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SPELLINGE WYTH GEOFFREY CHAUCER |
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In "Civil Disobedience", this transcendentalist said, "That government is best which governs least" |
Thoreau
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A 1981 movie-within-a-movie: "The ___ Lieutenant's Woman" |
French
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This room isn't just for actors; it's become part of many master bedroom suites |
(Alex: Oh, you're going to hate yourself for missing this one...)
a dressing room
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This future Chief Justice was Dewey's 1948 running mate |
(Earl) Warren
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One of the Canterbury Tales tells of the Wyf of this place (which Chaucer spelled with an E on the end) |
Bath
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It was really after this 1815 battle that Louis XVIII felt secure back on his old throne |
Waterloo
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His "Beyond Good and Evil" is prophetically subtitled "Prelude to a Philosophy of the Future" |
(Pam: Who is Kierkegaard?)
Nietzsche
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A 1996 weepie: "The ___ Patient" |
English
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The name of this 1868 loser is on the president's guest house |
(Francis) Blair
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In the first line of "The Canterbury Tales" this calendar word is spelled to end with a double L |
April
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The roof of a factory & museum in Eden, N.Y. has the world's largest metal one of these toy instruments |
a kazoo
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It may defy pure reason, but this philosopher seen here spent his whole life, 1724 to 1804, in Koenigsburg in East Prussia |
Kant
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'50s nostalgia from 1978: "___ Hot Wax" |
American
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Before "dining room", this word that evokes tuxedos just means it's a separate room |
(Eric: Uh, what's a drawing room?)
formal
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His 1920 run with James M. Cox didn't end his political career |
(Alex: In fact, he went on to great success. It was [*].)
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
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Chaucer spells this word to end in D-E-L; it's where a child of "half yeer age" lies |
a cradle
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Members of this Algonquian-speaking tribe live in Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas & Mexico, but not in Dogpatch |
(Alex: Yeees. [*] Joy Juice! Ah, well done, Pam.)
the Kickapoo
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This Scottish philosopher who died in 1776 denied that a miracle can be proved with any amount or kind of evidence |
David Hume
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A 1995 comedy: "___ Bacon" |
Canadian
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A storage room by the kitchen where china & silver are kept is his "pantry" |
the butler's pantry
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Bryan's 1900 running mate; his grandson with the same name also lost a race or 2 |
Adlai Stevenson
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One Chaucer poem is about "The Parliament" of these (spelled with a U in place of the W) |
(Arthur: What is an, uh, Owls?) ... (Alex: You're close, Arthur, but it's the Parliament of [*], not Owls.)
Fowls
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They're the two pets seen here whose names differ by a letter |
cockapoo & cockatoo
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This 20th century German wondered about the nature of being in works like "Being and Time" |
(Arthur: Who's Schopenhauer?)
Martin Heidegger
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A 1997 Mamet mystery: "The ___ Prisoner" |
Spanish
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Named for its recessed panels, it's the type of ceiling shown; you can get a less elaborate version for the home |
(Alex: That is a [*]; it's my den.) [Laughter]
coffered ceiling
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This New Yorker was landslided with Goldwater |
William Miller
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The pilgrims are off to the shrine of Thomas Becket, whom Chaucer calls the "Blisful" this (with an I where we put a Y) |
(Pam: Um, who is the Archbishop of Canterbury?)
martyr
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Common Australian term for a newcomer on a sheep or cattle ranch |
a jackaroo
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