19th CENTURY NOVEL QUOTES |
|
|
|
|
|
CURRENT U.S. SENATOR BEFORE & AFTER |
|
|
"The least chip or crumb of the boats touched his skin, his tail swiftly drew back, and came sideways smiting the sea" |
Moby-Dick
|
|
|
1st: A box of Crane ruled half sheets |
paper
|
|
|
The 1948 airlift to this capital city was designed to thwart a Soviet blockade |
[The end-of-round signal sounds.]
Berlin
|
|
|
(Dan Patrick delivers the clue.) He turned down a $3.6 million contract from the Arizona Cardinals & later became a member of the 2nd Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment |
(Pat) Tillman
|
|
|
|
A title cop played by Clint Eastwood, of all people, becomes the democratic Senate majority leader |
Dirty Harry Reid
|
|
|
"I shall be your Beth still, to love and help you more than ever. you must take my place, Jo" |
Little Women
|
|
|
5th: A traditional Czech marionette |
(Dawn: What is paper?)
wood
|
|
|
Vercingetorix was the leader of this people of France defeated by Julius Caesar |
the Gauls
|
|
|
Amer-I-Can, founded by this 1960s Cleveland running back, has been helping inner-city kids for 25 years |
Jim Brown
|
|
|
|
A Massachusetts female senator gets to the bottom of the JFK assassination as a group appointed on Nov. 29, 1963 |
Elizabeth Warren Commission
|
|
|
"Miss Havisham was alone. 'Well?' said she, fixing her eyes upon me. 'I hope you want nothing? You'll get nothing"' |
(Ben: What is Oliver Twist?)
Great Expectations
|
|
|
15th: These items sometimes used in Reiki healing |
crystals
|
|
|
The 1st planned convict settlement in Australia was at this bay named for its abundance and variety of life |
Botany Bay
|
|
|
This Red Sox legend had a brother who died of leukemia, helping inspire his timeless work with the Jimmy Fund starting in 1953 |
Ted Williams
|
|
|
Adjective for crude & uncivilized practices |
(Ben: What is barbarism?)
barbaric
|
|
|
A 1970s pitcher whose name precedes a type of arm surgery takes a Senate seat for Arizona |
Tommy John McCain
|
|
|
"Mr. Earnshaw was sitting by the fire, deadly sick; his evil genius, almost as...ghastly, leant against the chimney" |
Wuthering Heights
|
|
|
12th: A dressing gown made of this, like a 19th century fop's |
silk
|
|
|
The O.A.S. was a secret French force that sought to prevent this African country from gaining independence |
Algeria
|
|
|
Pres. Obama says this 7-footer from Kinshasa attacks poverty in Africa with the same ferocity he used to block shots |
Dikembe Mutombo
|
|
|
All 4 gospels mention this Jewish prisoner whom Pilate freed instead of Jesus |
Barabbas
|
|
|
A "saintly" Southern California city becomes a senator who "fights" for the entire state |
Santa Barbara Boxer
|
|
|
"Marianne... could only exclaim, in the anguish of her heart, 'Oh! Elinor, I am miserable indeed"' |
Sense and Sensibility
|
|
|
40th: A "pigeon's blood" one of these |
(Dawn: Well, I might be crazy, but I'm gonna bet $10,000.) ... (Alex: Oh, Dawn... You got it!) (Dawn: Oh! Wow.) (Alex: Way to go! $21,800.) (Dawn: I'm crazy.) (Alex: And you must forgive me. That might've been interpreted as being cruel on my part, but I was just so delighted for you. Way to go.)
ruby
|
|
|
The legendary wealth of this king in what's now Turkey didn't help in 546 B.C. when the Persians defeated him |
(Alex: Less than a minute to go, Ben.)
Croesus
|
|
|
This former pitching great & anti-ALS crusader also founded 38 Studios, a video game company |
Curt Schilling
|
|
|
This school of artists that included Millet & Rousseau took its name from a French village |
Barbizon
|
|
|
A 1986 song that Paul Simon performed on "SNL" becomes a senator who used to work on the show |
"You Can Call Me Al" Franken
|
|