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It's tough to get out of this city on the Arkansas River if you're in its Boot Hill Cemetery |
Dodge City
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Its final episode, May 20, 1993, raised its ratings bar to 45.5 |
(Kevin: What is "M*A*S*H?") (Tara: What is "Seinfeld?")
Cheers
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The Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor |
Franklin D. Roosevelt (1941)
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Publications dealing with this religious & social welfare group include "War Cry" |
The Salvation Army
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In 1980 his "Cosmos" was one of the top-selling nonfiction books |
Carl Sagan
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A Spanish senorita's lips may say, "No No No", but her eyes say this this this |
Si Si Si
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It's a city in Tennessee, or the capital of neighboring Missouri |
(Jenn: What is Kansas City?)
Jefferson City
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Part 4 of "The Thorn Birds" rated a 43.1; part 4 of this miniseries rated a 43.8 |
Roots
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The U.S. Embassy in Tehran was taken over by Islamic militants |
Jimmy Carter (1979)
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TAP is an aid project helping refugees from here (the "T") who fled to India, Nepal, Bhutan & Sikkim |
Tibet
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Man's best friend turns into man's worst enemy in this 1981 tale of terror by Stephen King |
"Cujo"
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The Latin word for "and", it often precedes al., short for "alia" |
et
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In the 1960s this city, home to the National Cowboy Hall of Fame, hired I.M. Pei to design part of its Myriad Gardens |
Oklahoma City
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On the highest-rated Oscar telecast ever, April 7, 1970, he picked up his only Oscar, for "True Grit" |
John Wayne
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The U.S. invaded Grenada |
Ronald Reagan (1983)
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Country that's home to the International Philatelic Federation & the International Ski Federation |
Switzerland
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In 1986 she gave readers "I'll Take Manhattan" |
Judith Krantz
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In German it's the informal "you" used for friends, family & all children |
du
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Incorporated in 1917 & named for the land developer, it's in the mailing address for "Jeopardy!" |
Culver City
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His February 9 & 16, 1964 Sunday night shows each captured over 40% of the viewing audience |
Ed Sullivan
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The Berlin Wall came down |
George H.W. Bush (1989)
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To the French it's OPEP, because it's "pays" instead of "countries" |
OPEC
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In this 1988 bestseller, Anne Rice told the story of Akasha -- the mother of all vampires |
"Queen of the Damned"
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The titles of 2 Verdi operas of 1853 begin with these 2 Italian forms of the word "the" |
(Alex: "Il Trovatore" & "La Traviata")
il & la
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The 1956 & 1964 Republican Conventions were held in the Cow Palace of this San Francisco suburb |
Daly City
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After this TV movie that got a 46 rating on November 20, 1983, we're grateful we're not in Lawrence, Kansas |
(Jenn: What is "In Cold Blood?")
The Day After
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The U.S. Embassy in Saigon was permanently evacuated |
Gerald Ford (1975)
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WHO is the World Heatlh Organization; PAHO is this less-encompassing version |
(Jenn: What is the Pan Asian Health Organization?) (Tara: What is the Pan Africa Health Organization?)
Pan American Health Organization
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This Anne Tyler bestseller could have been subtitled "A How-To in Inhaling & Exhaling" |
"Breathing Lessons"
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It's Provencal for garlic; in the name of a sauce, it's combined with oli, "oil" |
ai (as in aioli)
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