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You'll find his office at the Palacio de la Revolution in Havana |
Castro
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Gary's mother had 3 children, one named April, one named June & one named this |
(Mysti: What is July?) ... (Alex: [*], yes.) (Mysti: Oh!) (Alex: [*]'s mom. That's why they're tricky. Let's give Mysti a moment to compose herself. All right, Sara.)
Gary
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This word, used to describe a crowd in a Thomas Hardy title, means "frenzied" |
madding
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Jackie Chan & Chris Tucker teamed up again in the sequel to this 1998 action comedy |
(Sara: What is Rush Hour 2?)
Rush Hour
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A gascon was a braggart, after the supposedly boastful people of Gascony in this country |
France
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Francisco Pizarro was killed by a competing conquistador after looting & destroying this Peruvian empire |
the Incan Empire
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This French emperor's return to power in 1815 lasted about one hundred days |
Napoleon
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Just before Mount Everest was discovered, this was the highest mountain in the world |
Mount Everest
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Barrie, Housman, Shaw & Kipling were pallbearers at Hardy's funeral at this church; his ashes lie in Poets' Corner |
Westminster Abbey
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John Leguizamo played Toulouse-Lautrec in this 2001 movie musical |
Moulin Rouge!
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A dotard was someone whose intelligence & faculties were faulty for this reason |
(Alex: If you're in your [*], you're in your old age.)
dotage
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Pedro Menendez de Aviles founded this Florida city on his way to massacring a rival colony |
[Matt gave both listed responses.]
San Augustine (or St. Augustine)
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1 of 2 Yitzhaks since the '70s to serve as prime minister of Israel |
Yitzhak Rabin (or Shamir)
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Of Boris Karloff, Lon Chaney or Colin Clive, the one who played the title role in the 1931 film "Frankenstein" |
(Sara: Who is Boris Karloff?) ... (Alex: Boris Karloff played the monster. [*] played Dr. Frankenstein.)
Colin Clive
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This 1891 Hardy novel is subtitled "A Pure Woman" |
Tess of the d'Urbervilles
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Charlton Heston had a cameo in this 2001 remake directed by Tim Burton |
(Sara: What is the [*]?)
Planet of the Apes
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3-letter word for a mongrel dog or an unsavory person |
cur
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Burke & Wills were the first to cross this continent south to north; they died on the way back |
(Matt: How much do I have to wager?) (Mysti: [Helpfully] You have to do five.) (Alex: You have $10,100.) (Matt: What's--um--I'll wager $5.) ... (Matt: What is Africa?)
Australia
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In February 2001 Jean-Bertrand Aristide returned to power as president of this country |
(Mysti: What is France?)
Haiti
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The act of seeing is actually performed by this organ, not the eye |
brain
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Michael Henchard becomes this town official, the title of an 1886 Hardy novel |
the Mayor of Casterbridge
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Vin Diesel can't drive 55 in this 2001 film that explored the underground world of L.A. street racing |
The Fast and the Furious
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The name of this seabird, meaning "one easily fooled", later had -ible added to it |
(Alex: Sara?) (Sara: [Shaking her head] What is a dodo?)
a gull
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Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo died from complications of a broken leg on San Miguel Island off this state he explored |
California
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In 1910 this European country's last king, Manuel II, was overthrown in a naval revolt |
Portugal
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It's the 11-letter word all Canadians pronounce incorrectly |
(Alex: You got it!) [Applause]
incorrectly
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Hardy set many of his novels in this imaginary county in southwestern England |
Wessex County
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Marcia Gay Harden won an Oscar for playing artist Lee Krasner, this painter's wife, in a 2000 film |
[Alex turned to the judges for a ruling when Mysti gave just the surname, preceded by "What is", as her response.] (Alex: We'll accept that, yes. The artist [*].)
(Jackson) Pollock
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"Rascal" evolved into this longer word that sounds like one who strikes green onions |
(Matt: What is rascallion?) (Alex: Correct.) [Possible edit] (Alex: [*], yes.) [Alex's initial ruling was never reversed.] ... (Alex: [After Matt's selection of the next clue] With a minute to go.)
rapscallion
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The first European to travel the Mississippi: later his men killed him while trying to find the river in Texas |
(Matt: Who is De Soto?)
La Salle
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