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WELL, I'LL BE A '30s WORD |
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In 1803 he invited William Clark along on an enterprise fraught with fatigues, dangers & honors |
Meriwether Lewis
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2002: "With the right song and dance, you can get away with murder" |
Chicago
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This Shaw character is a professor of phonetics |
Henry Higgins
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At her 1953 coronation, she wore special gold bracelets representing sincerity & wisdom |
Queen Elizabeth II
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Al Capone's rival George Moran was better known as this, from his odd behavior |
"Bugs"
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The Oxford English Dictionary traces this term describing a mystery tale back to 1930 |
whodunit
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The last work of the creator of Rip Van Winkle was a 5-volume bio of this man, the author's namesake |
(Dennis: Who is Washington Irving?)
George Washington
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2002: "The War of the Ring has begun" |
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
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During a typhoon off the Philippines, Lt. Stephen Maryk relieves this captain of his command |
Captain Queeg
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Miss Manners says it is almost always proper to wear a strand of these, but never with your bathing suit |
pearls
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The paternal grandfather of this current Mexican leader was an Irish-American from Ohio |
Vicente Fox
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From 1937, it's an aimless or casual scribble, not necessarily done by a Yankee |
doodle
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Some of his unaccepted spelling changes were hed for head, rong for wrong & iz for is |
(Dennis: Who is Daniel Webster?)
Noah Webster
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1976: "His whole life was a million-to-one shot" |
Rocky
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In "A Doll's House", she forges a check to help her sick husband Torvald but he scolds her for doing it |
Nora
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(Sarah of the Clue Crew in Paris) This term for a narrow loaf of French bread also describes the cut of diamond I'd like |
baguette
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"Whooping" it up at Christmas, 1899 helped finish off this tubercular American writer |
Stephen Crane
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You get more than a pat on the back for identifying this 4-letter word for "belch" that came out in the 1930s |
burp
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Hamilton used the 1786 Shays Rebellion & this 1794 rebellion as proof of a need for a strong central gov't |
Whiskey Rebellion
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2002: "Get ready for the ultimate spin!" |
Spider-Man
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In a Eugene O'Neill play, this former Pullman porter & ex-convict imposes himself as an emperor on a West Indian island |
Brutus Jones (The Emperor Jones)
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Blue, a line of jewelry from this British pottery co., is inspired by the Jasper Ware it has produced since the 1700s |
(Alex: Minute to go.)
Wedgwood
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The 2001 concept car The Bengal was named by Buick in honor of this man |
Tiger Woods
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This name for vitamin B2 appeared in the scientific literature in the 1930s |
riboflavin
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In May 1792 Robert Gray sailed up this "River of the West", naming it for his ship |
Columbia River
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2001: "Man the guns -- join the fight" |
Pearl Harbor
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Salesman Willy Loman's 2 sons |
Biff & Happy
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This variety of chrysoberyl is named for a 19th century czar, not moi |
(Valerie: What is Alexandrine?) (Dennis: What is Alexander?)
Alexandrite
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He's the 1960s Birmingham police chief seen here |
Eugene "Bull" Connor
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In 1938 Milton Sirotta coined this word for a 1 followed by 100 zeroes |
googol
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