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HAIL & FAREWELL: 1999 OBITS |
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All aboard! There are over 700 miles of this underground transportation system in the city |
subway
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Usually, the highest rank in the martial arts of judo & karate is this color belt |
Black belt
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He sat, apparently not too happily, for this portrait in Paris |
Ben Franklin
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From 1959 to 1963 John Smith & Robert Fuller starred in this western set in Laramie, Wyoming |
(Alex: Remember, the category is TV STUPID ANSWERS.)
Laramie
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This baseball legend played center field for the Yankees from 1936-1951 |
(Alex: And we have less than a minute to go.)
Joe DiMaggio
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In the British military: RAF |
(Sandy: What is the Air Force, you know?)
Royal Air Force
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It's how you make the sound of a Bronx cheer |
"Pffft!" (or any other reasonable response)
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Bing was first "dreaming of" this kind of holiday in the 1942 film "Holiday Inn" |
White Christmas
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After only 6 months on the air "Match Game '73" changed its name to this |
Match Game '74
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He was often all thumbs as Roger Ebert's partner |
Gene Siskel
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This theatrical thoroughfare is the longest street in New York City |
(Andrea: What is Times Square?... I'll never be able to go home again!)
Broadway
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Ho! Ho! Ho! This line of canned & frozen foods agreed to merge with Pillsbury in 1978 |
Green Giant
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In a 1999 episode of "It's Like, You Know", Jennifer Grey's father Joel guest-starred in this role |
Her father
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Though his acting career began in 1947, DeForest Kelley was best known for playing this "Star Trek" doctor |
(Andrea: Who is Scotty?) [The end-of-round signal sounds.]
"Bones" McCoy
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NYC is home to Queens which is home to Shea Stadium which is home to this pro baseball team |
[Audience cheering] (Alex: Obviously, we have some Mets fans in the audience!)
New York Mets
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Sensationalistic "journalism" that exploits, distorts or exaggerates the news |
(Andrea: What is tabloid?) (Sandy: What is exploitation?)
Yellow journalism
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Debuting in 1992, Bob Newhart's third sitcom had this one-word title |
Bob
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NYC's biggest ticker-tape parade occurred March 1, 1962 when over 3,000 tons were dumped on this astronaut |
(Peter: Who is Neil Armstrong?)
John Glenn
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Since 1986 the NBA Coach of the Year trophy has carried this man's name |
Arnold "Red" Auerbach
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"Entertainment Tonight" debuted in 1981, making this the first new Steven Spielberg-directed film it could cover |
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
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