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Get too close to this beloved of Quasimodo & he might just ring your bell |
Esmeralda
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The "E" in his equation, E=mc(squared), stands for energy, not his name |
Albert Einstein
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In Jan. some said this computer chip maker would become the world's most profitable company by 1999 |
Intel
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In 1541 Charles led a doomed naval campaign to take Algiers from this Turkish empire |
Ottoman Empire
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Whitney Houston: "I Will Always Love You" |
The Bodyguard
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1961 invasion of Cuba wrapped in a tasty pastry |
"Bay Of Pigs in a blanket"
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He & his dog Wolf were hunting squirrels in the Catskills when he fell asleep |
(P: Who is Rumpelstiltskin?)
Rip Van Winkle
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This monk conceived the laws of heredity while minding his peas & Qs as a teacher in Brunn, Austria |
Gregor Mendel
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In July this retailer said it was closing 400 stores; it had nickeled-&-dimed itself to death |
Woolworth's
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In 1522 he wrote Charles that the Aztecs "said that by no means would they give themselves up" |
Hernando Cortez
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"A Whole New World" |
Aladdin
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The lead singer of Hole appearing on Chuck Woolery's old show |
(we have less than a minute to go...)
"Courtney Love Connection"
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In "Vanity Fair" Sir Pitt Crawley proposes to her but she's already secretly married to his son Rawdon |
(E: Who is Lady Godiva?)
Becky Sharp
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In 1920 this Dane became director of The Institute For Theoretic Physics in Copenhagen |
Niels Bohr
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New on the magazine stand in 1997 was this women's fitness magazine that might be abbreviated O2 |
Oxygen
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In 1530 Charles became the last of these emperors to be crowned by a Pope |
Holy Roman Empire
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Carly Simon: "Nobody Does It Better" |
The Spy Who Loved Me
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Long disputed Israeli-Palestinian land area that's a mini-shopping complex |
"The Gaza Strip Mall"
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Last name of Soames & Irene, the 2 principal characters in John Galsworthy's 3 novel "Saga" |
(Pamela: What is Forsythe?) ... (Alex: No "H".)
Forsyte
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His discoveries, published in the 1704 work "Opticks", explained why objects appear to be colored |
Sir Isaac Newton
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The FTC blocked Staples' purchase of this company in March -- antitrust & all that |
Office Depot
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In 1522 Charles introduced this Spanish institution to the Netherlands to persecute Protestants |
The Inquisition
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King Kong plunges from Edward Gibbon's massive history |
(Alex: Yeah, I know, folks!)
"The Decline & Fall of the Roman Empire State Building"
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Roxane married Christian de Neuvillette not knowing his love letters were written by this poet & soldier |
Cyrano de Bergerac
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This Dane's 1572 supernova sighting helped disprove the idea that no changes occur past the moon's orbit |
(E: Who is Kepler?)
Tycho Brahe
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This automaker, whose logo is seen here, turned 50 in 1997 but has only made about 70,000 cars: (black stallion) |
(Alex: Someday you might drive one!)
Ferrari
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Charles convened the Diet of Worms where this man refused to recant his beliefs |
Martin Luther
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Barbra Streisand & Bryan Adams: "I Finally Found Someone" |
The Mirror Has Two Faces
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Jimmy Carter's "Achy Breaky" Secretary of State |
"Billy Ray Cyrus Vance"
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