CITY OF THE DAY: SAVANNAH |
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The Who's Who 60, an all-time list in the 60th Edition, incudes this "aviator, b. Detroit, Feb. 4, 1902" |
Charles Lindbergh
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Before a jewelry heist in this film, Mr. Pink (Steve Buscemi) tells us that he abhors automatically tipping |
Reservoir Dogs
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On Feb. 23, 1667 he wrote in his "Diary", "This day I am, by the blessing of God, 34 years old, in very good health" |
(Josh: Who is King William III of England?) (Alex: No. ...Talk about "Englishman" and "diary"--[*].)
Samuel Pepys
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On this man's 1610 Nothwest Passage hunt, he took the Discovery down a bay & a strait now named for him |
Henry Hudson
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As a noun it can mean "whim"; you can also take a "flight of" it |
fancy
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In Savannah, head for the Lady & Sons Restaurant run by this Food Network chef known for her "home cooking" |
(Craig: Who is Rachael Ray?)
Paula Deen
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Some new 2006 names are "Jeopardy!" champ Ken Jennings & this first skateboarder to do "the 900" trick |
Tony Hawk
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It was Gallagher, MacDowell & Spader in the Deep South in this atmospheric 1989 film |
sex, lies, and videotape
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This scientist wrote to Robert Hooke, "If I have seen further it is by standing on the shoulders of giants" |
Newton
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1 of 2 similar-sounding Titanic sister ships; 1 is an "encyclopedic" adjective, the other is "mountainous" |
the Britanic (or the Olympic)
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He listed himself in Who's Who as an "electrician"--guess inventing the incandescent bulb qualifies |
Edison
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George Harrison started Handmade Films to help make this Monty Python religious epic |
The Life of Brian
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In this 1650s work you'll find the line, "I have laid aside business, and gone a-fishing" |
The Compleat Angler
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Prohibited by law from returning to Prince William Sound, it's now known as the Sea River Mediterranean |
the Exxon Valdez
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Aaron Copland completed this "for the Common Man" in 1942 |
Fanfare
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In 1864 this general telegraphed Lincoln, "I beg to present you as a Christmas gift, the city of Savannah" |
William Tecumseh Sherman
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Once the youngest person ever listed, she's still in the 2006 edition, now as "former ambassador" |
Shirley Temple Black
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1959's "Shadows" was the groundbreaking debut of this actor/director |
John Cassavetes
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In his "Second Treatise of Government", John Locke wrote, "Wherever law ends", this "begins" |
(Josh: What is anarchy?)
tyranny
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Josiah Gibbs got help translating for the accused men of this ship from James Covey, an African sailor, once a slave |
the Amistad
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The name of this lively Spanish dance form has also come to mean tomfoolery |
fandango
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This famous man's entry features his 1960-62 chairmanship of the Sumter County, Georgia school board |
Jimmy Carter
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Much of this movie was filmed in the store where director Kevin Smith was working at the time |
Clerks
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In his "Pensees", this French mathematician philosophized, "Evil is easy, and has infinite forms" |
(Craig: Who is Descartes?)
Blaise Pascal
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Linda Morgan was in bed in 1956 when the Stockholm's prow rudely moved her; she survived, but this ship didn't |
the Andrea Doria
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This rhyming term refers to both a Chinese gambling game & a Western card game |
(Alex: There are parlors for [*]. [*].)
fantan
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