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In 1027 the Council of Elne prohibited hostilities between knights & others any time on this day of the week |
Sunday
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A bassoon is an example of an instrument with a double one of these; a saxophone, a single one |
a reed
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She & Daniel Craig play a married couple in "Dream House" & took their work home with them, marrying secretly in 2011 |
Rachel Weisz
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Dating to c. 1650 B.C., the Rhind Papyrus, a scroll from this civilization, put the value of pi at about 3.16 |
Egypt
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Jenny Garp, one of the title character's kids |
John Irving
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A celebration of the Eucharist |
[The end-of-round signal sounds.]
mass
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The increasing idealization of women by knights developed out of cult devoted to this biblical woman |
Mary
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A type of dulcimer that is the state instrument of Kentucky is named for these mountains |
the Appalachians
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Evan Rachel Wood played Sophie-Anne, the vampire queen of Louisiana, on this biting series |
True Blood
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In 1949 this acronymical computer found pi to more than 2,000 digits; modern ones have passed 2 quadrillion |
ENIAC
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Major Major Major Major, a major character |
(Joseph) Heller
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It's distilled to make rum |
molasses
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In 1202 Albert, this Latvian city's bishop, organized the Brothers of the Sword to convert pagans |
Riga
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Appropriately, the song "Back In The U.S.S.R." mentions this Russian instrument |
a balalaika
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She plays Rachel Berry, who uses every opportunity to propel herself to stardom on "Glee" |
Lea Michele
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R.I.P. Ludolph van Ceulen, who calculated pi to 35 places & had the digits engraved on his this in 1610 |
his tombstone
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Paul Atreides, who has a rough go of it on Arrakis (the original author, please) |
Frank Herbert
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A multi-colored light cotton fabric named for an Indian seaport |
Madras
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The name of these identifying designs comes from their use on the surcoat worn over a knight's armor |
(Christy: What are heralds?)
a coat-of-arms
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She hosts an eponymous show on MSNBC |
Rachel Maddow
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Eureka! around 250 B.C., this sage of Syracuse estimated pi at around 22/7 |
(Stephanie: Who is Pythagoras?)
Archimedes
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Jurgis Rudkus, a worker in the Chicago stockyards |
(Kelly: Who is Theodore Dreiser?)
Upton SInclair
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This Greek word refers to one underlying system of beliefs of a social group |
(Christy: What are mantras?)
mythos
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For some reason, a 3D Legend of Zelda game is subtitled this instrument "of Time" |
(Christy: What is harp?)
Ocarina of Time
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This Aussie actress went American to play Sarah Walker on "Brothers and Sisters" |
Rachel Griffiths
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Johann Lambert wasn't delusional in 1761 when he showed that pi is one of these numbers |
(Christy: What is a prime number?) (Kelly: What is an imaginary number?)
an irrational number
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Quentin Compson, a suicidal Harvard student |
(William) Faulkner
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10-letter word meaning having an unpleasant smell |
malodorous
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