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SOMETHING "OLD", SOMETHING "NEW" |
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The battle of this city was the last military engagement of the War of 1812 |
New Orleans
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This Neb. city's Henry Doorly Zoo has the largest glazed geodesic dome, housing the world's largest indoor desert |
Omaha
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In a famous ad campaign this product accused people of having "Ring Around the Collar" |
Wisk
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Some folks vow to love, honor & cherish; she vowed to make Brad Pitt his favorite banana milkshakes |
Jennifer Aniston
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This fish story of 1952 was one of the last works Hemingway published during his lifetime |
"The Old Man and the Sea"
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On June 4, 1999 thousands gathered in this former British Asian colony for the 10th anniv. of Tiananmen Square |
Hong Kong
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In 1898 the first land engagement of this war took place at Las Guasimas, Cuba |
Spanish-American War
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With nearly 590,000 square miles of land, this state is about 487 times larger than Rhode Island |
Alaska
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She's the funny lady ringing in here |
Lily Tomlin
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He "Bond"ed with Keely Shaye Smith at an Irish abbey in 2001 |
(Celeste: Who is Timothy Dalton?)
Pierce Brosnan
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His 1687 "Principia" is considered one of the greatest scientific works ever published |
Sir Isaac Newton
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On June 4, 1999 thousands of Iranians gathered to mourn the 10th anniversary of this man's death |
Ayatollah Khomeini
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In a military engagement at the Pyramids in 1798, his forces defeated an Egyptian Mameluke force |
(Ian: Who is Alexander the Great?)
Napoleon
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During an 1887 snowstorm in Montana, one of these was measured at 15 inches wide & 8 inches thick |
(Faith: What is a hailstone?)
snowflake
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As you might gather from the rings around its tail, the coati seen here belongs to this mammal family |
raccoon
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She tied the knot with Guy Ritchie in Skibo Castle one day after their son Rocco was baptized |
Madonna
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It's the rich dish of shellfish (often lobster) in a cream sauce with sherry, usually served on toast points |
Lobster Newburgh
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For a historic anniversary, Pope John Paul II was in the Dominican Republic on October 9-13 of this year |
(Faith: What is 2002?)
1992 (the 500th anniversary of Columbus' voyage there)
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The Battle of Belleau Wood was one of the first major engagements for U.S. troops during this war |
World War I
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This 10-armed giant cephalopod is not only the biggest invertebrate, but has the biggest eyes, the size of a volleyball |
giant squid
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The 5 interlocking rings on the Olympic symbol represent these |
the continents
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Must be something in the haggis...Skibo Castle was also where this "Kiss the Girls" star wed Dario Franchitti |
Ashley Judd
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It's the informal system in which a group of men help each other & exchange favors in business or politics |
(Ian: What is the [**]?) [Originally ruled incorrect; reversed during the commercial break]
old boy network (old boy's club accepted)
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It was celebrated in June 2002, because the February anniv. of the accession was also the anniv. of George VI's death |
Queen Elizabeth II's Golden Jubilee
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This bloody battle was fought in June 1775, over a year before we declared independence |
Bunker (Breed's) Hill
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The biggest constellation is this one, "the sea serpent", which covers 3.16% of the sky & contains 68 visible stars |
Hydra
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"The Rhine Gold" & "The Valkyrie" are 2 of the operas in his "Ring" cycle |
Richard Wagner
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The honeymoon was over when Jessica Sklar met this comic & dumped her new husband for him |
Jerry Seinfeld
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This poem by Emma Lazarus is on the pedestal of the Statue of Liberty |
"The New Colossus"
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In November 1998 West Germany's parliament commemorated the 50th anniversary of this notorious night |
(Alex: Less than a minute to go now.)
Kristallnacht
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