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WHAT WORDS SHOULD REALLY MEAN |
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In 1971 this future secretary-general was a candidate for the presidency of Austria |
Kurt Waldheim
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In 2000 Marla Maples auctioned off for $110,000 the engagement ring she got from this ex |
Donald Trump
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Anya Seton's novel "Katherine" is based on John of Gaunt's affair with this "Canterbury Tales"-spinner's sister-in-law |
Geoffrey Chaucer
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"Hi Mom!", "Bang the Drum Slowly", "Cape Fear" |
(Ryan: Who is Gregory Peck?)
Robert De Niro
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This lemon-lime soft drink debuted in October 1929 in green 7-ounce bottles |
7-Up
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This should mean a grifter's rocky hideout, not curved like the inner surface of a sphere |
concave
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We wonder "How Does It Feel" to own this rock legend's boyhood home in Duluth, Minn.; it sold on eBay for $82,000 |
Bob Dylan
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Reading this 1961 novel by Irving Stone might inspire you to paint your ceiling |
The Agony and the Ecstasy
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"Deathrace 2000", "Over the Top", "Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot" |
Sylvester Stallone
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He made M'm! M'm! Good! when he joined a Camden, N.J. canning company in 1869; he later took it over |
Joseph Campbell
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This should mean someone who rides a bike, not someone who travels about selling wares |
peddler
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One of the six principal organs of the U.N. is this special 15-country council |
Security Council
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Her head went on the block in 1587 & in 2001 a wee bit of her royal hair was on the block, going for $2,700 |
(Michelle: [No response])
Mary, Queen of Scots
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Wild Bill Hickok turns up in "Boone's Lick", a 2000 novel by this "Lonesome Dove" author |
Larry McMurtry
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"The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane", "Freaky Friday", "Maverick" |
Jodie Foster
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In 1930 Sears transferred this tire brand name to its insurance division |
(Ryan: What is Goodyear?)
Allstate
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This should mean a useful hat, not a physical disability |
handicap
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Sotheby's could have said, "Show me the millions" when it auctioned off one of this artist's "Haystacks" in 2001 |
Claude Monet
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"Gates of Fire" is an epic novel about this battle lost by the Spartans in 480 B.C. |
(Michael: What is the Battle of Thermopolis?)
Thermopylae
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"Ambush at Cimarron Pass", "Kelly's Heroes", "City Heat" |
Clint Eastwood
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Entrepreneurs William Russell, Alexander Majors & William B. Waddell founded this in 1860; it lasted 18 months |
the Pony Express
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This should mean a distant object, not an old British quarter-penny |
farthing
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(Cheryl of the Clue Crew is outside the U.N. building.) It's the U.N. goal & the reference from Isaiah expressed by the U.N. headquarters statue seen here |
(Michael: What is beating plowshares into swords?) (Alex: Michael, you got it backwards; the U.N.'s about peace, not the other way around!)
beating swords into plowshares
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A pair of globes used by this Flemish cartographer went for $1.7 million in 1991 |
Gerardus Mercator
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Set during the last days of the Civil War, this debut novel by Charles Frazier is often compared to the "Odyssey" |
Cold Mountain
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"Grease 2", "Amazon Women on the Moon", "The Fabulous Baker Boys" |
(Alex: And we have a minute to go now.)
Michelle Pfeiffer
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This athletic shoe company's internet store is located at catshack.com |
Puma
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This should mean "what professionals charge", not "to divide proportionately" |
(Michael: What is to divvy up?)
prorate
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