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The passenger & crew compartment of an airship shares this name with a type of boat used in Venice |
a gondola
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1996: "Killing Me Softly" |
The Fugees
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Around 447 B.C. this group led by the "Scourge of God" devastated the Balkans & drove south into Greece |
[ERRATUM: The Huns' campaign in the Balkans and Greece was circa 447-450 A.D., not B.C.]
the Huns
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Valued at $3.8 mil., the most expensive one of these is encrusted with 4,517 diamonds; it'll at least hold a lipstick |
a purse
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A professional solicitor of financial contributions for charity |
fundraiser
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His "Fun in Acapulco" included crooning "Bossa Nova Baby" |
Elvis
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In 2011 this firm announced it was phasing out its blimps in favor of rigid airships with aluminum & carbon skeletons |
Goodyear
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1969: "A Boy Named Sue" |
Johnny Cash
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A $69 hot dog (called a "haute dog") is grilled in white truffle oil & topped with this liver from a duck |
foie gras
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I've got the munchies; ah, just what I need--these savory snacks from Frito-Lay |
Funyuns
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Later president of the U.S., he caught a sailfish on his honeymoon in Acapulco in 1953 |
(Glenn: Who is Nixon?)
(John F.) Kennedy
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On March 31, 1936 it left Germany on its first transatlantic trip, arriving in Rio de Janeiro 4 days later |
the Hindenburg
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1987: "Touch of Grey" |
The Grateful Dead
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This king who died in 1750 B.C. left a code dealing with family laws, loans, debts & even witchcraft |
Hammurabi
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Fetching $3.6 million at auction, the "Molitor" is a violin he made in 1697 |
Stradivarius
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A strict, often literal adherent to a faith's tenets & practices |
fundamentalism
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Acapulco is famous for this daring activity at La Quebrada |
cliff diving
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This insurance company operates 2 full-time blimps, Snoopy One & Snoopy Two |
MetLife
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1978: "Dust in the Wind" |
Kansas
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Doric columns, like at the Parthenon, had 16-20 grooves; these more slender columns at the nearby Erechtheum usually had 24 |
Ionic
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Go ahead & splurge on a private island; Bird Cay is just $14 million & 30 minutes from Nassau in these islands |
the Bahamas
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An official dinner, or a mathematical variable with a specified relation to another one |
a function
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He spent his last days in Acapulco but died in flight on his private plane back to Houston in 1976 |
Howard Hughes
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He began construction of his first airship in June 1898 in a wooden hangar on Lake Constance |
(Count) Zeppelin
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2006: "White & Nerdy" |
"Weird Al" Yankovic
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The 1st inscription on this 1799 discovery is in hieroglyphics, the 2nd in everyday Egyptian & the 3rd in Greek |
the Rosetta Stone
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He had more than 300 field animals in his private zoo at his San Simeon estate |
(Alex: ...with a minute to deal with the last category.)
(William Randolph) Hearst
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It's a cable-operated railway going up a hillside |
a funicular
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Several of this artist's last murals were painted at the Acapulco estate of his friend Dolores Olmedo |
(Ellen: Who is Miro?) (Glenn: Who is Gris? Gris?)
(Diego) Rivera
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