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Dissatisfaction with Henry VI's reign helped lead to these "botanical" wars |
The Wars of the Roses
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It's the "A" in the RAM of your computer |
access
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In 1968 this rugged actor had a hit at the box office playing a San Francisco cop named Bullitt |
Steve McQueen
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This title character comments, "Duncan is in his grave; after life's fitful fever he sleeps well" |
Macbeth
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Used by lamas in prayer, it has 108 beads, about twice as many as the typical Catholic version |
rosary
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A game is won when a player reaches this many points with at least a 2-point margin |
21
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He was king from 1936 until 1952 |
George VI
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Sweet's "Blitz" site |
ballroom
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She played Tom Cruise's pretty flight instructor girlfriend in "Top Gun" |
Kelly McGillis
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"Twelfth Night" begins, "If music be the food of love", do this |
play on
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Lamaism is also known as this type of buddhism, after a lofty region of Asia |
Tibetan Buddhism
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USA Table Tennis uses the slogan "Putting a new" one of these "on an old favorite" |
spin
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On January 30, 1649 this English king lost his head, literally |
(Mike: Who is John?)
Charles I
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The yolk's not on you when this is unbroken |
eggshell
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It's been claimed that this actress who played Mammy in "GWTW" was the first black woman to sing on American radio |
Hattie McDaniel
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She tells her love, "My bounty is as boundless as the sea, my love as deep" |
Juliet
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When asking a lama for help in prayer, you may proffer a kata, a scarf of this color |
(Robin: What is saffron/yellow?) ... (Alex: We have a minute to go.)
white
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The grip shown here is usually called by this "sociable" name |
handshake
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Queen Elizabeth's husband, Prince Philip, is a son of the royalty of this country where he was born |
Greece
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He's got mail! |
(Amy: What is a letter carrier?)
addressee
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Knighted in 1991, he co-wrote, executive produced & starred in 1995's "Richard III" |
Sir Ian McKellen
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In "Hamlet", this line precedes "For loan oft loses both itself and friend" |
(Robin: What is "Neither borrower nor a lender be"?) (Alex: Say it again.) (Robin: What is "neither borrower or a lender be"?) ... (Alex: You changed "nor" to "or".) (Robin: And I left out an "a" the first time; any way you look at it, I got it wrong!)
"Neither a borrower nor a lender be"
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The name of Padmasambhava, who established the first order of lamas, means "born of" this flower |
the lotus
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In 1999 Andre Agassi won this event in tennis in NYC; Peng-Lung Chiang won it in table tennis in Fort Lauderdale |
the U.S. Open
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The first Plantagenet English king, this Henry took power in 1154 |
(Mike: Who is Henry I?)
Henry II
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It was supposed to accompany the Mayflower, but was found unseaworthy |
the Speedwell
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You betcha, she played pregnant police chief Marge in "Fargo" & won an Oscar for it |
Frances McDormand
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Businessman Antonio begins this play by saying, "In sooth I know not why I am so sad" |
The Merchant of Venice
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The Dalai Lama & China's government chose different children to be this second-ranking lama |
Panchen Lama
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In 1952 this movie production city of India hosted the 1st world championships held in Asia |
Bombay (Mumbai)
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