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His drinking & arguments with friend Gauguin may have led to his self-inflicted ear "surgery" |
Van Gogh
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This Union general's facial growth gave us the word "sideburns" |
(Ambrose) Burnside
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His daddy used to say, "You're makin' me nervous as a cat on a hot tin roof!" |
Tennessee Williams
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In England, if you're "riding to hounds", you're not headed for a dog show but engaged in this sport |
fox hunting
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Miles Labs is owned by this W. German co., but Sterling Drug makes the brand of aspirin |
Bayer
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He's backed by The Beaters |
Billy Vera
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In later life, Renoir's hands became so crippled with arthritis, these had to be tied to them |
his brushes
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U.S. officials twice asked this Italian patriot to serve as a Union major-general |
Garibaldi
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He left Norway in 1864 & wrote nearly all of his major plays abroad |
Ibsen
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If you ask for jelly in a British restaurant, you won't get jam but this trade name dessert |
Jell-O
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After taking over this company, Thomas Watson ordered "THINK" signs placed in every company room |
IBM
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Heard here, he changed his last name, saying "I can be" one "just by calling myself one":
"Hey, little sister, what have you done? / Hey, little sister, who's the only one?" |
Billy Idol
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His own stunted physique caused him to seek out & paint outcasts of Paris |
Toulouse-Lautrec
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Before becoming a Republican, Abraham Lincoln belonged to this political party |
the Whigs
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Ben Hecht's partner, Chas. MacArthur, was married to this "First Lady of the American Theater" |
Helen Hayes
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A panda car isn't driven by pandas but by these people |
(David: Well, the Italians drive Fiat Pandas. What are pa--what are Italians?) (Alex: No, sorry.)
the police
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It's known as "the AMEX" for short |
the American Stock Exchange
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He's the only filmmaker ever to take home three Academy Awards in 1 night for 1 film, in 1960 for "The Apartment" |
Billy Wilder
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Rembrandt's career is spanned by a remarkable series of painfully honest portraits of this man |
Rembrandt
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His victories led to his being appointed 1st rear admiral , vice admiral & admiral in U.S. history |
Farragut
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Though he was a British subject when he wrote "The Cocktail Party", he was born in Missouri |
Thomas Stearns (T.S.) Eliot
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Headlines in the London papers mentioning the "Provos" are referring to them |
the Provisional IRA
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If you buy Yuban, Sanka, Brim, Maxim, or Maxwell House, you're getting your coffee from this co. |
General Foods
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Nicknamed "The Vibrato", he was 1 of the 1st black singers to break the color barrier |
Billy Eckstine
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16th century Venetian artist named for his father's profession as a dyer |
(Jody: Who is Titian?)
Tintoretto
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Because this Mississippi stronghold fell on July 4, Independence Day wasn't observed there until 1945 |
Vicksburg
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He won an Oscar for writing "Splendor in the Grass", was he's better known for "Bus Stop" |
(William) Inge
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In America, Checkers was Richard Nixon's dog; in Britain, chequers is this |
the prime minister's retreat (or official country residence)
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In 1859, the world's 1st successful oil well was drilled just outside this Penn. town |
Titusville
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As far as we know, this black American is the only "5th Beatle" who fits this category |
(David: Who is... ohh... Billy... I can see his face.) (Alex: You didn't see it in time.) (David: Yes.)
Billy Preston
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