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This New Mexico artist colony town's Pueblo was chosen as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1992 |
Taos
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"Joliet" Jake Blues |
(Robin: Who is Dan Aykroyd?)
John Belushi
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Type of creature of which Dickinson wrote, "A narrow fellow in the grass occasionally rides" |
a snake
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1687: This English scientist explains the basis for the Moon's tidal effect on the Earth |
Isaac Newton
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Julie Andrews sang it as the sixth tone of the diatonic scale |
La
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Most of my mail arrived addressed to this person, meaning anyone living in the house |
the occupant
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If you're feeling a little "Rocky", run up the stairs to visit this city's museum at Benjamin Franklin Parkway |
Philadelphia
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Mrs. Prymaat Conehead |
(Cristina: Oh.) (Alex: Hurry.) (Cristina: Who is--[shakes head]) (Alex: Oh, it's too bad.)
Jane Curtin
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In "The Village Blacksmith", Longfellow wrote of this "Sounding" object that the Blacksmith's hammer strikes |
an anvil
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1609: This Italian makes the first practical use of a telescope to study the Moon |
Galileo
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This TV show's opening narration contained the line "We can rebuild him. We have the technology" |
The Six Million Dollar Man
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A food-storage closet, often adjoining a kitchen |
a pantry
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Mormons settled this city in 1855 but thought it was too much of a gamble & abandoned it in 1857 |
Las Vegas
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"Eyes the shady night has shut cannot see the record cut" wrote Housman to one of these "Dying Young" |
(Cristina: What is a soldier?)
an athlete
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1588: This Danish astronomer makes observations leading to new theories about the Moon's motion |
(Robin: Who is Copernicus?)
Tycho Brahe
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This conflict began June 5, 1967 & ended shortly thereafter |
the Six Days' War
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A play in which the performers express themselves mutely by gestures |
a pantomime
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This Oklahoma city is known for its art deco buildings, including the Phillips Oil "Philcade" |
Tulsa
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Wayne Campbell |
Mike Myers
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Fittingly, the last section of "Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard" is entitled this type of inscription |
an epitaph
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150 A.D.: This Egyptian astronomer discovers irregularity in the Moon's orbital motion |
(Robin: Who is Archimedes?)
Ptolemy
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A car driven by George Robson is one of only 2 Indy 500 winners to use an engine with only 6 of these |
cylinders
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Adjective meaning frivolously disrespectful or lacking in seriousness |
(Cristina: What is... oh.) (Alex: Hurry.) (Cristina: Dis--dis--) [The time expiry signal sounds.] (Alex: I have a feeling you forgot the category.) (Cristina: [Laughs] Yes.) (Alex: Yeah. The category is "PANT"s, and the word we're going for here is [*].)
flippant
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Granite works sprung up in & around this state capital using stone from Barre, a few miles away |
Montpelier
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Joe Dirt |
(Clara: Who is, um... Joe Piscopo?)
David Spade
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His masterpiece poem "Don Juan" is divided into cantos |
(Alex: [*] is right with a minute to go, and yes, folks, it is "DON JOO-un", not "DON WAHN". We want to mention that so we avoid the mail.)
Byron
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335 B.C.: This Greek philosopher uses lunar eclipses to prove the Earth is ball shaped |
Aristotle
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John Guare reached out & touched us all with this play about the connectedness of all people |
Six Degrees of Separation
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In heraldry it means standing erect; in life it means running wild |
rampant
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