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Cleopatra (soprano) & Curio (bass) appear in Handel's opera about this man (contralto) in Egypt |
Julius Caesar
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Founded in 1922, the international brotherhood of these people opposes revealing their trade secrets |
magicians
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Bergamot & Seville are types of this fruit |
oranges
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Taking kickbacks from Baltimore contractors helped oust him from office in the 1970s |
(Spiro) Agnew
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He's won 7 MVP awards, far more than anyone else in his sport |
Barry Bonds
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Tums & Rolaids are competitors of this antacid introduced in 1949 |
Maalox
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He wrote the ragtime opera "A Guest of Honor" |
(Scott) Joplin
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In the U.S. the yellow Cavendish is the most popular type of this fruit |
(Michael: What is a pear?)
the banana
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After failing to create his own country in the West, he asked Napoleon to help him conquer Florida |
(Aaron) Burr
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Use running or Flemish bonds while laying these to make sure your house won't get blown down |
bricks
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Last name of acting siblings Maggie & Jake |
Gyllenhaal
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This Verdi opera was first performed on Dec. 24, 1871, in Cairo |
Aida
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Harold Arlen & Doc Pomus are members of these people's Hall of Fame & Johnny Mercer was a co-founder |
songwriters
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When the name of this fruit is preceded by "sugar", it refers to a kind of candy |
the plum
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Schuyler Colfax, this ex-general's vice president, pleaded that bribe money given to him was for the sale of a piano |
(Ulysses S.) Grant
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This 1915 Maugham work details the life & loves of Philip Carey |
Of Human Bondage
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From the Arabic, it's a low bow, or a salutation meaning "peace" |
salaam
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In a Puccini opera, he marries then abandons Cio-Cio-San |
Pinkerton
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Head of the Motion Picture Association of America, 1966-2004, he created the current movie rating system |
(Jack) Valenti
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Now is the time to name this tart berry, seen here |
(Michael: What is a cranberry?)
a currant
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This V.P. diverted attention from his slush fund by explaining his wife had a cloth coat & not a mink |
(Alex: The Checkers speech!)
(Richard) Nixon
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In 1968, he became the first African-American man to be placed in nomination for the VP candidacy of a major party |
Julian Bond
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This former province of South Africa was bounded by Cape Province on the west |
Transvaal
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In a Wagner opera, this title knight tells Elsa he'll marry her so long as she never asks his identity |
(Alex: You now have a $2,600 lead. $10,600 is your total, and you're dying to say it, I know. "Make it a True Daily Double...") (Sahir: Ah, let's do $2,000.) (Alex: All right. No need to die this way.) ... (Sahir: Who is Parsifal?)
Lohengrin
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Spanish for "we", this organization was founded by Ricardo Montalban to improve the image of Latinos on screen |
Nosotros
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A wekiwa sometimes called a lavender gem is a cross between a tangelo & a white one of these |
a grapefruit
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Levi Morton was soiled by the Peruvian guano scandal before taking office in 1889 for this president |
Benjamin Harrison
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These covalent bonds are largely responsible for the attraction between water molecules |
[ERRATUM: Hydrogen bonds are not covalent bonds.]
hydrogen bonds
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The figurine seen here illustrates an article about this biblical man |
(Michael: Who is Aaron?) ... (Alex: Who is [*]? [*] and his ass.)
Balaam
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