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Vivaldi was born in this city where his dad was a violinist at St. Mark's |
Venice
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On HBO: "Those highest natural singing voices" |
The Sopranos
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"You may delay, but time will not", he wrote in "Poor Richard's Almanack" |
Benjamin Franklin
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Though it's gone beyond the corporate world, IBM stands for this |
International Business Machines
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This university's Hargrett Library has a special collection devoted to author Margaret Mitchell |
the University of Georgia
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A favorite of chefs, this type of chocolate contains at least 35% chocolate liquor |
bittersweet
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Vivaldi suffered from a lifelong strettezza di petto ("tightness of the chest"), thought to be bronchial this |
asthma
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Since 2004, a Sunday night staple: "Needy domestic engineers" |
Desperate Housewives
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This Marlowe title doctor asks the heavens to stand still "that time may cease and midnight never come" |
Faustus
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Originally an adding machine maker, in 1944 IBM made its first steps toward one of these with the Harvard Mark I |
a computer
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Although founded in 1867, this Washington, D.C. school didn't have its first black president until 1926 |
Howard
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Try, make an effort, even a "vain" one |
attempt
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A redhead, Vivaldi was called il prete rosso, "the red" this (he'd been ordained in 1703) |
priest
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A game show: "Tinseltown Nerds" |
Hollywood Squares
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Per Longfellow, "We can make our lives sublime / And parting leave behind us / footprints on" these |
the sands of time
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Making data transport easier, one of IBM's innovations was the creation of this "disk" in 1971 |
floppy disk
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The 20-inch Hale Telescope on Mount Palomar is owned and operated by this school |
(Stephen: What is UCLA?) (Kathy: What is USC?)
Caltech
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On "Mindfreak", Criss Angel escaped from 2 of these restrictive garments while dangling from a crane |
straitjacket
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In 1725 Vivaldi published this (Opus 8, Nos. 1-4), a cycle of violin concerti |
(Stephen: Oh, goodness. Uh, I--I think I'm just gonna risk $100.) (Alex: $100 only? Not a big Vivaldi fan, are you?) ... [Stephen's grimace makes clear he wishes he'd wagered more.]
The Four Seasons
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A sitcom: "DeFazio plus Feeney" |
Laverne & Shirley
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"The time has come", this character says, "to talk of many things" |
the Walrus
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IBM may have earned this colorful nickname from the conservative dress code imposed on its employees |
"Big Blue"
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This New London, Connecticut academy's motto is "The sea yields to knowledge" |
the Coast Guard Academy
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From the white lining seen when it opens its jaws, the water moccasin is also called this |
cottonmouth
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Vivaldi composed nearly 40 of these sung pieces, including "Amor, Hai Vinto" & "Perfidissimo Cor" |
cantatas
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A cop drama: "Those thoroughfares within a West Coast bay city" |
Streets of San Francisco
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Andrew Marvell wrote, "At my back I always hear / Time's winged" this transport "hurrying near" |
a chariot
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It's the last name of father & son Thomas Sr. & Jr., who led IBM for more than 50 years |
(Alex: And their last name was [*]. With a minute to go now, Stephen.)
Watson
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In 1842 Willamette University in this state capital became the first college on the West Coast |
Salem (Oregon)
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It's the 18-letter term for a doctor who treats stomach & intestinal disorders |
gastroenterologist
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