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This industry accused of creating huge health care costs agreed to cough up $368.5 billion |
the cigarette industry (or the tobacco industry)
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Helen Mirren as this queen in "The Queen" |
Elizabeth II
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The striped species of this mammal is identifiable by the 2 white stripes down its back forming a "V" |
a skunk
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A slang term for a trucker's large tractor-trailer gives it this many wheels |
18
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In Macmillan's spring 1936 catalog, her upcoming novel was misidentified as "Come with the Wind" |
Margaret Mitchell
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From the color of a penny, this term for something trivial often follows the words "Not worth a..." |
red cent
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James Fenimore Cooper would like this spacecraft that became the first to land on Mars in over 20 years |
(Tracy: What is... Explorer?) ... (Alex: Glad you didn't say Natty Bumppo.)
Pathfinder
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Cate Blanchett in 1998 as this title queen |
Elizabeth I
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This arboreal marsupial is smaller & lighter-colored in Northern than in Southern Australia |
a koala bear
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After winning an Oscar & a Tony, he tried his hand at novels like "The Naked Face" & "The Other Side of Midnight" |
Sidney Sheldon
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The website of this brand of candy similar to Twizzlers said it's a favorite of Tom Hanks & Brad Pitt |
(Tracy: What are Red Whips?)
Red Vines
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Full name, with Roman numeral, of the new president of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference in 1997 |
Martin Luther King III
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Kirsten Dunst in 2006 as this title queen |
Marie Antoinette
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This small Andean rodent is prized for its fur, which can be gray with a deep blue underfur |
a chinchilla
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A haiku consists of 17 syllables in this many lines |
[NOTE: The clue is itself a haiku!]
3
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Seen here is a portrait of this author as a middle-aged man |
James Joyce
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In 1991 this Texan & his firefighting team extinguished more than 100 oil-well fires in Kuwait |
Red Adair
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(Hi, I'm Wolf Blitzer.) As CNN White House correspondent, in February 1997, I reported that President Clinton had intervened to stop a strike at this airline |
(Alex: Obviously not widely reported. [*].)
American Airlines
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Robert Shaw was him in "A Man for All Seasons" |
Henry VIII
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The Cape species of this bovine of Southern Africa is extremely dangerous to man & has never been domesticated |
a buffalo
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A famous group of blacklisted writers of the 1950s was known as the "Hollywood" this |
(Kevin: What is 9?) (Nick: What is 7?)
10
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The kids' classic "Where the Sidewalk Ends" features his poems & drawings |
Shel Silverstein
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When he played Macbeth onstage in 1947, his now-famous daughters were little girls |
(Tracy: Who is Redgrave?) (Alex: Which one?) (Tracy: John.) ... (Alex: [*], yes the father of Lynn and Vanessa.)
Michael Redgrave
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The brother of this Peruvian president was among hostages at the Lima home of the Japanese ambassador |
(Alberto) Fujimori
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Katharine Hepburn was her in "The Lion in Winter" |
(Kevin: Who is Catherine of Aragon?)
Eleanor of Aquitaine
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On the Galapagos Islands, the marine type of this lizard feeds on algae that it gathers off rocks at low tide |
an iguana
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It's the highest no. of points that can be scored on a standard dartboard with a single throw of a dart |
(Kevin: What is 14?)
60 (triple 20)
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In the 1970s this former actor enjoyed success as the bestselling author of "The Other" & "Harvest Home" |
Thomas Tryon
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The Molly Pitcher Inn is a delightful waterfront hotel in this New Jersey town |
Red Bank
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