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In 1962 this country swapped 1,113 prisoners it captured in the Bay of Pigs invasion for $53 million in aid |
Cuba
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She's the type of girl Billy Joel was "in love with" in a 1983 hit |
"Uptown Girl"
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Number of months with 28 days |
(Mark: What is 1?) (Leslie: All of them! ... What is [*]?)
12
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Around 1850 Helmholtz clocked impulses moving along these body parts at about 90 feet per second |
the nerves
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Author Patricia Cornwell says without a doubt that this killer was 19th century English painter Walter Sickert |
Jack the Ripper
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A temptress, or a device that produces a wailing warning sound |
a siren
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This now-popular term for a situation with no solution was also the title of a 1961 novel |
catch-22
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It's the classic heard here
"Early in the ev'nin', just about suppertime / Over by the courthouse, they're startin' to unwind..." |
(George: What is "Up Around The Bend"?) ... (Alex: Credence Clearwater Revival.)
"Down On The Corner"
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The highest single-digit number that reads the same upside down & right side up |
(Leslie: Oh! [Shakes head])
8
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University prof Michael Mastlin sold young Johannes Kepler on this Copernican theory |
heliocentrism
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In 1890 William Kemmler, who had killed his mistress, became the first convict to be executed this way |
electrocuted
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These shadow portraits are named for a French finance minister known for his strict economic policies |
silhouettes
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In 1963 he started his "Faith Partnerships", asking 700 of his viewers to pledge $10 a month |
Pat Robertson
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It begins, "When this old world starts getting me down and people are just too much for me to face" |
"Up On The Roof"
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The number of stars on the U.S. flag divided by the number of U.S. states not in North America |
50 (50÷1 (Hawaii))
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Max Born taught this subject at the University of Gottingen & won a Nobel Prize in it |
physics
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In the '70s in New York, David Berkowitz went by this infamous nickname |
"Son of Sam"
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An auxilliary building near the main one, or to attach a territory to an existing state or nation |
annex
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In 1968 work began on this project that stretched from the North Slope by Prudhoe Bay to the port of Valdez |
the Trans-Alaska Pipeline (the Alaskan Pipeline accepted)
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Temperature in degrees Fahrenheit equal to -40 degrees Celsius |
(George: What is 0?)
-40° Fahrenheit
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"Psychopathia Sexualis" author Krafft-Ebing found the link between this disease & the mental decay called paresis |
(Alex: Minute to go now.)
syphilis
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In 1935 she & her favorite son Fred died during a shootout with FBI agents |
[The end-of-round signal sounds.]
Ma Barker
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The word roulette is from Old French for "small" this, though it's a big part of the game |
(Mark: What is the ball?)
wheel
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Seasonal name given the liberalization program Alexander Dubcek set up in 1968 in Czechoslovakia |
the Prague Spring
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In 1991 Elton John re-recorded this song live with George Michael |
"Don't Let The Sun Go Down On Me"
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If you were to spell out the numbers, it's how far you'd have to go before using the letter A |
one thousand
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Nicolaier produced this disease in animals by injecting then with soil, & maybe watching their little jaws lock |
tetanus
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As an adverb, it means "thus" or "so"; as a verb, it means to urge a dog to attack |
sic
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