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In this film a manager screams at one of his female players, "there's no crying in baseball!" |
(Alex: Yes, Tom Hanks.)
A League of Their Own
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He reworked a novel called "Stephen Hero" into "A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man" |
James Joyce
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Also part of any room, it's the area of a stock exchange occupied by the brokers & traders |
the floor
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Seeing a lack of these deterring French men from settling in Louisiana, the government tried to ship some in |
women
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Black & white film is coated with light-sensitive halides of this metal suspended in a gelatinous compound |
silver
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Any low, thick bush |
a shrub
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Ayyyyyyy! He went from Fonzie to football coach as Coach Klein in "The Waterboy" |
(Henry) Winkler
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This Capote book begins, "The village of Holcomb stands on the high wheat plains of western Kansas, a lonesome area" |
In Cold Blood
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Google held its annual meeting of these people June 2, 2011; proof of ownership was required |
shareholders (or stockholders)
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In 1624 the Dutch West India Company formed this colony in parts of what is now New York, New Jersey, Conn. & Delaware |
(Mike: What is New Amsterdam?) (Julie: What is New Holland?)
New Netherland
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Types of these cards used in digital cameras include MicroSD, SDHC & CompactFlash |
memory cards
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Coach Buttermaker (Walter Matthau) gave his little leaguers beer after a tough loss, but this film still means well |
The Bad News Bears
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This Hugo novel evokes medieval life under the reign of Louis XI |
(Julie: What is The Three Musketeers?) (Shelly: What is Les Miserables?)
The Hunchback of Notre-Dame
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This type of variable income tax increases as the amount to be taxed increases |
a progressive income tax
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In 1699 this pirate was captured in Boston; he was hanged 2 years later, leaving legends of buried treasure behind |
Captain Kidd
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Fewer than 25 authentic photographs survive by this French pioneer who died in 1851 |
(Louis) Daguerre
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To treat with contempt by ignoring |
snub
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In "Slap Shot", the team learned old-time hockey from player/coach Reggie Dunlop, portrayed by this acting legend |
Paul Newman
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This author of "Doctor Zhivago" studied philosophy at Moscow University & the University of Marburg |
Pasternak
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In a sentence like "I'm getting 8% return on munis", the word "munis" is short for these |
municipal bonds
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In September 1565 Father Francisco Lopez founded the first Catholic parish in what is now the U.S. in this Florida city |
St. Augustine
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Types of these lens attachments include polarizing, warming & neutral density |
filters
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One has his chin on his palm at the bottom of Raphael's "Sistine Madonna" |
a cherub
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He played an Indiana high school hoops coach in 1986 & a Washington pro football coach in 2000 |
Gene Hackman
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The narrator of this Poe story says, "above all was the sense of hearing acute" |
The Tell-Tale Heart
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(Jimmy of the clue crew gives the clue) One judge of a company's worth is this ratio--its current cost per share divided by its profits per share over a 1-year period |
the P/E ratio (price to earnings ratio)
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In June 1579 this British captain sailed into a harbor on the West Coast; San Franciscans say it was their bay |
(Sir Francis) Drake
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Called the Vacublitz, the first commercial flashbulb was patented in 1930 & featured foil sealed in this gas |
oxygen
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Hall of Famer Ryne Sandberg was one from 1982 to 1997 |
a (Chicago) Cub
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