Show:
LANGUAGE
STAMP COLLECTING
THE SECOND TIME AROUND
ABLE ANIMALS
RHETORIC
200
'Fur is spoken in this troubled westernmost province of Sudan'
Darfur
200
'She's the subject of the world's first postage stamp, seen here & issued in 1840'
Queen Victoria
200
'"Groovy Kind Of Love":
The Mindbenders in 1966, this man in 1988'
Phil Collins
200
'When a snake sticks out its tongue, it's not tasting but using this sense'
smell
200
'5-letter word for when the intended meaning is different from the literal meaning'
irony
400
'The lead singer of the band Dengue Fever is from this country & often sings in Khmer'
Cambodia
400
'(Kelly of the Clue Crew shows a stamp on the monitor.) In the authentication process of certain stamps, detection fluid is applied to the back, revealing this type of transparent impression'
a watermark
400
'"Barbara Ann":
The Regents in 1961, this group in 1966'
The Beach Boys
400
'Cats have tapetum lucidum membranes in this body part, so they have 2 chances to catch photons'
their eyes
400
'"To be or not to be" is not a thesis but an example of this, also meaning "the opposite"'
antithesis
600
'Tok Pisin, spoken on New Guinea, is this type of blended language & Tok Pisin literally means "talk" this'
pidgin
600
'The U.S. stopped issuing this type of stamp in the 1970s, when most domestic mail was being sent that way anyway'
airmail
600
'"Don't Let The Sun Go Down On Me":
Elton John in 1974, this man & Elton in 1992'
George Michael
600
'Rats have poor vision but can enhance their perception by using these, also called vibrissae'
whiskers
600
'As well as cell division, meiosis means this 14-letter term, like "LeBron James is a decent player"'
understatement
800
'Formed in 1906, the party to represent speakers of this language in Finland is still going strong'
Swedish
800
'From the Latin for "remind", it's a stamp, like the civil rights one seen here, issued to honor a person, place or event'
a commemorative stamp
800
'"This Old Heart Of Mine":
The Isley Brothers in 1966, this man in 1990'
Rod Stewart
800
'Some moths are able to detect chemical love signals called these up to 7 miles away'
pheromones
800
'Interrogatio is the classical name for this device that, unlike our clue, requires no response'
a rhetorical question
1000
'In ancient times, the Phoenician language spread to this city, where it became known as Punic'
Carthage
1000
'The postmark on the stamp & envelope indicates it's one of these collectibles mailed on the day it was originally issued'
a first day issue (a first day edition accepted)
1000
'"You Don't Have To Say You Love Me":
This woman in 1966, Elvis in 1970'
Dusty Springfield
1000
'This fish seen here has a rod and bait on top of its head to lure and catch prey'
an anglerfish
1000
'Excursus is another term for this drift into a tangential or unrelated topic, from the Latin for "to go aside"'
digression