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ODD, OLD & OBSCURE VOCABULARY |
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In 1921 this New Jersey city crowned its first Miss America |
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He was nominated for a 1994 Oscar for directing "Pulp Fiction" |
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A roofed porch or balcony may be called a gallery, a lanai, or especially in the south, this |
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Gene Tunney, Gene Tierney, Gene Rayburn |
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"Towards thee I roll, thou all-destroying but unconquering whale..." |
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Manus usually refers to this part of the body; in fact, some people live "from manus to mouth" |
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This Georgia city that's popular with golfers was named for the mother of George III |
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Producers told him he could direct "Taxi Driver" only if he got Robert De Niro to play the lead |
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Ashley Montagu, Ashleigh Banfield, Ashley Wilkes |
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"Take thou Excalibur, my good sword, and go with it to yonder waterside..." |
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Hibernal means pertaining to this season |
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Had this Michigan city kept its earlier name, there might have been a song "I've Got A Gal In Bronson" |
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This director cast his son Kyle in a bit role as a bass player in a blues band in "The Bridges of Madison County" |
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A fleche is a slender one of these rising above a church |
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Kim Philby, Kim Stanley, Kim Jong Il |
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"Dave, stop... stop, Dave. Will you stop, Dave? Stop, Dave. I'm afraid. I'm afraid, Dave. Dave, my mind is going..." |
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Related to the word "glacier", verglas is a thin coating of this on a rock |
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A bay & a river bear the name of this city, Alabama's second largest |
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This quirky Californian directed "Batman" & "Batman Returns" |
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All right. See the dome, players? Now see the little "domey" thing on top of the dome? That's called this, from the Latin for tub |
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Barry Sullivan, Barrie Chase, Barry Humphries |
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"It is a far, far better thing that I do, than I have ever done..." |
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Manducate, like this word that begins with the same 2 letters, means to chew |
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An A to Z list of Ohio cities might run from Aberdeen to this birthplace of a famous western author |
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In 1977 he directed his first film, "Grand Theft Auto", from a script he co-wrote with his father Rance |
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Of rooms usually found in real estate listings, the one on which a dormer window etymologically belongs |
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P.D. James, P.G. Wodehouse, P.J. O'Rourke |
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"Precious, precious, precious! My precious! O my precious!" |
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Lacteous describes something that's the color of this substance |
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