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About 2/3 of the water in the Nile comes from this river, not the White Nile |
the Blue Nile
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1964: "Supercalifragilis- ticexpialidocious" |
Mary Poppins
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"A Station in the Delta", "Gardens of Stone" & "In Country" tell tales of this war |
Vietnam
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Sir Thomas Browne communed with this by calling it "the art of God" |
nature
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The Great Nebula in this constellation lies in the middle of a hunter's sword |
Orion
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Partly from a word for an endurance test, it's a broadcast that's an appeal for charitable donations |
a telethon
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At the 2 cities named Kansas City, this "stately" river meets the Kansas River |
Missouri
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1968: "Open the pod bay doors, HAL" |
2001
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Jeff Shaara's "Gone for Soldiers" chronicles the 1846-48 U.S. war with this country |
Mexico
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Animator Chuck Jones quotes Mark Twain on this: "a long... sorry-looking skeleton with a gray wolf-skin" |
(Ted; What is Wile E. Coyote?) (Alex: No.) (Ted: Oh, I went too much.) (Alex: Chuck Jones created Wile E. [*], but the reference Mark Twain made was to a [*], but I don't think Wile E. [*].) (Ted: Yeah, okay.) (Alex: Not, uh, that long ago.)
coyote
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In 1934 a star in the constellation named for this legendary strongman was seen going nova |
Hercules
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This San Francisco hill is named for the semaphore installed at its crest in 1850 |
Telegraph Hill
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The Atlantic Ocean began to form during this period of the Mesozoic Era when dinosaurs roamed |
the Jurassic Period (the Jurassic Era accepted)
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1938 (full title!): "Welcome to Sherwood, my lady!" |
The Adventures of Robin Hood
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Tolstoy's "War and Peace" is an epic of the wars named for this man |
Napoleon
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As stated by Samuel Johnson & quoted by Bob Dylan, this is the last refuge of a scoundrel |
(Rachel: What is the truth?) (Ted: What is politics?)
patriotism
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Doggone! This star has a diameter 1.7 times that of the sun & gives off 23 times as much light |
Sirius
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Things that are at a distance appear closer when you use this type of camera lens |
telephoto
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1956: "They're here already! You're next! You're next!" |
(Alex: What is [*]? Those pods.)
Invasion of the Body Snatchers
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This Shelby Foote novel about a Tennessee battle could also have been called "Pittsburg Landing" |
(Alex; You probably know it better as [*].)
Shiloh
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H.L. Mencken called this bay "an immense protein factory" |
Chesapeake Bay
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This zodiac constellation is dominated by 2 stars; however, one is actually a complex system of at least 6 stars |
(Rachel: Well, I didn't come here to come in second, Alex. I'm gonna bet it all.) (Alex: All right, good for you. Here is the clue, listen carefully.) ... (Rachel: What is Taurus?) (Alex: No. I tried to stress "2 stars" because of [*].)
Gemini
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I have to work at a studio, so I can't be this type of worker linked electronically to his office from his home |
a telecommuter
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The Red Sea, you see, is considered an arm of this sea |
the Arabian Sea
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1939: "My friends just call me Ringo--nickname I had as a kid" |
(Alex: And that would be [*] with John Wayne, who played Ringo.)
Stagecoach
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Jack DuArte's "The Resistance" tells of French efforts to keep Louvre artwork from this No. 2 Nazi & Luftwaffe chief |
Göring
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Historian Daniel Boorstin defined this word as "a person who is well-known for his well-knownness" |
a celebrity
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Alpheratz, the brightest star in this constellation named for Perseus' wife, completes the Square of Pegasus |
(Rachel: Who is Hippolyta?)
Andromeda
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