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State where you'll find the homes of Harry Truman & Jesse James |
Missouri
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Former newspaper illustrator Chester Gould created this comic strip about a police detective |
Dick Tracy
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French for "sherbet", it's often served as a palate refresher between courses |
Sorbet
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First published in 1937, it was revised in 1951 to bring it into line with "The Lord of the Rings" |
The Hobbit
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In 1990 MTV banned her steamy video for "Justify My Love" |
Madonna
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Proverbially, it "gets the worm" |
The early bird
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A house in this state's city of Hackensack was given to Baron von Steuben for service to the U.S.; he sold it |
New Jersey
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Joe Shuster, who co-created this comic book hero in 1934, was destitute by the '70s |
Superman
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For your dining pleasure, we'll be serving this meat tonight with a Marsala sauce, or in osso buco |
Veal
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Chapters in the autobiography of this man include "Harlemite", "Hustler" & "Black Muslims" |
Malcolm X
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She founded the Church of Christ Scientist, which relies on spiritual healing |
(Bob: Who is Aimee Semple McPherson?)
Mary Baker Eddy
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Far-flung Philly fans are fanatical for this football franchise, the pro champs in '48 & '49 |
Philadelphia Eagles
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The L.L. Nunn House is an architectural highlight of Telluride in this state |
Colorado
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10-time Hugo Award winner Kelly Freas is famous for illustrating the magazine called "Astounding" this genre |
(Bob: What are facts?) (Carol: What are stories?)
science fiction
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It's a spicy soup made with tripe & calves' feet, or the name of Ricky Martin's old group |
Menudo
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These are usually written in prose, but Pope's "On Man" & "On Criticism" are poems |
Essays
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A bestselling book by this woman seen here grew out of her commencement speech at Holy Cross |
Maria Shriver
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Title held in different countries at different times by Balbinus, Bao Dai & Bidatsu |
Emperor
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You can visit the mansion of shipping magnate Jeremiah Lee in Marblehead in this state |
Massachusetts
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Daumier pioneered this type of exaggerated cartoon by showing King Louis Philippe as a giant pear |
(Alex: With a minute to go.)
caricature
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Often stuffed with meat & cheese, this ring-shaped pasta is a specialty of Bologna, Italy |
(Carol: What is cannelloni?)
tortellini
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This satirist's 1734 "Lettres Anglaises" extols England & by implication criticizes France |
(Alex: Say something, Bruce.) (Bruce: I have no idea.) [A clip of this clue was included in the "4,000th Show Celebration" aired 2002-05-15.]
Voltaire
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Al Gore's mom, Pauline, was the only woman in this Nashville university's law school Class of 1936 |
Vanderbilt
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With an extensile glutinous tongue, this spiny Australian monotreme mercilessly slurps up its insect prey |
Echidna
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The home of Jonathan Hager stands in the "town" named for him in this state |
Hagerstown, Maryland
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He drew the New Yorker cover "View of the World from Ninth Avenue", much copied as a poster |
Saul Steinberg
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Impress your guests by serving this dish, also called Bei Jing Kao Ya |
Peking Duck
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"Blue at the Mizzen" is the 20th of his books detailing the naval career of Jack Aubrey |
Patrick O'Brian
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The title of this columnist's 1992 book asserted that she "Can't Say That, Can She?" |
Molly Ivins
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The turning point in the war in north Africa, this October 1942 battle saw the Brits kick serious Nazi butt |
El Alamein
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