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HE PLAYED IT ON THE BIG SCREEN |
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THIS IS YOUR LIFE, JOHN QUINCY ADAMS |
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Fort Union is an old military post on this trail that shares its name with the state capital |
(Caitlin: What is Albuquerque?)
Santa Fe
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Shelley "penned" that this alpine peak "gleams on high: the power is there, The still and solemn power of many sights" |
Mont Blanc
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Mesopotamia was part of the region nicknamed this "Crescent" |
the Fertile Crescent
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In 1830 John Quincy Adams became the first ex-president elected to serve in this body |
the House of Representatives
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City of 30,000 on Alaska's Chena River |
Fairbanks
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On July 16, 1945 the Nuclear Age began when this govt. project exploded the first atomic bomb near Alamogordo |
the Manhattan Project
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Danny Ocean, 2001, 2004, 2007 |
George Clooney
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"God bless Captain Vere!" are the last words this Melville foretopman speaks before being hanged |
(Tim: Who is Starbuck?) (Gail: Who is Ishmael?) ... (Alex: Both of you were in Moby-Dick. [*] is the character we're going for.)
Billy Budd
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In 2006, Warner Bros. pledged to help these Australian animals stricken by a cancer epidemic |
(Caitlin: What are rabbits?) (Alex: No. What is [*], featured in their cartoon series, of course.)
the Tasmanian devil
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John Quincy Adams' wife's first name; she shared it with a Miss Alcott |
Louisa
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Area set aside by a city or state for annual farming exhibitions |
a fairgrounds
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Among the state's nicknames are "Land of Enchantment" & this one that it shares with Florida |
the "Sunshine State"
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Danny Ocean, 1960 |
Frank Sinatra
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Later a movie, it's subtitled "a novel in monthly installments, with recipes, romances and home remedies" |
Like Water for Chocolate
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A 1937 general strike in Trinidad is commemorated every June 19, celebrated as this day |
(Alex: General strike takes you to [*].)
Labor Day
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In the presidential election of 1820, this man got 231 electoral votes & Adams got one |
James Monroe
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Virginia city home to George Mason University |
Fairfax
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Running the length of the state, this river is New Mexico's longest |
the Rio Grande
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Batman, 1989 |
(Gail: Who is... Michael Heaton?) (Alex: You picked the right one.) [Originally accepted as correct; reversed before Final Jeopardy!]
Michael Keaton
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In this Tennyson work, Sir Bedivere is told to "take Excalibur, and fling him far into the middle mere" |
Idylls of the King
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A symbolic fortress of Scotland overlooking Edinburgh, or a Rob Reiner movie company |
Castle Rock
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In 1843 John was a "star", laying the cornerstone for the first professional one of these in the U.S., on Mt. Adams |
an observatory
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They take their name from the old French for "enchantment" |
fairies
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"For a greatness of beauty I have never experienced anything like New Mexico", wrote this Brit. author & Taos resident |
(D.H.) Lawrence
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The Hunchback of Notre Dame, 1923 |
Lon Chaney
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Before he waited for Godot, this Irish author wrote a critical study of Proust |
(Samuel) Beckett
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Found at 30° N. & S., these regions are thought to be so named because becalmed ships had to lose animal weight |
the horse latitudes
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In 1767, when John Quincy Adams was born there, Quincy, Massachusetts was known by this name |
[The end-of-round signal sounds.]
Braintree
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In broadcasting, this regulation required radio & TV stations to air contrasting views |
the Fairness Doctrine
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