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For most of the 1700s, this city was the cultural center of Virginia as well as the political one |
(Kyle: What is Jamestown?)
Williamsburg
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Gene Hackman earned his first Oscar nomination for playing Buck Barrow in this 1967 film |
Bonnie & Clyde
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Libra was once described as "the claws", as it was said to represent the claws of this constellation |
(Kyle: What is Cancer?)
Scorpio
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In 2004 he called his democratic legislators "girlie-men", an insult from the "Hans & Franz" "SNL" skit |
Arnold Schwarzenegger
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Found at Rome's Palazzo Conservatori, these two Rome founders are seen here |
Romulus & Remus
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Born in 1752, she was trained as an upholsterer & could make & repair curtains, bedcovers, rugs & even umbrellas |
Betsy Ross
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Some in the Jane Austen Society complained that Hugh Grant was too good-looking to play Edward in this 1995 film |
(Kyle: What is Pride & Prejudice?)
Sense & Sensibility
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Ptolemy listed a constellation named for this, Jason's ship; it's been replaced by Carina, Puppis, Pyxis & Vela |
(Lucia: What is the Arganaut?) (Alex: No. The Argonauts were the sailors who served on [*].)
the Argo
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These 2 cousins both served as governor of New York & president of the U.S. |
Theodore & Franklin Roosevelt
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Carved in Rome, the "Pieta" is the only work signed by this sculptor |
Michelangelo
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In April 1777 Congress made this pamphleteer Secretary to the Committee on Foreign Affairs |
Thomas Paine
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Leslie Howard was in his 40s & Norma Shearer in her 30s when they played this Shakespearean pair in 1936 |
Romeo & Juliet
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The bright star Betelgeuse marks one of the "shoulders" of this constellation |
Orion
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A 4-time governor of Alabama first elected in 1962, he worked his way through law school by boxing professionally |
(Kyle: Who is Franks?)
Gov. George Wallace
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In Rome's Cherasi Chapel is Caravaggio's conversion of a painting of this saint |
Paul
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Samuel Slater settled in R.I. & built America's first successful cotton-spinning machines driven by this power |
(Paul: What is steam?)
water power
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The czar-studded cast of this 1971 epic includes Tom Baker (of "Doctor Who" fame) as Rasputin |
Nicholas & Alexandra
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In the late 16th Century, this Flemish cartographer "projected" the constellations onto star globes |
Mercator
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As New Jersey governor, this woman seen here appointed the state's first African-American Supreme Court Justice |
Christie Todd Whitman
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A fresco by Raphael shows Pope Leo I pleading with this ruthless barbarian to spare Rome |
(Paul: Who is Hannibal?)
Attila
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Drop a letter into "acid" & it becomes this, meaning bitterly pungent |
[The end-of-round signal sounds.]
acrid
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From May to Nov. of 1763, Chief Pontiac tried to drive the British from this city, now the biggest in its state |
(Alex: What is--uh--Annapolis?) (Alex: No. Think of Pontiac... automobiles...) (Kyle: That was my first guess.) (Alex: But you didn't say it. [*] was the correct response.)
Detroit
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(Hi, I'm Sean Hayes.) I was far from kittenish when I played the voice of Mr. Tinkles in this 2001 film that pitted felines against canines |
Cats & Dogs
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In the 1680s Johannes Hevelius added 7 new constellations, including Vulpecula, the "little" this |
(Paul: What is the dipper?) (Alex: No... vulpec---vulks--[*].)
fox
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In 1996 this state's governor Evan Bayh delivered the keynote address at the Democratic Convention |
Indiana
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Legend has it that Marc Antony's wife stabbed this orator's tongue after his death |
(Alex: Famous orator--[*].)
Cicero
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Addng a letter to "terrain" turns a tract of land into this turtle |
a terrapin
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