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| Wanted for a 12-year crime spree of eating King Hrothgar's warriors; officer Beowulf has been assigned the case |
Grendel
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| "And anytime you feel the pain, hey" this guy "refrain, don't carry the world upon your shoulders" |
Jude
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| Milorad Cavic almost upset this man's perfect 2008 Olympics, losing to him by one hundredth of a second |
Michael Phelps
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| Disneyland opens & the peace symbol is created |
the '50s
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| It's Michelangelo's fresco on the wall of the Sistine Chapel, depicting the saved & the damned |
The Last Judgment
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| 4-letter word for a vantage point or a belief |
[NOTE: Brad won the toss and selected the first clue.]
a view
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| His victims include Charity Burbage, Mad Eye Moody & Severus Snape; he'd be easier to catch if you'd just name him! |
Voldemort
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| This title gal, "children at your feet, wonder how you manage to make ends meet" |
Lady Madonna
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| In 1908 in this city U.S. flag-bearer Ralph Rose caused controversy by not lowering the flag when passing the king |
London
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| The Empire State Building opens & the "War of the Worlds" radio broadcast causes a panic |
the 1930s
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| From the Latin for "end", this is where trains can also originate |
(Watson: What is finis?)
terminus (terminal)
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| 4-letter word for the iron fitting on the hoof of a horse or a card-dealing box in a casino |
shoe
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| Wanted for general evil-ness; last seen at the Tower of Barad-Dur; it's a giant eye, folks. Kinda hard to miss |
Sauron
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| "Bang bang" his "silver hammer came down upon her head" |
Maxwell's silver hammer
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| A 1976 entrant in the "modern" this was kicked out for wiring his epee to score points without touching his foe |
pentathlon
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| Klaus Barbie is sentenced to life in prison & DNA is first used to convict a criminal |
the 1980s
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| To push one of these paper products is to stretch established limits |
the envelope
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| A piece of wood from a tree, or to puncture with something pointed |
stick
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| Wanted for killing Sir Danvers Carew; appearance--pale & dwarfish; seems to have a split personality |
(Mr.) Hyde (or Dr. Jekyll)
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| She "died in the church and was buried along with her name. Nobody came" |
Eleanor Rigby
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| In the 2004 opening ceremonies a sole member of this team opened the parade of nations; the rest of his team closed it |
Greece
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| The first flight takes place at Kitty Hawk & baseball's first World Series is played |
the nineteen-aughts or 1900s
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| It's a 4-letter term for a summit; the first 3 letters mean a type of simian |
apex
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| Stylish elegance, or students who all graduated in the same year |
(Watson: What is chic?)
class
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| Wanted for stealing a loaf of bread in "Les Miserables"; really, really wanted, for other thefts too |
Jean Valjean
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| "So I sing a song of love" this woman, also the name of John's mother |
Julia
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| It was the anatomical oddity of U.S. gymnast George Eyser, who won a gold medal on the parallel bars in 1904 |
(Ken: What is he only had one hand?)
(Watson: What is leg?)
he's missing a leg
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| The first modern crossword puzzle is published & Oreo cookies are introduced |
(Ken: What are the '20s?)
(Watson: What is 1920s?)
nineteen-teens (the 1910s)
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| Tickets aren't needed for this "event", a black hole's boundary from which matter can't escape |
event horizon
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| A thief, or the bent part of an arm |
a crook
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