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THE LAST BOOKS YOU'LL READ |
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Philosopher's Path in Kyoto is a top spot to see Sakura, this tree's blossoms, burst with color during their spring festival |
cherry
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Elements in the nitrogen group have an outer shell of 5 of these, 2 in an S orbital & 3 in P orbitals |
electrons
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In Mexico to laze around is "echar la hueva", literally to toss this food item |
(Matt: [Pointing at Ken] Don't bring it!) (Ken: Heh-heh. You know what? I'm contractually obligated to bring it, Matt, I'm afraid. Here's your final clue...)
egg
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In 1922 the USS Langley was commissioned as the first of these big ships in the U.S. Navy |
aircraft carrier
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"Ol' Blue Eyes Is Back" is an album by him |
Sinatra
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Edward Bulwer-Lytton wrote the historical novel "The Last Days of" this doomed city near Naples |
Pompeii
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The world's highest paved international road, the Karakoram highway between Pakistan & China follows this ancient trade route |
the Silk Road
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Elements with atomic numbers above 92 are this type, meaning they come later in the periodic table than a certain radioactive one |
transuranium
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In the Netherlands "So it's like that!" is "O, op die fiets", "On that" this transport the Dutch love |
bicycle
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In 1985 this organization's Rainbow Warrior was headed to protest French nuclear testing when it was blown up |
Greenpeace
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"Blue-Eyed Cool" is the subtitle of a book featuring photos of this legendary actor known for his piercing blue eyes |
(Matt: What's... O'Toole?)
Paul Newman
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This semi-autobiographical novel by Larry McMurtry is set in the small town of Thalia, Texas during the 1950s |
(Mattea: What's Lonesome Dove?) (Andrew: What is Horseman, Pass By?)
The Last Picture Show
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Some give this highway's length as 19,000 miles, with stops including Fairbanks, Alaska, Monterrey, Mexico & Lima, Peru |
the Pan-American Highway
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The chalcogens include polonium, selenium & this, Te |
tellurium
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This language of the Aztecs has added many food words to modern English, including avocado, chili & tomato |
Nahuatl
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This ship commanded by James Cook on his first Pacific voyage later gave its name to a Space Shuttle |
Endeavour
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Ben Stiller explained that this signature look of Zoolander is a 6-part process & is meant to convey "OK, take it already" |
(Ken: Do you want to try it out, by the way?) (Mattea: I'll pass.) (Ken: Okay. Fair enough.)
Blue Steel
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The character of Monroe Stahr in this 1941 novel was based on Irving Thalberg |
The Last Tycoon (by Fitzgerald)
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Canada's Icefields Parkway winds along the continental divide between Banff National Park & this one also in Alberta |
(Ken: Good job with the Canadian stuff.)
Jasper
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Let's run the table: Hydrogen, helium, lithium, this |
beryllium
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In parts of the Middle East & Asia a payment that can be construed as a tip or bribery is known by this word from the Persian |
baksheesh
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After attacking & sinking the Housatonic, this Confederate submarine also went down, killing its 8 crewmen |
(Matt: What's Merrimac?)
Hunley
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Both Superman & this dog of his have X-ray vision; the superpooch also has heat vision & freeze breath! |
(Ken: In honor of his home planet, he named his dog [*]. That's why my dog is called Eartho.) [Laughter]
Krypto
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"The Last of the Mohicans" is the second of these "Tales" by James Fenimore Cooper |
The Leatherstocking Tales
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In 1966 Time magazine said this iconic street known for its fashion "illustrates the new swinging London" |
(Mattea: What's Oxford Street?)
Carnaby Street
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This radioactive element is named for Nobel-winning American chemist Glenn |
seaborgium
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Ronald Reagan adapted the Russian saying "Doveryai, no proveryai" into this 3-word maxim about nuclear weapons deals |
(Ken: There are two Daily Doubles in this round, of course. Let's show the home viewers where they are. [Beep boop] Mattea, of course, did not see where they are. They're going to have to select with no knowledge whatsoever.)
trust but verify
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Now on display in Portsmouth, this "floral" Tudor warship went down in 1545 during a fight with France |
Mary Rose
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Back in 1975 he had a No. 1 hit singing, "My eyes adored you though I never laid a hand on you" |
Frankie Valli
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This French author penned "The Last of Cherie", a novel about a man who was once in a relationship with an older woman |
Colette
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