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His "Rain Man" character Raymond Babbitt had to watch "Jeopardy!" at 5:00 |
Dustin Hoffman
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1607: This site is settled in what would become the first permanent English colony in the New World |
Jamestown
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...of the Ivy League universities |
Yale
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Demosthenes of Athens railed against Philip, "Not even a barbarian... a vile fellow of" this land |
Macedonia
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If you've been beaten senseless, someone's "knocked" this gooey roofing material "out of you" |
tar
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Twain & his wife bought their bed in this romantic city of canals (iconoclast Twain slept feet toward the headboard) |
Venice
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In his "Nightmares & Dreamscapes", he penned a short story about a disembodied finger bothering a "Jeopardy!" viewer |
Stephen King
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1707: This prominent Japanese landmark erupts |
Mount Fuji
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...of U.S. national parks (& please don't get "Y"s with us) |
(Jamey: What is Yosemite?) ... (Alex: [*], yes. That's why we said "don't get 'Y's with us".) (Scott: Thanks for the hint.)
Zion
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In 55 B.C. Cicero published "On" this type of person who may be described as silver-tongued |
an orator
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This French term dates to the practice of knights assuming special names for battle |
(Anders; What is en garde?) (Scott: What is nom de plume?)
nom de guerre
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During a TV ad for this chain, a Chihuahua walking through a room paused to give a "Jeopardy!" response |
Taco Bell
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1507: On the maps of Martin Waldseemuller, the New World is called this |
America
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...of our 43 U.S. presidents, by first name |
(Alex: Scott, about a minute to go.)
Zachary Taylor
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He's the Greek shown here practicing his craft in a work by Raphael |
(Scott: Who's John the Baptist?) (Alex: No, who is [*]? [*]. You notice him working on some geometric figures at the bottom.)
Euclid
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This adjective that means "inclined to fight" comes from the same root as "pugilistic" |
pugnacious
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Among Twain's many guests was this creator of Uncle Remus whose stories Twain read to his daughters |
(Joel Chandler) Harris
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"Jeopardy!" appears in the Kiefer Sutherland movie sharing part of its name with a game show--this city, "N.M." |
(Jamey: What is Truth and Consequences?) ... (Alex: [*]--that's the show.)
Truth or Consequences
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1307: On Friday the 13th of October, thousands of members of this order of knights are arrested in France |
the Knights Templar
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...among books of the Pentateuch |
Numbers
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Paradoxically, Epimenides advised, "All Cretans are" these; the tricky part is, he was a Cretan himself |
liars
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This adjective meaning "belligerent" or "eager to fight" comes from Latin for "pertaining to war" |
bellicose
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To win enough money to "try to take over the world", one of this WB animated pair went on the show "Gyp-parody" |
Pinky & The Brain
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1207: This English king grants the city of Liverpool its first charter |
King John
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...of the 7 nations of Central America |
(Scott: What is Nicaragua?)
Panama
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Like his boy, the wealthy father of the future Emperor Augustus was named Gaius this |
(Jamey: What is Graccus?) (Anders: What is Caesar?)
Octavius
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In Cockney rhyming slang, a wife is "trouble and" this type of discord |
strife
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