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REVOLUTIONARY WAR GENERALS |
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STARTS WITH THE SAME 2 LETTERS |
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This woman, upon meeting Jimmy Page at Buckingham Palace, asked, "And what do you do? |
Queen Elizabeth II
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Desperado pays tribute to this group |
The Eagles
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In command when the war began, Artemas Ward was soon playing second fife to this man |
Washington
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Because it operates like an old execution device, your average paper cutter also goes by this name |
a guillotine
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Dateline Southwark: 30 pilgrims en route from Tabard Inn ultimately to this town in Kent |
Canterbury
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A 1939 editorial: The problem with this is "people must sit and keep their eyes glued... the average American family hasn't time" |
television
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Well, whatever--Nevermind has the look & sound of this grunge group |
(Alex: You know your groups.)
Nirvana
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In 2002 this French general became only the sixth person to be named an honorary U.S. citizen |
Lafayette
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A ciborium is a small container used to hold the consecrated wafers for this sacrament |
communion
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Dateline Hell: This "lost archangel" laments loss of Paradise & plots revenge |
Satan
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If you've got lots & lots of something, you've got this large amount |
oodles
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"No matter what happens, the U.S. Navy is not going to be caught napping", said Navy Sec. Frank Knox Dec. 4 of this year |
(Alex: Yep, we were caught napping.)
1941
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Here's a message in a bottle: Stung covers the songs of this trio |
The Police
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This last surviving general who died in 1832 at 98, gave his name to a South Carolina site that later made big news |
[Note: The Double Jeopardy! graphic flips on screen as soon as this Daily Double is hit.]
(Thomas) Sumter
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Dateline Georgia: Sharecropper Jeeter Lester lives out his sad existence on this "road" |
Tobacco Road
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In the Bible he made the Golden Calf, disappointing his brother |
Aaron
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Variety in 1955 on this musical style: "It will be gone by June" |
rock & roll
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Covering this quartet, Vertigo USA could be "even better than the real thing" |
U2
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This general became our nation's first Secretary of War & had a Kentucky fort named in his honor |
(Henry) Knox
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It's the 3-letter word for an apple seed or any of the spots on a pair of dice |
a pip
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Dateline London: Orphan asks for additional serving of this 5-letter foodstuff |
gruel
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This kind of tea gets its name from the Chinese for "black dragon" |
oolong
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In 2010 British Petroleum said it "seemed inconceivable" that this oil rig device, BP for short, could fail |
(Alex: And that device was [*], which did fail with great consequence.)
the blowout preventer
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Perhaps "Back In Black", Live Wire "Shook Me All Night Long" with its tribute to this hard rock group |
AC/DC
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A statue of this "colorful" general in the U.S. Capitol represents the State of Rhode Island |
(Marc: Who was Brown?)
Nathanael Greene
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Derived from French, it's the small type of souffle baking dish seen here--who wants dessert? |
a ramekin
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Dateline "On the Road": Sal & Dean beat-ing it to this West Coast town |
(Alex: On the road to [*].)
San Francisco
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This British company bills itself as "the world's leading insurance market" |
Lloyd's
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