SO, WHAT HAVE YOU BEEN UP TO? |
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THE REST OF THE WORLD IN 2018 & '19 |
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A picture of your new dog? Uh, that's this type of canine that's big in LA canyons. Is it in your house? |
a coyote
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Now in the 2nd generation, AirPods Pro |
Apple
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Odd or erratic, like a wacky millionaire, or deviating from circular, like the orbits of some heavenly bodies |
(Avi: What is elliptic?)
eccentric
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TikTok is replete with videos of this game from childhood where only one seat remains when the song stops for the last time |
musical chairs
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Go stargazing at the Morehead Planetarium, one of the nation's largest, in this 2-word North Carolina city |
Chapel Hill
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The joint European & Japanese space mission Bepicolombo was launched to study this innermost planet |
Mercury
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On coach Lionel Scaloni's staff for this team at the 2022 World Cup? I thought I saw you celebrating after the final |
Argentina
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LeBron Witness 7 basketball shoes |
Nike
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Careful! It's the 7-letter adjective for the symbol seen here |
fragile
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The 12-3-30 viral workout had people walking on this at a 12% incline at 3 mph for 30 minutes |
a treadmill
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The son of a business manager at the University of Mississippi, this novelist was laid to rest in Oxford Memorial Cemetery |
(William) Faulkner
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Reports of these man-made fliers near London's Gatwick Airport led to the cancellation or diversion of about 1,000 flights |
drones
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Wait, you became the leader of this Cabinet department that oversees the Transportation Security Admin.? When was that?! |
(Avi: Who is Buttigieg?)
the Department of Homeland Security
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The Butterfinger Blizzard & the Peanut Buster Parfait |
Dairy Queen
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Stern or stark; it describes an academy in the title of the fifth book in "A Series of Unfortunate Events" |
austere
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A big food trend a couple of years back was this fluffy baked item made with egg whites, sugar & cornstarch |
(Alison: What are pancakes?) (Jack: Is that a--what is a marshmallow?)
cloud bread
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Georgia, not Greece, should be on your mind with this city, known for bands like the confusingly named of Montreal |
Athens
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Hopes of peace were raised when North Korean leader Kim Jong-un entered this buffer area to meet with South Korean Pres. Moon |
the DMZ
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In 2022 you were on the U.S. team that made the first nuclear this reaction resulting in a net energy gain... congrats! |
fusion
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The K-Mini coffee maker, perfect for dorm rooms |
Keurig
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A kind of deep chasm gives us this adjective that can mean "bottomless" or "profound" but also "incompetently bad" |
abysmal
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Sadly, in 2022 it was a final "no bones" for TikTok star Noodle, this breed of dog, who passed away at 14 |
[Alison made the first selection.]
a Pug
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Boulder, Colorado is a mecca for atmospheric research & this 4-letter cyclone-tracking agency has a lab there |
NOAA (the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration)
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In June 2018 Saudi Arabia lifted a longtime ban allowing women to legally do this for the first time since 1957 |
drive (automobiles)
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Becoming fluent in this artificial language constructed by a Polish oculist? Fabela! (Fabulous!) |
Esperanto
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The Les Paul electric guitar, since 1952 |
(Avi: What is Fender?)
Gibson
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Meaning displaying the colors of the rainbow, it comes from the personification of the rainbow |
iridescent
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Famous for his silent reaction videos & spoofs, he dethroned Charli D'Amelio as the most-followed TikTok star |
[Mayim corrects Jack's pronunciation of the last name said to rhyme with "fame" to its 2-syllable pronunciation of "Lah-may".]
Khaby Lame
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A trip to Taughannock Falls, seen here, should be part of a visit to this college town on New York's Cayuga Lake |
(Avi: What's Syracuse?)
Ithaca
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Turkish troops began 2018 with an offensive to take Kurdish territory in the north of this war-torn nation |
Syria
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