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This "Rhapsody In Blue" composer was just 38 when he died in 1937 following brain surgery |
Gershwin
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This scientist's name can be literally translated as "one stone" |
Einstein
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This phrase for the ocean follows "the devil and" |
the deep blue sea
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In 1764 weaver James Hargreaves developed this improved spinning machine that has a girl's name |
a spinning jenny
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"What I Saw at the Revolution" is Peggy Noonan's journey as a speechwriter for this president |
Reagan
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He was once the incredible, but now he's the indestructible this |
the Hulk
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In honor of the 200th anniversary of his birth, Poland proclaimed 2010 "the year of" this composer |
(John: Who is Strauss?) ... (Alex: Famous Polish pianist [*].)
Chopin
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In German, it's 5 plus 6, not just a pointy-eared "Lord of the Rings" creature |
elf
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Big decision? "we are at" this plural-named intersection |
crossroads
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In 1784 this American wrote in praise of bifocals, "serving for distant objects as well as near ones" |
Ben Franklin
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This couple linked with opposing parties wrote "All's Fair: Love, War and Running for President" |
James Carville and Mary Matalin
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Sue and Reed's kids are part of the fun when this alliterative group embarks on its epic journey |
The Fantastic Four
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One encyclopedia says of this Bach contemporary, "in 1715, he was the most famous composer alive" |
(George Frideric) Handel
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This Alpine flower, this Alpine flower, has a name meaning "noble white" |
edelweiss
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In tennis it's an awkward spot partway to net; in war it's between opposing armies |
no man's land
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In 1785, 16 years after his patent for an improved steam engine, he developed a fuel-efficient furnace |
James Watt
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Going from the White House to ABC News, he wrote "All Too Human: A Political Education" about his Clinton years |
George Stephanopoulos
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Iron Man is this billionaire crime fighter who sports a new suit of armor in each of the first five new issues |
Tony Stark
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As a young unknown, this "Lullaby" composer insulted Liszt by falling asleep during a performance |
Brahms
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This 5-letter word meaning "to eat" is also the name of the Ruhr region's main industrial city |
Essen
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The "great" one of these can refer to death or form part of the Montana-Idaho border |
the great divide
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Musicians can thank John Shore, who invented this in 1711; it vibrated at 423.5 cycles a second |
a tuning fork
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This Secretary of State wrote "The Politics of Diplomacy: Revolution, War and Peace, 1989-1992" |
(John: Who is Shultz?)
James Baker
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Trailing a god killer, Thor visits not only Viking times, but this realm of the Norse gods |
(Alistair: What is Valhalla?) ... (Alex: Visiting [*]. Valhalla is the room where they were greeted.)
Asgard
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Sadly, this Czech composer of "The Bartered Bride" died in an insane asylum in 1884 |
Smetana
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German for "replacement", in English it refers to an inferior substitute |
ersatz
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John Winthrop's 1630 sermon "A Model of Christian Charity" said "we shall be as a city upon" this |
a hill
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John Bird made the first of these navigating instruments with an arc of 60 degrees, or 1/6 of a circle |
sextant
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Working with presidents from Nixon to Clinton, this commentator wrote "Eyewitness to Power" |
(Judy: Who is Broder?)
(David) Gergen
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Marvel promises all-new chimichangas for this mercenary, also known as Wade Wilson |
Deadpool
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