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22 years after the April 28, 1789 mutiny, he was promoted to Rear Admiral |
William Bligh
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On a daily paper, Rob works under one of these, the latest his story can be filed, every day |
a deadline
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Her long-running variety show featured supporting actors Tim Conway & Harvey Korman |
Carol Burnett
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He married Minnehaha, the "Loveliest of Dacotah Women" |
Hiawatha
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Bob Dylan, Pablo Picasso & Albert Einstein "Think different" according to ads for this computer company |
Apple
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They're the 2 common abbreviations indicating before noon & afternoon |
A.M. & P.M.
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When told that 15 enemy ships had been captured at Trafalgar, he said, "That is well, but I had bargained for 20" |
Horatio Nelson
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An early job at Baskin-Robbins didn't help Rob prepare to get these, stories gotten ahead of his competitors |
scoops
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The first 3 Supporting Actor Emmys went to this man, Jackie Gleason's comic foil |
Art Carney
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Milton work that begins, "Of man's first disobedience, and the fruit of that forbidden tree..." |
"Paradise Lost"
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Comic Carlos Alazraqui is the voice of the chihuahua that's the voice of this fast-food chain |
Taco Bell
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Religiously speaking, Xnty. is an abbreviation for this |
Christianity
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Although 79, this Spanish-American War hero was still considered on active duty at the time of his death in 1917 |
George Dewey
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Rob claimed his rights under this amendment to publish the dirt on his congressman |
the First Amendment
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On "The Waltons", Will Geer played Zeb, whom all the kids called this |
Grandpa
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An 8-line stanza, it's usually the first 8 lines in an Italian sonnet |
Octave
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In a commercial for this company, 2 guys aimlessly drive around in a Golf while listening to the song "Da Da Da" |
Volkswagen
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To an accountant, P&L is this |
profit & loss
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Until 1899 the only full U.S. admirals had been David Dixon Porter & this man; both served in the Civil War |
David Farragut
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It can be the top story that a newscast starts off with, or Rob's first line in his print story on it |
the lead
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(Hi, I'm Gordon Clapp of NYPD Blue.) I won the 1998 Emmy for Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series for playing this character |
(Steve: Who is Fred MacMurray?)
Greg Medavoy
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Secretary to the Lord Deputy of Ireland, he idealized his boss as a knight in "The Faerie Queene" |
Edmund Spenser
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Commercials for this video chain featured that computer-generated dancing baby |
Blockbuster
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They're the 2 types of music abbreviated R&B and C&W |
Rhythm & Blues and Country & Western
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Opposed to war with the U.S., he nevertheless planned the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor |
(Steve: Who is Yokohama?)
Isoroku Yamamoto
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French term for Rob's story that uncovered corruption at City Hall |
(Alex: And we have a minute to go.)
exposé
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In 1986 John Malkovich played Biff Loman in a CBS production of this play |
Death of a Salesman
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She described her nervous breakdown in her 1960 poetry collection "To Bedlam and Part Way Back" |
(Ellen: Who was Sylvia Plath?)
Anne Sexton
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Superman can't pay for Lois Lane's groceries, so this comedian offers his American Express card |
Jerry Seinfeld
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Members of the military who show heroism during aerial combat may be awarded this, abbreviated DFC |
the Distinguished Flying Cross
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