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FORBES 100 MOST POWERFUL WOMEN |
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IT HAPPENED ON GROUNDHOG DAY |
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IN THE MIDDLE OF THE STATE |
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E.B. White began this novel about a "mouse" for his 6-year-old niece; she was grown & reading Hemingway by its finish |
Stuart Little
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At No. 18, she's the only senator on the list |
Hillary Clinton
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Into the 20th Century it was thought the universe was one big galaxy--this one |
(Alex: Minute to go.)
the Milky Way
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1882: This influential writer & master of the English language is born in a Dublin suburb |
James Joyce
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This state is powered by one "AMP" |
New Hampshire
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"If it were I who was to be always young, and the picture that was to grow old", this title guy "would give my soul" |
Dorian Gray
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Do an MSN search & you'll find that this foundation co-founder & director is No. 12 |
(Tana: Who is Melissa Gates?) (Alex: No. You changed her first name from [*] to Melissa, and that cost you.)
Melinda Gates
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1940: This legendary singer debuts with the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra |
Frank Sinatra
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Have some "GIN" in the middle of these two states |
West Virginia & Virginia
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A line from this book says, "She killed Miles. And I've got... a black statuette that all that hell was about" |
The Maltese Falcon
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(Drew Barrymore delivers the clue.) "Do You Know The Way To San Jose?" Then you'll know that Hal David wrote the lyrics, but this composer wrote the music |
Burt Bacharach
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On my honor, this Supreme Court Justice is No. 32 |
Ruth Bader Ginsburg
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Vauquelin found Beryllium in 1798, the year after he found this, symbol Cr |
Chromium
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1653: This city, later renamed New York City, is incorporated |
New Amsterdam
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It's a good place to get a "TAN" (Okay, not really) |
Montana
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Chapter 8 of this 1860s novel is "Jo Meets Apollyon" |
Little Women
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We're happy to report that this Chief International Correspondent for CNN made the list at No. 79 |
(Erica: [*]--who is?) [Audience laughs]
Christiane Amanpour
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1848: The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo is signed, ending this war |
(Wayne: What is the Spanish-American War?)
the Mexican-American War
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This state has a big "EGO" |
Oregon
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Dean says, "Think of it, Sal. I've never been to Chicago in all my life, never stopped" in this 1957 classic |
(Tana: What is Catcher in the Rye?) (Alex: No. What is [*]? Jack Kerouac.)
On The Road
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(Drew Barrymore delivers the clue.) "For The Good Times", hits by this legend from Brownsville, Texas "Help Me Make It Through The Night" |
(Tana: Who is Willie Nelson?) (Alex: No. ... Who is [*]? We are going for the writer.)
Kris Kristofferson
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According to Forbes, the most powerful woman in the world is this German Chancellor |
Angela Merkel
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Predicted in 1928, the first known antiparticle was the anti-this, also called the positron |
the antielectron
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1971: This man begins a 7-year reign as dictator of Uganda |
Idi Amin
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Should I wear a "BRA" there? I think not |
Nebraska
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