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The Hollywood Rd. area in this Crown colony is the place to go for antiques and art |
Hong Kong
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Slang for food, it preceded box, house, and wagon |
chuck
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On April 14, 1865 General Robert Anderson raised the same flag he'd lowered over this fort four years before |
Fort Sumter
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It's waved to indicate a truce or surrender |
a white flag
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Yul Brynner played the monarch in this musical 4,625 times |
The King and I
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Spike sport (10) |
volleyball
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Called Wei-Ch'i in China and this in Japan, it's a strategy game of lining up black & white pieces |
go
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Joseph Glidden wasn't the first to make this fencing material, but by 1885, his design was the top seller |
barbed wire
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On April 9, 1865, he told his troops, "I have done my best for you; my heart is too full to say more" |
(Robert E.) Lee
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In this game, a tug on the ear means "sounds like" & a touch on the nose, "you're right" |
charades
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The working title of this musical was "Welcome to Berlin" |
Cabaret
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A Mature actor (6) |
(Bruce: What is veteran?) ... (Alex: "A Mature actor." Does the name [*] Mature sound familiar? (Jerome: [Groans] Ohh, those kinds of crossword clues!) ... (Bruce: Well, let's see how Eugene T. Maleska has prepared me for this!)
Victor
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Tourists visiting Ulantoke in this Chinese "inner" region can rent a yurt with attached bath for the night |
Inner Mongolia
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In Old West slang, someone "in" these with another was in partnership with him |
cahoots
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On November 7, 1862 Ambrose Burnside replaced him as commander of the Army of the Potomac |
McClellan
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These noisy insects are a sign of good luck in China |
cicadas (crickets)
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This musical opens with the song "There Is a Sucker Born Every Minute" |
Barnum
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The Lord said it was his (9) |
vengeance
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In this Buddhist country April 6 is Chakri Day, a holiday honoring the ruling family |
(Leszek: What is Nepal?) (Jerome: What is Bhutan?)
Thailand
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This dentist was one of Virgil Earp's deputies in Tombstone, Arizona |
Doc Holliday
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In December 1864 the rank of Vice Admiral was created for this hero of Mobile Bay |
(David) Farragut
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The two types of these home-signaling devices are photoelectric & ionization |
smoke detectors
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This musical about married life is an adaptation of "The Fourposter" |
(Jerome: What is Same Time, Next Year?)
I Do! I Do!
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One had his hand in McCarthy (13) |
ventriloquist
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In Singapore a statue of this Briton marks the spot where it's thought he came ashore in 1819 |
(Sir Thomas) Raffles
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In 1858, Sam Houston told the U.S. Senate he didn't want regular troops; 1,000 of these men would do |
(Texas) Rangers
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In 1861 this social reformer was appointed Union Superintendent of Nurses at age 59 |
(Leszek: Who was Clara Barton?)
Dorothea Dix
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The ringing of the church bells on this holiday in 1572 was the signal to massacre Huguenots |
St. Bartholomew's Day
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Fairy tales by the Grimms & others were adapted for this Stephen Sondheim musical |
Into the Woods
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Cellar item seller (7) |
(Jerome: What is vintage?)
vintner
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