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(Lionel Richie delivers the clue.) In 2012 I had the honor of singing for my idol Muhammad Ali at a benefit for his center that fights this disease--we helped raise $9.1 million that night |
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In 1939 Sawyer's Inc. introduced this a slide stereoscope |
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U is this nation The is not required; Kuchma was leader but he's long retired |
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(Dax Shepard delivers the clue.) Paleontologist Roy Chapman Andrews who may have inspired the character of Indiana Jones discovered the first of these objects that never got to hatch |
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Sacred place for your most exceptional bottle of Bordeaux |
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In Stephen King's 11/22/63 Jake Epping travels back in time to prevent this event from ever happening |
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(Katy Perry delivers the clue.) I will always love this country star & in 2016 I got to present her with the Tex Ritter Film Award for her Coat of Many Colors TV movie |
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The Christmas fad of 1983 was this doll featured on the cover of Newsweek in December of that year |
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M is this mountain on Switzerland's fence; Walt Disney build one but not as immense |
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(Dax Shepard delivers the clue.) The pioneering polymer chemist Wallace Carothers developed not only nylon but neoprene the first successful artificial rubber while working for this Delaware |
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A sedate date tree that's the subject of a Biblical poem |
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In this Audrey Niffenegger novel Clare is married to Henry who suffers from Chrono-Displacement Disorder |
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(Ryan Seacrest delivers the clue.) The legendary Dick Clark was an idol of mine growing up; we both started out as D.J.s me in Los Angeles & Dick in this city where he first hosted American |
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This animated girl has a doctor's bag & your kids can have a toy version of it |
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P is this forest you'd go if you could; it's a national park full of agatized wood |
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(Dax Shepard delivers the clue.) A.J.P. Taylor who taught Michael Palin at Oxford was a model for the famous historian who's suddenly killed by a knight on horseback in this comedy film |
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A flexible & enormous customer |
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In Chapter 16 of A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court Hank meets this woman whose first name is the same as his surname |
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(Luke Bryan delivers the clue.) I've been inspired by this idol since I was 4 years old singing See See Rider the first song he performed on his Aloha from Hawaii TV special |
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An iconic red frame a magic screen & 2 white knobs are integral to this classic toy |
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A is this desert dry & horrific; it was the prize in the War of the Pacific |
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(Dax Shepard delivers the clue.) William Maples was an expert in forensic anthropology working on the bodies of the Romanovs the Elephant Man & this U.S. president whose mysterious death in |
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A congenial game bird under glass as a gift |
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In this 1969 classic Tralfamadorians abduct the protagonist who has unfortunately become unstuck in time |
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(Ryan Seacrest delivers the clue.) I admired Frank Sinatra's spirit & style especially how he broke with tradition to create his own label called this with records people would play & play a |
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A technique to interlock wood pieces inspired John Lloyd Wright to create these in 1916 |
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M is this river to see it go forth; it's Canada's longest so of course it flows north |
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(Dax Shepard delivers the clue.) Around 1912 this man then working in Manchester England was the leading expert on nuclear physics; in fact he was the only expert on it since he'd discovered |
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In Papeete & the rest of the isle a signed agreement to quit spray-painting |
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Kindred about an African-American woman transported back to a plantation in antebellum Maryland is a novel by this author |
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Julia Morgan designed this 68500-square-foot home in San Simeon California in the Mediterranean Revival style |
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Thelonious Monk really gets going 'round this title hour |
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He took over for his brother Fidel & became acting president of Cuba in 2006; he dropped the acting 2 years later |
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In 2012 the French govt. ended official use of this word for an unmarried woman deemed sexist since there's no male equivalent |
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German philosopher Hegel saw history as progression toward this declaration of independence value |
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Arlington has the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier; the Brits have the Grave of the Unknown Warrior found in this building's nave |
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It's the iconic piece of furniture seen here |
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A song called this fruit Man became a classic for Herbie Hancock & a movie title for Melvin Van Peebles |
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This family included a secretary of war under Grant a president & a senator (from Ohio) nicknamed Mr. Republican |
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To sing Happy Birthday use this phrase a ti in Mexico but reverse the phrase in Chile |
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In the 18th C. Hume opined on morality 'tis impossible that the distinction betwixt these 2 4-letter words can be made by reason |
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When she said she was leaving Star Trek MLK asked her to stay saying through you we see ourselves and what can be |
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(Sarah of the Clue Crew delivers the clue from Residenzplats in Salzburg Austria.) Salzburg's Residenzplats has one of the largest Baroque fountains outside of Italy; the upper section is a |
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This man's quartet experiments with time: Take Five is in 5/4 meter & Blue Rondo A La Turk is in 9/8 |
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In 2016 Lech Kaczyński president of this country appointed his twin brother Jarosław prime minister |
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If God wills you know this Arabic expression for if God wills; T.E. Lawrence was an early adopter |
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In 1934 A.J. Ayer set out to show the impossibility of this a plural noun for the study of the nature of the universe |
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In the 1920s several elderly men who had worked digging the Big Bend railroad tunnel remembered this hero as a real person |
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Frank Gehry not only designed L.A.'s Walt Disney Concert Hall but also this instrument at the rear of the stage |
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Born in New Orleans Louis Armstrong performed songs named for these 2 local B streets |
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Last name of John who held a Michigan House seat from 1955 to 2015 & of his wife Debbie who succeeded him |
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This Latin phrase for an essential item is literally without which not |
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He published 1843's Fear and Trembling under the pseudonym Johannes de Silentio |
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The world's first of these began as a way for Cambridge U. computer scientists to know if the coffeepot in another room was full |
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This Boston-born architect designed the Massachusetts State House & from 1818 to 1829 served as architect of the U.S. Capitol |
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When he wasn't scoring TV's Peanuts specials this man recorded favorites like Cast Your Fate To The Wind |
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She succeeded her husband George Wallace as governor of Alabama but died 2 years after winning the office |
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From words for self & publishing it was writing circulated in secret in the Soviet Union |
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This double-first-name philosopher born in 1842 said that the value of a concept is in its practical consequences |
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This mother of Alexander the Great was in the cult of Dionysus & liked to sleep with snakes |
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Here's a view of this Utah national park through one of the sandstone features for which it is named |
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TybaltAct I scene v:Uncle |
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(Norman Lear delivers the clue.) From the Latin for citizen it's the study of the rights & duties of citizens; I took it at P.S. 67 in New York & it would help our country if more kids studi |
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Sackbut is an old name for this instrument that has a slide & a bell |
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Hey babe! I made you a bitchin' mixtape to play on this Sony item that dominated the '80s & began in the U.S. as the Soundabout |
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Nearly 44 million people were watching the Oscars on ABC in 2014 when this film about Solomon Northup won Best Picture |
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This national park in New Mexico is home to large colonies of bats seen here |
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ArielAct I scene ii:No |
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Adam Sandler's song Lunch Lady Land says yesterday's meatloaf is today's this |
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These paired rattles of Latin America are traditionally made using gourds filled with beads or seeds |
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Duuuude! You were a massive Spicoli wearing this brand's checkered slip-on sneakers! |
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On Oscar night 2016 Best Animated Short went to Bear Story; this other bear story won Best Actor & Best Director |
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The name of this waterfall on the Merced River in Yosemite means occurring in spring also the time to see it at its peak |
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MustardseedAct III scene i:Mustardseed |
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The 2-word title of a 1972 George Carlin album it's what George probably was at Corpus Christi Grammar School |
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Vivaldi wrote a piece for strings & this instrument that's often associated with beginner musicians |
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I thought this movie about Olympic runners would be grody to the max but not even! It won Best Pic & everyone loves Vangelis! |
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This half of a sibling duo runs the gamut from There's Something About Mary to Green Book for which he won 2 Oscars |
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Head to Sequoia National Park to salute the tree named this the world's largest by volume |
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Christopher SlyAct I scene i:Yes |
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High school math! These equations that don't use exponents are so named because of the way they can be graphed |
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The score of the movie The Third Man was performed by Anton Karas playing this stringed instrument |
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I was so stoked when this team USA hockey captain scored the winning goal against the Soviets in 1980's Miracle on Ice! |
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The second third & fourth Oscars for Best Actress went to Canadian-born women starting with her America's Sweetheart |
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A great place for boating Glen Canyon National Recreation Area is home to this second-largest manmade lake in the United States |
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AchillesAct II scene i:What? What? |
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The first state law allowing these more autonomous publicly funded schools passed in 1991; today over 40 states allow them |
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Last name of Robert inventor of an electronic music synthesizer; the instrument was on The Doors album Strange Days |
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I'm so sure I had like so many pieces on my wall of the work of this '80s artist a lot like the one seen here |
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The Oscar-winning song It's Hard Out Here For A Pimp was by this hip-hop group |
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17th century czar Fyodor III of this dynasty was highly educated & reform minded but died young |
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(David Muir delivers the clue.) In 2019 I traveled to Afghanistan to speak with the top U.S. commander General Scott Miller who said that not just military might but a political settlement w |
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A small unit of a large entity like a campus apart from the main branch of a university |
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Ernest Cline's Armada finds Zack preparing against a perceived attack from aliens hailing from Europa a moon of this planet |
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Oscar-nominated South Park song that soars in a V formation with a 1970s Yankee closer |
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(Bryan Cranston delivers the clue.) August Laurent & Jean-Baptiste Dumas hated each other but they worked together to pioneer this branch of chemistry that focuses on carbon & the carbon com |
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In 1855 Czar Alexander II came to the throne at the height of this conflict |
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(David Muir delivers the clue.) In 2016 I got a rare look inside this controversial detention facility & watched through one-way glass as some of its remaining inmates engaged in the call to |
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Colors can be precisely specified by their brightness & this their degree of intensity |
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In her memoir Inside Out this actress says St. Elmo's Fire saved her life: she had to go to rehab to keep her role in the film |
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Margaret Wise Brown's bunny bids adieu to Ray Charles' Sunshine State song & the only NFL team with a perfect season |
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(Bryan Cranston delivers the clue.) Visitors at Paris' Bibliothèque Nationale must wear protective gear & sign a liability waiver to study her notebooks which are stored in heavily shielded |
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As czar from 1547 to 1584 he waged drawn-out wars against Sweden & Poland & also against the nobility of his own country |
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In Ethiopia David saw an $11 procedure give sight to people stricken with these a major cause of preventable blindness worldwide |
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There's a planet in this word meaning an orgy or a wild celebration |
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(Kevin Hart delivers the clue.) There's desert & snow & now it's Danny Glover taking over my avatar in Jumanji: The Next Level the most recent film inspired by a book written & illustrated b |
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Louisiana Purchase explorers joined by LBJ's Secretary of Defense & a Golden Boy dramatist |
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(Bryan Cranston delivers the clue.) Many folks weren't happy with the Nobel committee's decision to give the 1918 Chemistry Prize to ammonia synthesizer Fritz Haber as he had also overseen G |
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We understood each other...& let the others prattle said Catherine the Great of this longtime adviser & less longtime lover |
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(David Muir delivers the clue.) In 2019 I got an exclusive first look at restoration efforts inside Paris' Notre Dame Cathedral afters its devastating fire; amazingly the huge 13th century r |
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It's a kind of mandarin orange |
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Appearing in mask & with sword on the cover of As You Wish this British actor gives insight on the making of The Princess Bride |
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Tootie Blair Jo & Natalie show up in the third Hitchhiker's Guide book with boiled & baked Jewish rolls with all the fixins |
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(Bryan Cranston delivers the clue.) The Russian Academy of Sciences rejected this great man's 1880 nomination for membership--maybe because of his progressive political leanings & maybe beca |
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This 1831 work by Pushkin dramatized the fate of the title czar whose reign ended in 1605 |
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(David Muir delivers the clue.) In 2019 I reported on the hunt for ISIS fighters in the desert of this westernmost province of Iraq on the border with Syria |
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Zen Buddhists hope to reach this state of sudden enlightenment |
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In You're Never Weird on the Internet (Almost) this queen of the geeks tells of her rise to stardom |
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Elizabeth Barrett Browning's poems to an Iberian jellyfish relative now heroic in Don Cheadle's supersuit |
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(Bryan Cranston delivers the clue.) Real-life scientists whose names came up on Breaking Bad included of course Heisenberg & also this Frenchman guillotined at age 50 after making chemistry |
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(Jimmy of the Clue Crew is at Profiles in History in Calabasas CA.) Yes it's safe to look at the angels that adorn the top of the object of Indiana Jones's quest in this 1981 film |
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An American symbol:BAGEL DEAL |
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The King James Bible sayeth A soft answer turneth away this synonym for anger |
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Originally a pilot was one who steered this |
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Heavenly predator of the coral reef:FLAG SHINE |
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Remember the Alamo & this city whose ZIP Codes run from 78201 to 78299 |
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This movement whose name harkens back to the 1770s made its first big splash with rallies on Tax Day 2009 |
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The Long Goodbye finds this gumshoe describing various blondes including a shadowy one who speaks softly out of nowhere |
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(Jimmy of the Clue Crew is at Profiles in History in Calabasas CA.) Here's the outfit James Gandolfini wore in the final scene at the diner of this Emmy-winning drama series before they cut t |
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This British job originated with the word bar & meant one who was called to it |
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Understanding:SPECIMEN HONOR |
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To promote the use of ZIP Codes Ethel Merman recorded a jingle to the tune of this song from Song of the South |
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Cities as big as L.A. & Dallas have this kind of mayoral election where there's no D' or R after the candidates' names |
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In a poem by this 3-named guy Evangeline whispers to Gabriel If we love one another nothing in truth can harm us |
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(Jimmy of the Clue Crew is at Profiles in History in Calabasas CA.) I can't believe I'm holding the lightsaber used by this man playing Luke Skywalker in 1977's Star Wars--it would be even co |
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Greek for dance & write gives us this occupation |
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A type of embroidery:DELETE NO PIN |
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Manhattan buildings with their own ZIP Codes include the Postum & Metlife buildings both on the avenue with this scenic name |
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The House Republican leader since 2014 he shares his name with the star of the 1956 film Invasion of the Body Snatchers |
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In Thus Spake Zarathustra he wrote The voice of beauty speaks softly: it steals only into the most awakened souls |
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(Sarah of the Clue Crew is at Profiles in History in Calabasas CA.) The ermine-trimmed velvet coronation robe from 1933's Queen Christina of Sweden was worn by this star of the silent screen |
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This word goes way back in Britain despite the legend that the 1st ones hung out in D.C.'s Willard Hotel to nag Pres. Grant |
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Rock solid:TEA RING |
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The ZIP Code 12345 in Schenectady New York lights up this company that began operations there in 1892 |
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He served South Carolina as a senator from 1954 to 2003 dying short of his 101st birthday |
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In Poe's The Raven her whispered name is heard in the darkness |
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In 1940 for her role in this film Hattie McDaniel became the first black performer to win an Oscar |
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A writer's original prepublication document |
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The islands of Lemnos & Samos |
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Sorta: the 1960s Emerson Wondergram a portable one of these that would spin platters--if you kept it level |
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The 1st African-American woman to win Olympic gold Alice Coachman cleared 5'6 1/8 in this track & field event in 1948 |
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The one that eventually caught Olympic Park bomber Eric Rudolph lasted about 7 years |
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The Cagayan River Mindoro Island |
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Take plenty of these to scale the walls; Joan of Arc said she was the first to place one against a fortress at the Siege of Orleans |
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A big yes: this described in a March 2006 patent filing as a multi-functional handheld device |
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The Tracks Of My Tears & Ooo Baby Baby were hits for this frontman backed by a group of Miracles |
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A 1957 study of the middle class with the alliterative title The Black this group traced it to 1865 & the Freedmen's Bank |
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An endearing sweet child from an old word for rag doll |
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Chuncheon just below the 38th parallel |
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Watch out for one of these defensive sorties that sounds like a female first name |
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No: this man's 1890s magnetic iron ore separator--he probably chalked up its failure to perspiration |
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Patty Duke & Anne Bancroft play student & teacher in this film |
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When Medgar Evers was gunned down in 1963 he was the Mississippi field secretary of this national organization |
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The name of a French soldier with a rigorous system of training gave us this word for a strict disciplinarian |
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The city of Marrakech in the fertile Haouz Plain |
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Bring somebody strong to lift this heavy iron-bound vertically sliding door that covers the main gate |
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No: these attached to a Scotsman's arms for a leg-breaking leap from the top of Stirling Castle in 1507 |
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The Music City Miracle was a last-second play that benefited this NFL team in 2000 |
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This 1960s alliterative slogan has roots in an 1858 speech that mentioned rich color & full broad features |
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Adjective for a religious order that relied solely on alms |
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Gatun Lake |
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Try tunneling like attackers did through chalk to collapse part of this Channelside British castle in 1216 |
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Yes: Dr. Bruce Reitz' transplant in 1981 of a heart along with this organ: the totally empty chest was... a dramatic moment |
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You don't need to walk on water to get to this city's Miracle Garden |