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In 1997 this author of "The Firm" & "The Rainmaker" published a new legal thriller, "The Partner" |
John Grisham
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Except for its coast, Bangladesh is almost entirely surrounded by this country |
[Pete selected the first clue.]
India
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The name of the alb, a vestment worn by priests, is derived from a Latin word for this color |
(Bob: What is black?)
white (alba)
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"Roman" was this director's 1984 autobiograpy |
[ERRATUM: "Autobiography" was incorrectly spelled "autobiograpy" in the clue as shown.]
Roman Polanski
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In 1996 an iceberg the size of Rhode Island broke off the coast of this continent |
Antarctica
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He performed with Crosby, Stills & Nash in 1970 & with Pearl Jam 25 years later |
Neil Young
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His grandfather Thomas Gore was a senator from Oklahoma |
Gore Vidal
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Monte Cervino is the Italian name for this peak, located in the Alps & copied in Anaheim |
The Matterhorn
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From Yiddish, for a wooden beam, it describes a person so clumsy he might bump into one |
Klutz
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Director seen here: |
[Walking two dogs] (Alex: The film was The Birds, starring Tippi Hedren.)
Alfred Hitchcock
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It's the home town of Casey's baseball team in the poem "Casey At The Bat" |
Mudville
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Heard here, this singer hails from the small prairie town of Consort:
"Constant cravings..." |
k.d. lang
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Astronaut Dave Bowman is brought back to life in his recent novel "3001: The Final Odyssey" |
Arthur C. Clarke
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Provinces of this country include El Oro, Chimborazo & Colon or the Galapagos Islands |
(Bob: What is Argentina?)
Ecuador
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The name of this tent fabric comes from a Dutch word for "cloth", not from a web-footed bird |
Duck
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The Swedish Film Institute honors excellence in filmmaking with an annual prize named for this director |
Ingmar Bergman
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It was the Chicago Tribune's erroneous 1948 election night headline |
"DEWEY DEFEATS TRUMAN"
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Jazz musician Maynard Ferguson is renowned for his high, squealing tone on this instrument |
Trumpet
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This "Bonfire of the Vanities" author once tried out as a pitcher for the New York Giants |
Tom Wolfe
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Beersheba is one of the main cities of this desert region of Israel |
Negev
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"When they begin" this dance, they should know its name is from the French for a flirtation |
Beguine
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In "Platoon" Charlie Sheen's character Chris was based on this man, who directed the film |
Oliver Stone
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It's the total number of dots on a pair of dice |
(B: What is 21?) (P: What is 28?)
42
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In 1974 Neil Peart joined Alex Lifeson & Geddy Lee as this trio "hurried" toward fame |
Rush
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Like her heroine Kay Scarpetta, this author once worked for the chief medical examiner's office in Virginia |
Patricia Cornwell
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One of Puerto Rico's major rivers shares its name with this estuary that separates Uruguay & Argentina |
Rio de la Plata
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The name of this xylophone that originated in Africa may be from the Kimbundu language |
Marimba
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Through 1996 he starred in all of the films he directed with the exception of "Breezy" & "Bird" |
Clint Eastwood
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It's the only U.S. state whose name has one syllable |
Maine
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A 1993 film was actually "Thirty Two Short Films About" this pianist known for interpreting Bach |
Glenn Gould
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