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Capt. John Smith wrote about this Indian weapon & compared it to a poleax |
a tomahawk
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"1984" was a 1949 book by Eric Blair written under this pen name |
George Orwell
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To go from Philadelphia to New Jersey, you cross this river that shares its name with another state |
the Delaware
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This Nazi minister of propaganda & his wife killed themselves & their children on May 1, 1945 |
Goebbels
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The hypoglossal nerve controls its many movements, including wagging |
(Debra: What is the tail?--[*]? [*], sorry.) (Alex: [*]. She corrected in time. There's a big difference between the tail and [*]. Debra, select.) (Debra: I know!)
the tongue
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This "divine" French actress was the illegitimate daughter of a Dutch courtesan |
Sarah Bernhardt
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Slaves bought in Africa were sold in the West Indies for molasses used to make this liquor |
rum
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"Where Have I Been?" was the 1982 autobiography of this "Your Show of Shows" comedian |
Sid Caesar
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The Cubans call it Bahia de Cochinos; we call it this |
the Bay of Pigs
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This infamous French nobleman died at the asylum of Charenton in 1814 -- it "pains" us to tell you |
the Marquis de Sade
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On land this class of vertebrates can absorb oxygen through the skin, provided it's moist |
amphibians
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'40s film star whose family, the Lupinos, performed in Europe in the 17th century |
Ida Lupino
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Colorful name of Edward Teach, the pirate who hid out on Ocracoke Island off the N.C. coast |
(Michael: Who is Bluebeard?)
Blackbeard
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1 of 2 Arthur Hailey novels to become the top-selling fiction book of the year |
Airport (or Wheels)
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Incan ruins have been found on islands in this lake on the border of Bolivia & Peru |
Lake Titicaca
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Etta Place, who rode with this outlaw pair, was probably a lady of the evening, not a schoolteacher |
Butch Cassidy & the Sundance Kid
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It mitosis 1 cell becomes 2; in meiosis a single cell produce this many daughter cells |
4
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Italian actress Eleonora Duse was famous for her roles in this Norwegian's plays |
Henrik Ibsen
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He followed his novel "Monsieur Beaucaire" with a term in the Indiana state legislature |
Booth Tarkington
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Odessa is the largest Soviet port on this sea |
(Debra: What is the Caspian Sea?)
the Black Sea
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After a serious illness in 37 A.D., this Roman emperor became cruel & mentally unbalanced |
(Alex: That's right, and we have a minute to go.)
Caligula
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Protozoans living in a termite's gut break down this substance in the wood the termite eats |
(Michael: What is the pulp?)
cellulose
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This "Jersey Lily" was the daughter of the Very Reverend Wm. C. Le Breton, Dean of Jersey |
Lillie Langtry
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Shawmut was the Indian name for the peninsula on which this city was founded in 1630 |
(Michael: What is Philadelphia[?--recording unintelligible]?) (Debra: What is Jamestown?) (Peter: What is, um... hm... what is...) [The end-of-round signal sounds.]
Boston
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An incident from his book "My Life in Court" inspired the stage play "A Case of Libel" |
Louis Nizer
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In sailing from the English Channel to the North Sea, one would pass through this strait |
the Strait of Dover
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6 of "Bugs" Moran's henchmen & an optometrist were the victims of this 1929 slaughter |
the St. Valentine's Day Massacre
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A healthy red blood cell in your body has about 300 mil. of these oxygen-carrying molecules |
hemoglobin
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This bass-voiced Alabama actress starred in the original 1939 production of "The Little Foxes", darling |
Tallulah Bankhead
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