calls for the removal of fish weirs from the Thames |
the Magna Carta
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| On a special episode of this show, Tara sang "Under your Spell" & Spike did "Rest in Peace" |
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
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| Regular: a thing you might put in a dress you're altering; acronym: a thing you use at an ATM |
PIN
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| Now heart disease & cancer are the most common ways to die; in 1900 it was pneumonia or this malady ending in "A" |
(Johnny: What is cholera?)
influenza
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| In 1935 Mr. & Mrs. Javacheff of Bulgaria named their little future artist this |
Christo
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| 313's edict of this Italian city granted religious freedom to Christians throughout the Roman Empire |
(Alex: And you had to pick the city of [*] in Italy.)
Milan
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| Grant Gustin & Melissa Benoist sang "Super Friend" when these 2 heroes met in a 2017 TV episode |
Supergirl & the Flash
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| Regular: an obnoxious person; acronym: hired Nixon's "plumbers" |
(Alex: Less than a minute now.)
CREEP
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Here's Dr. Oz with the clue:
This compound has had many uses, like starting engines & as a popular drink among Catholics when the Church frowned on alcohol, medically it was used as an anesthetic starting in the 1840s & is still used in places where up-to-date equipment isn't available |
ether
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| IMF head Lagarde |
(Alex: Johnny, now was the time to say [*].)
Christine
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