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Mary Renault's historical novel "Fire from Heaven" chronicles the childhood of this Macedonian king |
Alexander the Great
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Edward Joseph Flanagan |
(Alex: "Boys Town", Father Flanagan.)
Spencer Tracy
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In 1920 Vahdah Olcutt Bickford published her method for playing this Hawaiian instrument |
the ukulele
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This female first name is Italian for "beautiful" |
Bella
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In August 2003 Pepsi introduced its cola flavored with this; Coke had done it back in 2002 |
(Michael: What is lemon?)
vanilla
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NASA wanted to call its first flight-capable shuttle the Constitution, but fans of a TV show clamored for this |
the Enterprise
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Stephen Crane gathered material for this 1895 novel by reading "Battles and Leaders of the Civil War" |
The Red Badge of Courage
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Annie Sullivan |
Anne Bancroft
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The cowbell on a cow has one of these; the cowbell used by orchestras doesn't have one |
a clapper
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Eudora Welty's "The Optimist's Daughter", for example |
novella
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While the flower is purple, it produces a strong yellow dye that can color rice |
saffron
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Johns Hopkins operates this orbiting observatory for NASA |
the Hubble Space Telescope
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This word completes the names of the series "The Lymond..." & "The Kent Family..." |
(Ann: What are sagas?)
Chronicles
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Alvin C. York |
(Alex: "Sergeant York.")
Gary Cooper
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Richard Stoltzman, who went from playing Dixieland to Mozart, is a virtuoso on this woodwind |
the clarinet
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"Gray's Anatomy" tells us this bone is embedded in the tendon of the Quadriceps femoris |
the patella
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If you take a swig of kummel, you'll notice the flavor of this spice it was named for |
(Steve: What is anise?)
cumin
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NASA had planned to have a shuttle dock with this in 1979 & push it up into a higher orbit, but ran out of time |
Skylab
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Patrick O'Brian wrote 20 books about this British captain played by Russell Crowe in a 2003 film |
(Michael: Who is Horatio Hornblower?)
Jack Aubrey
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Paul Gauguin |
(Steve: Blanking out!) ... (Alex: Lust for Life, starring Kirk Douglas.)
Anthony Quinn
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The oldest form of stringed keyboard instrument, its name means "key-string" |
(Steve: What is a sonnetina?)
clavichord
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A bet where you select the first- & second-place horses but not their order of finish |
(Michael: What is a quintella?)
quinella
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The aril or cage around nutmeg is dried to produce this spice, also the name of a medieval weapon |
mace
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It's where you'll find the Sagan Memorial Station, named for Carl Sagan (it used to be called Pathfinder) |
Mars
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He's "Number One" among current spy novelists with his WWII-era tales like "Kingdom of Shadows" |
(Alex: Less than a minute now, Steve.)
Alan Furst
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Defense attorney Hans Rolfe |
(Alex: The film was "Judgment at Nuremberg" & the Oscar-winning actor was [*].)
Maximilian Schell
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(Sarah of the Clue Crew in Munich, Germany) The carillon in Munich's Town Hall is also called by this German name, for an instrument using metal bars |
the glockenspiel
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(Cheryl of the Clue Crew in New York City) The name of this Italian specialty deli meat, similar to bologna, means that it was once seasoned with myrtle berries |
mortadella
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This dried inner bark of a tropical tree is used to spice up teas & cooked fruit |
cinnamon
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In 1964 4 Soviet crafts called Elektrons were sent up to measure this radiation belt |
the Van Allen Belt
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