WOMEN ON U.S. STAMPS
BIRDS ARE REAL
POTENT POTABLES
GAMES WITH DICE
DUMPLINGS BY ANY OTHER NAME
EMERGENCY GENERATOR
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This Nobel Prize-winning nun was featured on a 2010 stamp
Mother Teresa
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Branta canadensis is the scientific name for this bird--honk!--that can be--honk!--loud &--honk! annoying
a Canada goose
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In the 1850s Manet painted the drinker of this purportedly dangerous liqueur - the subject was also given an artistic treatment by Degas in 1875
absinthe
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This game played on a board with 24 spear-shaped points utilizes dice & often a doubling cube
backgammon
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These Chinese dumplings are typically served fried as an appetizer or boiled & served in a soup of the same name
wontons
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Roman I-I-I plus wakeup clock plus conflagration
three-alarm fire
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In 2005, for what would have been her 100th birthday, the U.S. & Sweden issued stamps featuring this movie legend
Greta Garbo
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Lack of a fully developed syrinx keeps this long-necked bird mostly voiceless, perhaps not to wake the baby it's bringing
a stork
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Meaning "white of whites", it's wine made entirely from white grapes, like a champagne made from the chardonnay grape
blanc de blancs
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In craps if you bet on the pass line & the first throw of the dice equals either of these 2 numbers, you win
7 and 11
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Chef Boyardee's (real name Ettore Boiardi) mini micro beef ones of these cases of pasta are a kid favorite
ravioli
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H2O plus principal small-town street plus a pause in work for coffee
water main break
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With the Columbus commemorative stamps in 1893, she became the first woman to be depicted on a U.S. stamp
Queen Isabella
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Sharing its name with a pro baseball team, this orange & black bird with a 2-word name can also range down to South America
a Baltimore Oriole
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This brand of aromatic bitters is named for a town in Venezuela
Angostura
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In this classic game a large straight gets you 40 points & 5 of a kind gets you this, 50 points & the name of the game
Yahtzee
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The "talk" of Tibet are momos, dumplings filled with the meat of this wild Asian ox
yak
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Opposite of artificial plus a state of matter plus disclosure of a secret to the press
natural gas leak
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As part of the Black Heritage series, this two-time Wimbledon champ was depicted on a 2013 stamp
Althea Gibson
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Boasting a nearly 5-foot wingspan, the red-tailed this bird of prey can reach speeds of 120 mph in a dive
a hawk
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In Amsterdam a Bruine Kroeg or "brown cafe", specializes in this potent potable
beer
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Seen here are tiles & dice for this game
mah-jongg
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Knaidlach are matzo balls & these similarly named items are Jewish noodle dumplings
kreplach
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AWOL teenager plus synonym for cargo plus wedding dress "tail"
runaway freight train
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"God Bless America" & this beloved singer who was honored on a stamp in 2010
Kate Smith
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Facts about this seabird: Its 3-letter name has 2 vowels, it has short wings & webbed feet & it stands upright on land
an auk
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Asking for a "perfect martini" isn't an impossible demand; it means to use both the dry & sweet types of this
vermouth
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Hasbro sells a retro 1986 edition of this game with its iconic dome-shaped Pop-O-Matic die roller
Trouble
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These dumplings, the Japanese equivalent of potstickers, start with the letter "G" & end up in a dipping sauce--& my mouth
gyoza
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Got free of captivity plus area of India where Calcutta is plus golf's Mr. Woods
escaped Bengal tiger