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The rustic James A. Garfield was born in one of these rustic structures |
a log cabin
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In addition to the "Godfather" movies, he directed Michael Jackson's "Captain EO" |
(Francis Ford) Coppola
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Californians James Logan & Rudolf Boysen both lent their names to varieties of these they developed |
berries
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In ancient times Giza, a suburb of this city, served as a large cemetery, or necropolis |
Cairo
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Eerie type of horseman who pursues Ichabod Crane |
a headless horseman
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Robust as a violin |
fit as a fiddle
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He didn't campaign & denied he wanted the office, but he was elected anyway in 1789 |
(George) Washington
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This director is seen here in 1998 at yet another awards ceremony |
(Alex: [*], yes, of Titanic fame.)
James Cameron
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As the 4th Earl of this, John Montagu could have made a lot of bread off the culinary item named for him |
Sandwich
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This Sudanese capital was destroyed by the Mahdists in 1885; Lord Kitchener began to rebuild it in 1898 |
Khartoum
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This Oglala Sioux chief attacked Custer at Little Big Horn |
Crazy Horse
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Weightless as a plume |
light as a feather
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In 1815 he had Congress authorize fighting with Algiers |
(James) Madison
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He not only directed the movie "Bobby", he also wrote the screenplay & appears in it |
Emilio Estevez
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Robert Cobb, the owner of the Brown Derby restaurant, famously created one of these |
a salad
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Crosby, Stills & Nash could tell you that the 220-foot-high Kutubiyyah Mosque towers over this Moroccan city |
Marrakesh
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In Act One of Berlioz' opera "Les Troyens", this object is dragged inside a city's walls |
the Trojan Horse
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Adorable as a blouse fastener |
cute as a button
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LBJ once said, "I am a free man, an American, a U.S. Senator, and" one of these, "in that order" |
(Alison: What is a Texan?)
a Democrat
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"The Thing" is... as well as directing "Halloween" & "The Fog", he also composed their scores |
(John) Carpenter
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This turn-of-the-century opera diva has had a peach & ice cream dessert & a type of toast named for her |
Nellie Melba
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The name of this South African city honors someone's first name; there's dispute over which of 3 Dutchmen it was |
(Alex: Can't figure out which Johannes.)
Johannesburg
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In this type of racing, either a trotter or a pacer pulls a sulky |
harness racing
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As horizontal & thin as a crepe |
flat as a pancake
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His memoirs of his "Administration on the Eve of the Rebellion" were published in 1866 |
(Doug: Who is Lincoln?) ... (Alex: The man who preceded him, [*]. "On the Eve of".)
James Buchanan
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"La Voce della Luna" was the last movie by this great Italian director |
(Federico) Fellini
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These nuts native to Australia were named after a Scottish-born Australian chemist |
Macadamia nuts
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While in this capital, tourists should see the well-preserved Roman aqueduct between Carthage & Zaghouan |
Tunis
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At the 2000 Olympics, the German team won the gold in this equestrian event; the U.S. team came in third |
(Alex: A very beautiful event called [*].)
dressage
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Abstemious as an adjudicator |
[Applause for Doug's run of the category]
sober as a judge
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