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THE SUPER BOWL'S TOP RUSHER |
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King Arthur received this sword from the Lady of the Lake; it was later returned to her by Sir Bedivere |
Excalibur
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"Hypno-", as in hypnotism, is from the Greek for this |
sleep
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Olbermann & Berman are index entries in "Those Guys Have All the Fun", which details the history of this network |
ESPN
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Super Bowl VIII: This team's Larry Csonka |
the (Miami) Dolphins
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Money matters at this investment service company that invites you to "Talk to Chuck" |
Charles Schwab
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Of the days of the week |
Wednesday
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In some writings, it was Perceval, not Galahad, who went on a quest for this vessel |
the Holy Grail
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You can read "Life", the memoir of this Rolling Stone, or listen to Johnny Depp narrate the audio book |
Keith Richards
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Super Bowl XVIII: Marcus Allen, with 191 yards for this L.A. team |
the Raiders
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This astronomer & science writer from Cornell helped select the Mars landing sites for the Viking probes |
Carl Sagan
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Of Snow White's 7 dwarfs |
[Dave counts recites the dwarfs' names in his head before responding.] (Alex: Good thing there weren't 12 dwarfs.)
Sneezy
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This sorceress was introduced into Arthurian legend as Arthur's healer by Geoffrey of Monmouth around 1150 |
Morgana le Fey (or Morgan le Fay) (Morgaine accepted)
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This prefix that means "first" or "primitive" is found before "plasm" & "zoa" |
proto-
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"The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest" continues the story about a hacker from this country |
Sweden
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Super Bowl IX: This immaculate Steeler |
Franco Harris
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Some say when it comes to his films "Heathers" & "Pump Up the Volume", it's better to shoot first, then ask this actor |
(Christian) Slater
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Of the events in a decathlon |
the shot put
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"The Simple Joys of Maidenhood" is one of her songs in the version of the tale by Lerner of New York & Loewe of Berlin |
(Elizabeth: Who is Maid Marian?)
Guinevere
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"Anti-" means "against; "ante-" means this |
(Dave: What is after?)
before
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"Here Comes Trouble", a look back by this pot-stirring documentarian, includes his boyhood in Flint |
Michael Moore
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Super Bowl XXV: Thurman Thomas, in a losing cause for this team that lost 3 other Super Bowls |
the (Buffalo) Bills
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He became New York's senior senator when Daniel Patrick Moynihan retired in 2001 |
(Charles) Schumer
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By surname of current Supreme Court justices |
(Clarence) Thomas
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The Somerset town of Glastonbury claims to be this fabled isle, the final resting place of King Arthur |
Avalon
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When this prefix precedes "active", it means "backwards"; by itself it refers to the style of an earlier time |
retro-
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Book club alert--"Then Came You" is the latest novel by this author of "Good in Bed" & "In Her Shoes" |
(Alex: Elizabeth, pick again.) (Judge off-stage: We're out...) (Alex: Oh, we're out. Okay.) [Laughter] (Art: I'll go more Super Bowl questions.) [Laughter] (Alex: You want more Super Bowl clues? All right.) [Laughter] (Alex: We'll take a break. We'll come back to start Double Jeopardy! after this. It went too fast.)
Jennifer Weiner
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Super Bowl XXVIII: This Cowboys Hall of Famer |
(Alex: You broke Art's string there, and you're on the plus side with $200, Elizabeth.)
Emmitt Smith
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In 1914 a group of his "Chicago Poems" appeared in Poetry magazine |
Carl Sandburg
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Of the countries of the world |
Zimbabwe
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