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In Italy, a kindly witch called Befana delivers Christmas gifts, riding from house to house on one of these |
Broom
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0 degrees longitude, this line passes through Greenwich Observatory in England |
Prime Meridian
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On radio, William Conrad played this rugged Dodge City marshal; James Arness got the role on TV |
(Shannan: I'm blanking!)
Matt Dillon
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In 1999 Brian Dennehy played Willy Loman on Broadway in a 50th anniversary production of this play |
Death of a Salesman
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One of the 2 days on which summer can begin in the Northern Hemisphere |
June 21 or 22
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In a courtroom: D.A. |
District Attorney
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The Bharata Natyam is a highly stylized dance that originated in this country |
India
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In 1752 Great Britain imposed this calendar on all its possessions, including the American colonies |
Gregorian Calendar
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He started playing LAPD detective Joe Friday on radio in 1949 |
Jack Webb
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A ritzy New York hotel provides the setting for this program of 3 1-act comedies by Neil Simon |
Plaza Suite
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This war began with an attack across the 38th Parallel on June 25, 1950 |
Korean War
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In a letter: P.S. |
Post script
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Azeri is the official language of this country |
Azerbaijan
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Timepiece mentioned in the introduction to "Days of Our Lives" |
Hourglass
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Irwin Shaw was a writer on the adventures of this Chester Gould comic strip detective |
Dick Tracy
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Leapin Lizards! This Tennessee Williams play takes place at the Costa Verde Resort in Mexico |
Night of the Iguana
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After a revolt in Algeria, this man became premier of France in June 1958 with almost unlimited authority |
Charles de Gaulle
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To an auto mechanic: BMW |
Bavarian Motor Works
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Assiniboine Park in this capital of Manitoba boasts a miniature railway |
Winnipeg
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The world is divided into 23 full time zones & 2 half zones; the half zones are separated by this |
International Date Line
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This crime fighter's faithful companion was Kato |
(Shannan: Who is the Green Lantern?)
The Green Hornet
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Part I of "Murder in the Cathedral" begins with the return of this archbishop after 7 years in exile |
(Mike: Who is Wolsey?)
Thomas Becket
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The Romans named the month for Juno, patron goddess of women & this social rite |
Marriage
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In the physics lab: LASER |
(Alex: I didn't know it by heart either, folks!)
Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation
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Miss Universe 1992, Michelle McLean, founded a children's trust in this country once known as South West Africa |
Namibia
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Time in the U.S. is determined by the National Institute of Standards & Technology whose atomic clock is in this Colorado city |
Boulder
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Santos Ortega & Sydney Greenstreet both played this stout detective |
(Sarah: Who was Charlie Chan?)
Nero Wolfe
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Malicious rumors ruin the lives of 2 teachers in this Lillian Hellman play |
The Children's Hour
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On June 4 this country honors Carl Gustaf Mannerheim, a leader in its fight for independence from Russia |
(Shannan: What is Sweden?)
Finland
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In medicine: HIV |
(Sarah: [*]?) ... (Alex: Sarah, you forgot to phrase it in the form of a question, and as you know, in Double Jeopardy! you get penalized for that... a minute to go.)
human immunodeficiency virus
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