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A QUESTION ABOUT TELEVISION |
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FACTS IN THE WORLD ALMANAC |
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On Easter Monday, April 24, 1916, Padraic Pearse & his men seized this city's general post office |
Dublin
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This question is the first line of the theme song from "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" |
Who can turn the world on with her smile?
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Tunisia's official language is Arabic, with this European tongue used widely as a second national language |
French
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The margay, the mastiff, the moa |
(Don: What are hounds?)
mastiff
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Most Americans get most of their cheese from these, makers of which bought $2.5 billion of cheese in 2002 |
(Don: What are cows?)
pizzas
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An instructional book is "Juggling for the Complete" one of these, a word from Yiddish meaning "clumsy person" |
Klutz
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After this hero left the scene, someone inevitably asked, "Who was that masked man?" |
The Lone Ranger
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Also found on the flags of Pakistan & Turkey, they're the 2 symbols found on the Tunisian flag |
the crescent & the star
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The Savannah, the serval, the shar-pei |
the shar-pei
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The Marine Corps emblem is an American eagle, a globe & one of these marine items |
an anchor
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This online travel service can ticket you on 455 airlines & put you in 500,000 lodging properties |
Orbitz
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This lover of Lillian Hellman is credited with creating the hard-boiled type of detective fiction |
Dashiell Hammett
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This 5-word question became a catchphrase for Gary Coleman on "Different Strokes" |
(Mike: What is "What'chu talkin' about... Willis?") (Alex: I don't think Gary put the pause in quite like that, but you are correct!)
What'chu talkin' 'bout, Willis?
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Tunisia's Cape Bon is only about 90 miles from the southwest coast of this Italian island |
Sicily
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The burmilla, the balbinus, the bichon frise |
the bichon frise
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In an almost 5-hour flight in 1962, John Glenn orbited the Earth a total of this many times |
3
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Artificial or synthetic |
ersatz
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Born in 1895, this movie choreographer would drill through floors to film his arrays of girls |
Busby Berkeley
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Watching "Twin Peaks", the lynch mob wondered, "Who killed" this teenager |
Laura Palmer
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The ancient ruins of this city destroyed in 146 B.C. are just outside the capital city of Tunis |
(Mike: What is Troy?) ... (Alex: You are now tied with Valerie with a minute to play.)
Carthage
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The cymric, the cockapoo, the caballado |
the cockapoo
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Prior to Sacagawea, she was the last woman on the $1 coin in general circulation |
[The end-of-round signal sounds.]
Susan B. Anthony
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The characters from this comic strip seen here are often found at Bryson Elementary |
Frazz
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This Frenchman turned down the Nobel Literature Prize in 1964 because it might compromise his freedom |
(Jean-Paul) Sartre
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This popular game show featured the question "Will our mystery guest enter and sign in, please?" |
What's My Line?
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This "Red-Bearded" pirate used Tunisia as a base when fighting off 16th C. Christian attempts to control the area |
Barbarossa
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The kelpie, the krait, the kabaddi |
the kelpie
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It's a printed cotton fabric, often used for drapes |
chintz
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