THE LAST HALF OF THE 20th CENTURY |
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SO YOU WANT TO JOIN THE LAPD |
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On October 26, 1972 this future U.S. Secretary of State declared that "peace is at hand" in Vietnam |
Henry Kissinger
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German Lotte Reiniger pioneered animation using these dark cutouts on a light background |
silhouettes
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"Spider's Web" in 2000 was the third adaptation of one of her plays into a novel |
Agatha Christie
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This canned tuna company has been using a mermaid on its logo since 1952 |
Chicken of the Sea
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To join the LAPD you must be younger than 35, but at least this age at the time of hire |
(Alex: Minute to go.)
21
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A doctor who may be summoned at any time, especially by phone |
on call
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In 1990 Guillermo Endara became Panama's president after this strongman surrendered to U.S. officials |
Manuel Noriega
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The first British feature-length cartoon was a 1955 version of this beastly Orwell novel |
Animal Farm
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Under the name Maxwell Grant, Walter B. Gibson created this hero who could cloud men's minds |
The Shadow
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This fast food chain told us to "Save the Chickens... Eat a Whopper" |
Burger King
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During the physical abilities test, this must be maintained for 30 seconds while standing on a platform |
balance
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Engulfed in flames |
on fire
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On March 1, 1954 5 Congressmen were wounded by supporters of independence for this commonwealth |
Puerto Rico
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A very late rabbit is featured in Czech master Jan Svankmajer's 1988 version of the story of this girl |
Alice in Wonderland
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Day job of the mystery-solving character Roger Dowling |
priest
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The unofficial theme song of this Warner Brothers blabberbeak is "Camptown Races" ...doo dah |
Foghorn Leghorn
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Of weight, height or hearing requirements, the one dropped by the LAPD as of March 1997 |
[The end-of-round signal sounds.]
height
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Getting British unemployment benefits begun in 1911 |
on the dole
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In 1961 military leaders killed this Caribbean nation's dictator Rafael Trujillo |
(Ross: What is Haiti?)
Dominican Republic
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Like George Pal's "Toons", director Ladislas Starevich was best known for animation using these 3-D figures |
(Brad: What are clay figures?) (Ryan: What are holograms?)
puppets
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FDR & Isaac Asimov were among members of the BSI, this group of Sherlock Holmes fans |
(Ryan: What are the Baker Street Investigators?)
the Baker Street Irregulars
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It's often performed at wedding receptions |
[Ross did not give the first word of the song; it was accepted without remark.]
"Do The Funky Chicken"
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Like woman Penelope Cruz in a 2000 film title |
(Brad: What is on the verge of a nervous breakdown?)
on top
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In the 1980s Bulgaria ordered this ethnic minority from a neighbor to the southeast to take Slavic names |
(Ross: Who are the Magyars?) (Brad: Who are the Macedonians?)
the Turks
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In the 1950s the Zagreb School in this country gained notice for its unDisneyfied style |
Croatia (or Yugoslavia)
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In 1972 Faye Marder married this man; in 1985 they each put out their first mystery novels |
Jonathan Kellerman
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Created by Jay Ward & Bill Scott, his secret identity was Henry Cabot Henhaus III |
Super Chicken
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Acting as judge in a trial or not picked to participate in your team's baseball game |
on the bench
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