IN GEORGE W. BUSH'S CABINET |
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A DREW BARRYMORE FILM FESTIVAL |
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TIME'S PERSON OF THE YEAR |
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Donald Rumsfeld, Robert Gates |
(Andrew: Who are the Secretary of [*]?) (Alex: [*], yes. We just need the department.)
Defense
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(Drew delivers the clue.) In my new movie "Music and Lyrics", Hugh Grant plays my love interest; in "50 First Dates" & "The Wedding Singer", I was paired up with this funny actor |
Adam Sandler
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Asked what he did during this French Revolutionary phase that began in 1793, Emmanuel Sieyes said, "I survived" |
the Reign of Terror
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In 1939 Leo Szilard told Einstein about this type of "reaction" in uranium, & Al said, "I never thought of that!" |
(Andrew: What is a nuclear reaction?) (Alex: Nuclear? Be more specific.) (Andrew: What is a thermonuclear reaction?)
a chain reaction
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2006: Guess who? |
me (us; you & me)
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In baseball, it's the pitcher & catcher; in war, it's a set of guns or other artillery |
the battery
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Tommy Thompson, Michael Leavitt |
(Sue: What's Health, Education, & Welfare?)
Health & Human Services
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We didn't get to see much of Drew in this Wes Craven flick; she's killed off in the first 15 minutes |
Scream
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In the 1740s purist teacher Muhammad al-Wahhab allied himself with a ruler on this peninsula |
the Arabian Peninsula
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Al called Georges Lemaitre's idea, now called the Big Bang, "the most beautiful ...explanation of" this word |
creation
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1962: A pontiff |
Pope John XXIII
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Also meaning "abusive criticism", this antiaircraft artillery term comes from the German "Flieger Abwehr Kanone" |
(Alex: Take some of the first letters and you come up with [*].)
flak
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Rod Paige, onetime "Jeopardy!" contestant Margaret Spellings |
Education
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(Another Drew Clue.) Once upon a time, I starred in this fairy tale flick, met a prince, fell in love & we lived happily...well, you know |
Ever After
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John Kay's flying shuttle, a device used in this craft, was an important step toward automating the process |
weaving
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Here Einstein is welcomed to Los Angeles by Robert Millikan, a top scientist at this school from 1921 to 1945 |
Caltech
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1979: An imam |
the Ayatollah Khomeini
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From the French for "to go out" comes this term for an aircraft mission |
(Justin: What is a soirée?) (Alex: Oh, no.) (Justin: [quietly] [*].) (Alex: What is a [*]? Yes, you spoke too quickly. You realize that.)
sortie
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Paul O'Neill, John Snow, Henry Paulson, Jr. |
Treasury
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In this 1999 romantic comedy, Drew went undercover as a high school student to get a news story |
Never Been Kissed
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The painting seen here depicts this newsworthy fatality of 1779 |
(Sue: Who is Crispus Attucks?) ... (Alex: It depicts the death of [*] in the Pacific.)
Captain Cook
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Al's pal Kurt Godel theorized that it was unfeasible to travel here, but maybe you could send a message |
(Justin: What is space?)
back in time
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1943 & 1947: A military man with a plan |
(George) Marshall
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A muzzle-loading high-angle gun, or something that needs a pestle to be effective |
a mortar
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Gale Norton, Dirk Kempthorne |
Interior
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In the war of this "Succession", the candidate who finally succeeded was Louis XIV's grandson |
the Spanish Succession
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1935: An Ethiopian |
Haile Selassie
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This word refers to a large double-edged Scottish broadsword or to an antipersonnel land mine |
a claymore
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