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Around 300 A.D. Christianity's main rival was the worship of Mithra, god of this heavenly body |
(Mike: What is the moon?)
sun
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It's the pet form of Chester used by newsman Huntley |
Chet
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The Palace Hotel in S.F. has played host to such luminaries as Oscar Wilde & this "Prince and the Pauper" scribe |
Mark Twain
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This singer's version of "Moon River" wasn't the big hit, but he did take "A Fool Never Learns" to No. 13 |
Andy Williams
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At this type of ceremony May 20, 2002, John McCain spoke of parents' sacrifices & leaders of tomorrow |
graduation
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In some cultures, instead of becoming this creature of the full moon, men become hyenas instead |
werewolf
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In the Vedic cult of this country, priests offered a hallucinogen called Soma to the gods, & had a nip themselves |
India
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Author Ferber might have known that this 4-letter female name is likely from the same root as a Biblical garden |
Edna
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This Scot is buried at Dryburgh Abbey near a view he so loved that his horses paused there on the way to his funeral |
Sir Walter Scott
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He had a hit with "Fools Rush In" in 1963, back when he was on a TV series with his parents & his brother |
Ricky Nelson
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On Sept. 11, 2002, George W. Bush laid one of these bearing a special plaque at Ground Zero |
(Jay: What is a memorial ceremony?)
wreath
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A system of pipes & reservoirs, or a flood of tears that may be turned on for sympathy |
waterworks
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Around 500 B.C. this country's King Darius I recognized Zoroastrianism |
Persia
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It's the first name used by the mogul seen here, but not by many of your kids' classmates |
Rupert (Murdoch)
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"Women in Love" with this author can find the ranch he lived on in the '20s near Taos, New Mexico |
(Mike: Who is Faulkner?)
D.H. Lawrence
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This Beatles tune was the 2nd Top 10 hit for Sergio Mendes & Brasil '66 |
"Fool on the Hill"
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It's what a woman is holding when she says, "In the name of the United States I christen thee..." |
bottle of champagne
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This impulse to travel is the title of Rebecca Solnit's book on the history of walking |
[The end-of-round signal sounds.]
wanderlust
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It's more popular as the name of a beach on South Carolina's Grand Strand than of a baby girl |
Myrtle
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This hard-drinking Welshman was residing in NYC's Chelsea Hotel when he met an untimely demise in 1953 |
Dylan Thomas
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You'll feel "Guilty" if you don't know that Barry Gibb sang "What Kind of Fool" with her |
Barbra Streisand
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These ancient religious rites that include the Eleusinian ones sound like they were created by Agatha Christie |
mysteries
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This sect associated with the Dead Sea Scrolls numbered about 4,000 -- not for long, due to their celibacy |
(Alex: Minute to go.)
Essenes
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It's the first name of Buddy Glass' big brother in stories by J.D. Salinger; he really needs no introduction |
Seymour
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This bizarre band with a bassist named Sputnik had the same name as a Katherine Anne Porter novel |
Ship of Fools
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Kodo is the Japanese ceremony of burning this, & sometimes trying to guess the type from the smell |
incense
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