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50 YEARS OF JAMES BOND FILMS |
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Rockefeller Center: The borough |
Manhattan
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Patrick Henry: "Give me ____ or give me death!" |
liberty
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Ennui means this; Schopenhauer calls it the feeling of the emptiness of existence, & I feel it when I read Schopenhauer |
(Terry: What is bored, [*]?)
boredom
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The franchise started in 1962 with James Bond facing off against this title villain |
Dr. No
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In 2012 this 2-named energy company reported a quarterly profit of nearly $16 bil., the highest ever for a U.S. corp. |
(John: What is Exxon Valdez?) ... (Alex: John you gave us the name of the boat instead of the company, [*].)
Exxon Mobil
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Light is focused by a concave mirror in this type of telescope |
(Francesca: What is refractionary?)
a reflecting telescope
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Benjamin Franklin: "There never was a ____ ____ or a bad peace" |
good war
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20,000 times a day these paired organs expand & contract, in & out; how tedious |
lungs
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Oddjob painted Jill Masterson's entire body, resulting in a memorable scene in this film |
Goldfinger
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In January 2009 a share in this tech co. was $82.33; In August 2012, after a court victory over Samsung, it opened at $680 |
Apple
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This condensed compendium is one of the 10 most popular magazines in America |
Reader's Digest
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Petco Park Major League Baseball stadium: The city |
San Diego
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Huey P. Long: "I looked around at the little fishes present, and said, 'I'm the ____'" |
(Terry: What is a kingfisher?)
kingfish
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I tire of the rows & columns of this Microsoft spreadsheet program introduced in 1985 |
Excel
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Skyfall, the 23rd film in the franchise marks this actor's third outing as Bond, James Bond |
(Alex: [*] is right, and Skyfall by the way opens tomorrow. Big opening for that movie.
Daniel Craig
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In 1999 this "colorful" airline took delivery of its 1st airbus A320--in 2011 it boasted 100 daily flights at Logan Airport |
JetBlue
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It's the "R" in RSV, a 1952 version of the Bible |
revised
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Mount McKinley: The national park |
(John: What is Alaska?) ... (Alex: [*], yes. We want the national park.)
Denali
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Richard Nixon: "It is time for the great ____ ____ of Americans to stand up and be counted" |
silent majority
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Calling sit-ups & push-ups by this word from the Greek for "beautiful" doesn't make them interesting |
calisthenics
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The title of the 16th Bond film, it's also what's denoted by the "00" prefix |
Licence to Kill
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O-ho, this bank's wagon is a-comin' down the street & it's filled with money; it's No. 26 on the 2012 Fortune 500 |
Wells Fargo
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It's the "R" in RV when the "V" is a spacecraft |
reentry
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Holiday Inn Bratislava: The country |
(Francesca: What is Slovenia?) ... (Alex: [*], not Slovenia.)
Slovakia
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Margaret Sanger: "No woman can call herself free until she can choose...whether she will or will not be a ____" |
mother
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This government agency with a lightning bolt logo says sunshine all next week; will it never end? |
the National Weather Service
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George Lazenby played 007 just once, in this film where Bond fell in love & got married |
(Terry: What is In Her Majesty's Secret Service?) (John: What is In His Majesty's Secret Service?)
On Her Majesty's Secret Service
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Don Fisher "couldn't find a pair of jeans that fit"; the result was this store, clothing us since 1969 |
Gap
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From the Latin for "beat back", it means to resound in a succession of echoes |
reverberate
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