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Hindus disapprove of killing animals, but they regard the slaying of this animal as the worst offense |
(Alex: Less than a minute now.)
cow
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Ed O'Neill & Jack Webb |
Joe Friday
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Abstract Expressionist: "Galaxy" (1947) |
Jackson Pollock
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Aaaaaay! He earned a master's degree from the Yale School of Drama 4 years before playing "The Fonz" |
Henry Winkler
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Chapter 11 of Genesis says that this Biblical patriarch hailed from Ur |
Abraham
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Not welcome; it usually follows "persona" |
non grata
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Many in India idolize this Hindu sitar virtuoso & today they idolize his daughter Norah Jones |
Ravi Shankar
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Dick York & Dick Sargent |
Darrin Stephens
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French: "Little Dancer, 14 Years Old" (1881) |
(Edgar) Degas
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(Sofia of the Clue Crew at the Yale Repertory Theatre in New Haven, Connecticut) This blue-eyed icon spent his salad days studying drama at Yale, long before making his own salad dressing |
Paul Newman
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Ur's extensive foreign trade was documented on tablets made of this found in the residential section of the city |
(David: What is stone?)
clay
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A person born in America from parents who emigrated from Japan, it means "second generation" |
Nisei
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A good Hindu knows the 3 main gods of Hinduism are Shiva, Vishnu & this creator god |
Brahma
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Cathy Lee Crosby (the TV movie) & Lynda Carter (the series) |
Wonder Woman
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From an American woman: "Woman Reading" (1878-79) |
Mary Cassatt
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This Broadway composer known for "Kiss Me Kate" wrote some of Yale's fight songs while he was a student at Yale |
Cole Porter
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Ur was located on this river important to its commerce & irrigation; today, the ruins are 10 miles west |
the Euphrates
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This London gaol appears in "Tom Jones" & in Charles Dickens' "Barnaby Rudge" |
Newgate Prison
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On a visit to Cambodia you can visit this large Hindu temple complex that dates from the 12th century |
Angkor Wat
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Dean Cain & Tom Welling |
(David: Who are [*] & Superman?) ... (Alex: David, you went a little overboard; the character in common is [*], but they did not both play Superman, but you added that little bit of information and that made you wrong.)
Clark Kent
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From an immigrant to Spain: "St. Francis in Prayer" (1580-1585) |
El Greco
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This Yale grad's play "The Skin of Our Teeth" premiered in New Haven in 1942 (& later won him his 3rd Pulitzer Prize) |
Thornton Wilder
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This king who threw Shadrach, Meschach & Abednego into the fiery furnace rebuilt Ur after years of neglect |
Nebuchadnezzar
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Dimlang Peak, this country's highest point, lies near its border with Cameroon |
Nigeria
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This important Hindu religious scripture's name means "Song of the Lord" |
(Dan: What is the Braga Vita?)
the Bhagavad Gita
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Audrey Meadows & Sheila MacRae |
Alice Kramden
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Impressionist: "Small Country Farm at Bordighera" (1884) |
(Dan: Who is Gauguin?)
Claude Monet
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Of our last 6 U.S. presidents, the 4 who are alumni of Yale |
(David: Who are George Herbert Walker Bush, George W. Bush, Bill Clinton &...) (Alex: Pick one.) (David: Jimmy Carter?) (Alex: Jimmy Carter went to Annapolis, I believe; Naval Academy.)
George W. Bush, Bill Clinton, George Herbert Walker Bush & Gerald Ford
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Though built over 4,000 years ago, much of this great terraced, pyramid-shaped temple tower still exists |
the ziggurat
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Now the capital of China's Jiangsu province, it was once the capital of all China under Chiang Kai-shek |
Nanking
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