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Performed on a bare stage, this Thornton Wilder play features a stage manager who serves as the narrator |
[Michael selected the first clue.]
Our Town
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Harry Beck's 1930s map of this system in London was revolutionary because it ignored distances |
the Tube (or the subway)
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On May 2, 1970 Diane Crump became the first female jockey to ride in this race |
the Kentucky Derby
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Liam Hemsworth was under consideration for the lead role in this 2011 film; his brother got the part instead |
Thor
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The name of this Spanish gold coin comes from the Latin for "double"; it was worth 16 silver dollars |
a doubloon
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To reduce to ashes via flames |
incinerate
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On June 29, 1956 he married one of the stars of "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes" |
Arthur Miller
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Globes are usually angled 23.5 degrees to simulate the Earth's inclination, more simply called this |
tilt
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Margaret Leech was the first woman to win this prize in the History category; hmmm, this was also her married name |
(Alex: She was married to Joseph [*]'s son.)
Pulitzer
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This 2006 film features the voices of Owen Wilson & Bonnie Hunt |
(Michael: [Boston accent] What is [*]?) (Alex: I love your pronunciation--"Cahs".) (Michael: Been waiting for that one.)
Cars
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Can you hear the drums, Fernando? Or is it Hernando? Either way, he founded the first Spanish settlement in Mexico |
(Hernándo) Cortés
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Not allowable in court, evidence-wise |
inadmissible
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This Chicagoan known for earthy dialogue in plays like "Speed-the-Plow" was once an editor at Oui magazine |
David Mamet
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In 1700 Guillaume Delisle created 2 globes: one terrestrial, the other this type that ends with the same 3 letters |
celestial
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WWII Army nurse Lt. Cordelia Cook became the first woman to win this bronze decoration |
the Bronze Star
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In this 1991 film Robin Williams tells Julia Roberts, "I believe in fairies" |
Hook
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After the Spanish-American War, Spain gave up control of this island where the Rough Riders came to fame |
Cuba
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This 2010 movie title means the beginning of something |
Inception
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O'dear, this Irish playwright had 5 plays rejected by the Abbey Theatre before "'The Shadow of a Gunman" was produced in 1923 |
(Michael: Who is Shaw?) (Todd: Who is O'Neill?)
Seán O'Casey
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Goode's School Atlas was an early 1920s publication from this Skokie, Illinois company |
(Michael: What is Quartet?)
Rand McNally
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In 2014 work on curved surfaces made Maryam Mirzakhani the 1st woman to get the Fields Medal, this field's top honor |
(Alex: Less than a minute now.)
math
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Martin Scorsese's first 3D film was this 2011 effort about an orphan boy who lives in a Paris train station |
Hugo
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Pre-dictatorship, he distinguished himself serving in Spanish Morocco & was made a general at age 33 |
(Generalissimo Francisco) Franco
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L.A.'s beloved four-level one, where the 101 meets the 110, opened in 1953 |
an interchange
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An alcoholic ex-football star named Brick battles his brother for his father's fortune in this 1955 play |
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
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A bathymetric map represents topography in this type of environment |
the ocean
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In 1992, Betty Boothroyd became the first female holder of this office in Britain's House of Commons |
(Todd: What is Serjeant at Arms?)
Speaker of the House of Commons
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This 1979 adaptation of a Thomas Hardy novel catapulted Nastassja Kinski to stardom |
Tess
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In 1713 Spain was signing a whole bunch of treaties as part of the Peace of Utrecht, ending this war over the throne |
the War of Spanish Succession
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From the Latin for "inborn", it can be used to describe a talent |
innate
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