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About this book, Robert Louis Stevenson said, "If this don't fetch the kids, why, they have gone rotten since my day" |
Treasure Island
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Steven Spielberg named the mechanical shark in this 1975 classic "Bruce" after his lawyer |
Jaws
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In this country, to get from Harlingen to Oost Vlieland, you've to cross the Waddenzee |
Holland (or the Netherlands)
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The Army's largest health-care facility is the D.C. medical center named for this man |
Walter Reed
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NSA, the USA's largest intelligence agency, stands for this, though some say it's for "No Such Agency" |
(Josh: What is the National Security Administration?) ... (Alex: And less than a minute to go now.)
the National Security Agency
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Peter Pan lost his, but Wendy sewed it back on |
his shadow
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In this 1987 Tom Wolfe novel, investment banker Sherman McCoy is almost fed to the wolves of the South Bronx |
The Bonfire of the Vanities
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Commercial fisherman George Clooney faces disaster in the North Atlantic in this fact-based 2000 film |
(Josh: What is a Perfect Storm?) [Originally ruled incorrect; reversed before first Daily Double at clue 13 in order to be consistent with the rule of not penalizing contestants for different articles at the beginning of titles]
The Perfect Storm
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This strait off Sicily links the Tyrrhenian & Ionian Seas |
the Strait of Messina
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In 1616 he was released from the Tower of London to lead a new expedition in search of gold |
Walter Raleigh
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The ill-fated "New" version of this brand replaced the secret formula 7X with 7X-100 |
Coke
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Mole relative that might need taming |
a shrew
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This Leon Uris novel shares its name with a biblical book |
Exodus
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The overinflated budget of this moist 1995 film earned it the nickname "Kevin's Gate" |
Waterworld
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The Gironde, an estuary formed by a river confluence near Bordeaux, extends to this bay |
(Alex: You gonna risk it all?) (Josh: No.) (Alex: Why not?) (Josh: Um... I don't know.) (Alex: Okay.)
the Bay of Biscay
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He's the only one of the original 7 astronauts to fly in the Mercury, Gemini & Apollo space programs |
Wally Schirra
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To keep secret this conqueror's 1227 burial site, funeral attendees were killed by soldiers who were then killed |
Genghis Khan
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James Hilton's high mountain valley |
Shangri-La
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This title foundling's foster father, Squire Allworthy, is later revealed to be his uncle |
(Josh: What is David Copperfield?) (Leigh: What is Oliver Twist?)
Tom Jones
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Jon Voight & Burt Reynolds head to Appalachia for a canoe trip that goes horribly wrong in this 1972 flick |
Deliverance
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He was an Angel, Royal, Padre, Brave & Angel again before he called it quits in 2001 |
Wally Joyner
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Khrushchev's 1956 speech condemning this leader wasn't published in full in the USSR until 1989 |
Stalin
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This religion's name translates as "the way of divine power" |
Shinto
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This novel is narrated by one-time journalist Jack Burden, who becomes an aide to politician Willie Stark |
(Josh: What is Primary Colors?)
All the King's Men
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Meryl Streep & her son go not so gently down the stream in this 1994 rafting suspense movie |
The River Wild
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The major cities on this 1,200-mile-long Russian river are Voronezh & Rostov-on-it |
the Don
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In 1997 his debut novel "She's Come Undone" became a No. 1 bestseller |
Wally Lamb
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Members of this "troweling" society swear to keep its secrets--or so we think, as the oath is secret |
the Masons
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Versatile versemonger depicted here |
Shelley
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