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LETTER PERFECT HOMOPHONES |
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The earliest of these pictorial symbols used as writing by the Egyptians date back to around 3000 B.C. |
(Michele: What is cuneiform?) [Originally ruled incorrect] ... (Alex: [After the first break] Michele, we're going to accept your response of cuneiform for [*].)
hieroglyphics
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Susan Sullivan & Mitchell Ryan once played doctors on "Julie Farr, M.D."; now they're Greg's parents on this sitcom |
Dharma & Greg
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Richard Armour wrote, "Robbers seize it, rich increase it, gamblers lose it... I could use it" |
money
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One may be Coral or Caspian |
sea
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In 1999 this singer who once tore up the Pope's picture was ordained the first female priest in the Latin Tridentine Church |
Sinead O'Connor
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Dip your veggies in this buttermilk dressing, a Hidden Valley specialty |
ranch
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The Maccabees' greatest soldier, he was the man originally given the name "Maccabee" |
Judah
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Cordell is the first name of this crimefighter played by Chuck Norris |
Walker, Texas Ranger
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In "The Aeneid" Virgil wrote, "I fear the Greeks even when they come with" these |
gifts
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An actor's signal or Minnesota Fats' stick |
cue
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Emily Watson earned an Oscar nomination for playing cellist Jacqueline du Pre in this 1998 film |
Hilary & Jackie
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What's a fruit tray without wedges of cantaloupe & honeydew, varieties of this fruit |
(Alex: Minute to go.)
melon
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In 68 A.D. Vindex' motives were transparent when he led a revolt in this Roman province that covers France |
Gaul
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Delta Burke played Dixie Carter's ex-mother-in-law on "Filthy Rich" before playing her sister on this sitcom |
Designing Women
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Nanki-Poo & Ko-Ko appear in this W.S. Gilbert libretto |
(Michele: What is Madame Butterfly?) (Spencer: What is M. Butterfly?)
The Mikado
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It precedes "whiz" & "your hair smells terrific" |
gee
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She sang on Broadway in "Damn Yankees" & "Bells Are Ringing" before playing TV's screechy-voiced Edith Bunker |
Jean Stapleton
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A slice of provolone could be mistaken for this cheese that shares its name with a California bay |
Monterey Jack
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Pytheas of Marseille was famous as this, also the nickname of Prince Henry of Portugal |
a navigator
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John Ritter appeared as the minister who married Ted & Georgette on this classic sitcom |
The Mary Tyler Moore Show
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"While man is still a child God keeps him innocent", he wrote in "Les Miserables" |
Victor Hugo
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The violin virtuoso known by the single name Midori was born in this country in 1971 |
Japan
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Look for rye bread on the tray near this cured beef cold-cut with a name from the Yiddish |
pastrami
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This Greek biographer's own "life" included being granted a priesthood at Delphi for life |
(Dylan: I do not know.) [The end-of-round signal sounds.]
Plutarch
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John Greenleaf Whittier wrote of one of these boys "with cheek of tan" |
"Barefoot Boy"
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Wok up & see the snow one |
pea
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Patti Page played Sister Rachel in this Burt Lancaster film based on a Sinclair Lewis novel |
Elmer Gantry
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