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1815's Congress of Vienna was interrupted by the escape of this famous military leader |
Napoleon
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This language employs 4 writing systems: Kanji, Romanji, Hiragana & Katakana |
Japanese
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Like Alfred Nobel, 1982 Nobel laureate Sune Bergstrom was born in this capital city |
(Muzy: What is Oslo?)
Stockholm
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The Pilgrims landed here in 1620 to get enshrined with the Rolling Stones |
Plymouth Rock & Roll Hall of Fame
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This author's best-known work is subtitled "The Saga of an American Family" |
Alex Haley
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I have both the black & white types of this in a mill, so I'll just grind it over your food until you start sneezing |
pepper
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This peninsular Asian nation leads the world in percentage of its population in the military |
North Korea
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Danish & Swedish evolved from east Scandinavian dialects; Icelandic & this, from west Scandinavian dialects |
Norwegian
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In 1952, when Chaim Weizmann died, this scientist was invited to succeed him as president of Israel but he declined |
Einstein
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'76er who scored with "The Catcher in the Rye" |
Dr. J.D. Salinger
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In 1934 Alex Raymond created this comic strip hero who fights Ming the Merciless |
Flash Gordon
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No the pork loin doesn't come with a vegetable, or with anything else--that's what this French phrase on the menu means |
à la carte
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This peninsular Asian nation is the only place where the U.S. continues to deploy non-self-destructing land mines |
South Korea
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In the 14th century, this language replaced Latin as the language of official court documents of the Holy Roman Empire |
German
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This quantum theorist wrote, "We have no right to assume that any physical laws exist" |
Max Planck
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"Almost Famous" actress found flowing under the George Washington Bridge |
Kate Hudson River
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In 2001, this first year with Texas, this shortstop didn't miss a game & hit .318 |
Alex Rodriguez
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Sir, a 20% this, an 8-letter synonym for "tip", is mandatory for parties of 6 or more |
gratuity
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Penicillin was the second of his antibacterial discoveries; lysozyme was first |
Alexander Fleming
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Multi-Oscar-winning movie costume designer where you can buy psychedelic posters |
Edith Head shop
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Cartoonist Alex Graham created Fred, this breed of dog |
basset hound
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For this course we have budino di ricotta & an excellent zabaglione |
dessert
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All U.S. subs with nuclear weapons are of this class named for a state whose capital is named for a 15th c. sailor |
(Alex: The 15th century sailor is Christopher Columbus. The capital is Columbus. The state is [*]. The class is the [*] class.)
Ohio
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While visiting Cape Town, you might hear people speaking this language derived from a Dutch dialect |
Afrikaans
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In the 1920s this American astronomer provided the earliest evidence that the universe was expanding |
Hubble
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"I'm gonna tell Aunt Mary 'bout Uncle John"; he's romancing the host with the red glasses on |
(Alex: I told our writers before the show that this category was very difficult today. I was right.)
Long Tall Sally Jessy Raphael
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This Detroit Lions lineman turned actor called his autobiography "Even Big Guys Cry" |
(Alex) Karras
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In case of emergency, I & the rest of the wait staff know how to perform this, introduced in 1974 |
Heimlich Maneuver
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