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SELF-PORTRAIT OF THE ARTIST |
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PUT THE ASTRONAUTS ON THE MISSION |
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Giving a lot of bang for your buck in the 1920s, he presented magic, illusions, escapes & phony mediums exposed |
Houdini
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Season 3 of this streaming show about a blind superhero featured a nearly 11-minute, single-take prison riot scene |
Daredevil
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Greek for a pointed pillar gives us this word for a pointed pillar |
obelisk
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You might think this tongue of the Pyrenees would be related to French or Spanish, but not really |
Basque
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On "The Big Bang Theory", this notably silent magician played Amy's dad & actually had a line--"Thank you!" |
Teller
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On TruTv he's just being truthful, but he "Ruins Everything" |
Adam
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In 1986, shortly before his death, this pop artist completed 6 "Fright Wig" self-portraits in acrylic & silkscreen ink |
(Andy) Warhol
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To confuse or make obscure |
obfuscate
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Written in cuneiform in Ur, this oldest written language was an isolate |
(Ed: What is... Assyrian?)
Sumerian
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In 1983 an onlooker said, "I have never seen a Statue of Liberty disappear the way this one did", courtesy of this performer |
(Alex: Yep, it pays to live in Las Vegas, doesn't it?)
Copperfield
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The house that stood in for this home of the Crawleys was remodeled by Sir Charles Barry, who also built the Houses of Parliament |
Downton Abbey
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Here's this Flemish artist with his trademark beard |
van Dyck
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A sycophant is obedient as well as this servile adjective |
obsequious
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Fred Haise, James Lovell, Jack Swigert handled some problems on this mission |
[The end-of-round signal sounds.]
Apollo 13
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Kutenai is an isolate spoken in the Kootenay region of this Canadian province, near its eastern border with Alberta |
(Ed: What is... Saskatchewan?) (Daryn: What is Manitoba?) (Laura: What is... - N--I don't know.)
British Columbia
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On April 5, 1999 this magician was "Buried Alive" in a plexiglass coffin under a 3-ton water tank & stayed for 7 days |
(David) Blaine
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In 2018 Kaycee Clark was the ultimate head of household, winning $500,000 on this reality show |
Big Brother
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A grandson of Sigmund, he made a self-portrait with a black eye that sold for over $4 million in 2010 |
Lucian Freud
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French phrase for something of aesthetic value |
objet d'art
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Robert Cabana & a crew of 5 made the 1998 first docking here |
the International Space Station
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These neighbors of the Romans spoke an isolate known largely from ancient inscriptions, like the one seen here |
the Etruscans
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He said throwing 2 cards so they stick in the same spot in a watermelon was a "feat so impressive, I am forced to mention it myself" |
(Alex: Less than a minute now.)
(Ricky) Jay
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Seen here in a self-portrait is this Italian painter, best known for writing about the lives of other artists |
(Giorgio) Vasari
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The abdominal external these muscles are used in a side bend |
obliques
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Pete Conrad, Joseph Kerwin & Paul Weitz were on the 1973 first visit to this, which burned up 6 years later |
Skylab
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Japanese has supplanted the isolate spoken by this 4-letter indigenous people of Hokkaido |
(Ed: Who are the Aino?) (Alex: Alex spells the correct response.) [Ed's response was accepted as correct and the decision was reversed when the next Daily Double was uncovered.]
Ainu
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