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Specific term for an investigator of insurance claims |
(Jane: What is a claims agent?) [Initially ruled incorrect; reversed before clue 28 in Double Jeopardy! because "Jane, our researchers have been working for the last 15 minutes and found that your response is acceptable."]
a claims adjuster
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Samuel Clemens first used this pseudonym on February 3, 1863 in Virginia City's Territorial Enterprise |
Mark Twain
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In 1990 York reinstated this age-old job of calling the local news through the city |
Town crier
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Grip which often seals a verbal agreement |
Handshake
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Beginning with "Where Did Our Love Go", this group has 12 No. 1 hits, more than any act on the Motown label |
The Supremes
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In L.A. County jails, "inmate worker" has replaced this term that's a synonym for "reliable" |
trusty
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His "Tropic of Capricorn" was first published in France in 1939; its U.S. release came 23 years later |
Henry Miller
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You can't miss York Minster, England's largest church in this style named for a Germanic tribe |
Gothic
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Found on the edge of a workbench, it grips items to hold them in place |
a vice
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"You Are the Sunshine of My Life" was the first of his 19 Grammys, a record for rock performers |
Stevie Wonder
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Perry Mason's secretary, or "Touched by an Angel"'s Reese |
Della
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A carnival worker whom customers try to dunk, or a Larry Harmon clown |
Bozo
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The town of Red Cloud, Nebraska has a historical center devoted to this author |
(J: [no response]) (Alex: Oooh, sorry - I love the acting, though!)
Willa Cather
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York is a hub of this type of transportation & has a national museum dedicated to it |
Railroad
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The part of a tire that gives it the power to grip a road in wet weather |
Tread
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This lead singer of the Miracles wrote "My Guy" for Mary Wells & "My Girl" for the Temptations |
Smokey Robinson
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Bacteria often found in contaminated food, not just a certain fish |
Salmonella
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Type of "banker" who buys issues of stock & resells them to the public |
(Sam: What is a broker?)
an investment banker
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This author's 1943 novel "The Human Comedy" was largely autobiographical |
William Saroyan
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Alas, poor York! It was burned by this new ruler of England in the 11th century |
William the Conqueror
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The 3 main grips used on your mashie in this sport are the baseball, the interlocking & the overlapping |
Golf
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Martha Reeves & the Vandellas provided backing vocals on this singer's 1963 hit heard here: |
(Jane: Who is Aretha Franklin?)
Marvin Gaye
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Name shouted in the conclusion of the film "A Streetcar Named Desire" |
"Stella!"
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Business of the Loizeaux family, known for their work on the Pruitt-Igoe housing project & the Sands Hotel |
Demolition
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The Gibbsville of many of his novels & short stories is based on his own hometown of Pottsville, Penn. |
John O'Hara
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These medieval plays, none by Agatha Christie, are performed in a cycle at York every 4 years |
Mystery plays
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Spock once claimed that he used this to "kill" Kirk |
(Alex: It didn't work, obviously, because Kirk is still around!)
Vulcan death grip
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Renaldo Benson, Abdul Fakir, Levi Stubbs & Lawrence Payton performed under this name, starting in 1956 |
the Four Tops
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Although located near the femur & the fibula, it's not directly connected to either bone |
Patella
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