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Handel's oratorio about him debuted in January 1745 (he never got to do a Xena spin-off) |
Hercules
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This "Pieta" sculptor's statue of Bacchus is in the Bargello in Florence |
Michelangelo
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This company's first Emmy came in 1958 for Art Direction in its "Hall of Fame" production of "Twelfth Night" |
Hallmark
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This element makes up most of the weight of water & about half the weight of rocks |
Oxygen
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In 1951 Douglas MacArthur told Congress, "I now close my military career and just" do this |
Fade away
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This brightest object in the night sky gives off no light of its own |
The Moon
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During his years in this country, he signed his works G.F. Hendel for Giorgio Federico Hendel |
Italy
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Parisian who painted the distinctly non-Parisian work seen here |
Paul Gauguin
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In his 1983 acceptance speech Judd Hirsch tried to persuade NBC to renew this show -- didn't work |
Taxi
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In its pure form, this fundamental element can look like coal, or like glass |
Carbon
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In Russia in 1917 he said, "We shall now proceed to construct the Socialist order" |
Vladimir Lenin
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A 1998 federal study stated that at least 92,000 crashes a year are prevented by a car's third one of these |
Brake lights
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Handel's keyboard music was written mainly for this stringed instrument |
Harpsichord
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Paul Delaroche executed a famous painting of "The Execution Of" this "Nine-Day Queen" |
Lady Jane Grey
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Presenter John Ritter accepted this actor's Emmy in 1979; guess Sacheen was busy that night |
Marlon Brando
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The red form of this element that glows in the dark is used in the production of matches |
(David: What is sulphur?)
phosphorus
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Jogging on August 19, 1997 he said, "It's the longest I've been able to go since I hurt myself on March 14" |
President Bill Clinton
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Handel borrowed a timpani from the Tower of London for the 1739 oratorio about this king & David |
Saul
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In 1895 this impressionist finished his famous series of paintings of Rouen Cathedral |
Claude Monet
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This network that broadcast the 1988 Primetime Awards won none during the show |
(Josh: What is CBS?) ... (Alex: They were new to the game then.)
Fox
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Its chemical symbol derives from the Latin word "natrium" |
Sodium (Na)
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In his preface to this work, Walt Whitman said, "The United States themselves are essentially the greatest poem" |
Leaves of Grass
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On August 9, 1988 the Cubs' first game under this stadium's new lights was postponed due to rain |
Wrigley Field
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Handel bequeathed the "Messiah" manuscript to a hospital for these children, like Tom Jones |
(Pat: What are orphans?)
foundlings
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Neo-classicist who exemplified the Empire Style with his portrait of Madame Recamier, seen here |
Jacques-Louis David
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Giving away $1,000,000 in its first 17 months, it was 1955's Best Audience Participation Series |
(Josh: What is What's My Line?) (Pat: What is Jeopardy!?)
The $64,000 Question
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Extracted from seawater, it's the only nonmetallic element that's liquid at room temperature |
(Pat: What is mercury?)
bromine
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Benjamin Franklin wrote in "Poor Richard's Almanack", "A little neglect may breed" this |
Mischief
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A 19th century form of theatrical spotlight gave us the common phrase "In" this |
The limelight
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