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April 19, 1775: Just rode to Lexington & met Dawes; now off to Concord! (Samuel Prescott, you were tagged in this check-in) |
Paul Revere
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This state's flag flew at half-mast on the day of singer Israel Kamakawiwo'ole's 1997 funeral |
Hawaii
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The finale of the Millennium trilogy: "The Girl Who Kicked the ____'s Nest" |
Hornet
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This capital city on the Dnieper river lends its name to a high-calorie chicken dish |
Kiev
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In May music fans mourned the death of Robin Gibb & this disco queen |
(Parker: Who is Whitney Houston?) (Kristin: Who is Diana Ross?)
Donna Summer
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This word means "in the direction of the place where you live" |
homeward
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1485: @Bosworth Field, leading my side against those wretched Tudors & I need a ride desparately |
(Alex: "My horse--my kingdom for a horse." Right. $7,400.)
Richard III
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Born with the first name Israel, he became famous as his brother George's lyricist under this name |
(Alex: ...with less than a minute to go.)
Ira Gershwin
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Meta-fiction paying tribute to Melville: ____'s wife" |
Ahab
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The name of this city comes from the Quechua word rimac, & it's on the Rimac River |
Lima
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There's a little less laughter in Hollywood since the death of this comic |
Phyllis Diller
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Joseph Conrad's Lord Jim spends his life atoning for being one of these at a crucial moment |
coward
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December 1913: I'm in the Mexican state of Chihuahua, 'cause I'm governor now! Viva la revolucion! |
(Parker: Who is Huerta?) (Kristin: Who is Zapata?) (Natalie: Who is Juárez?)
Pancho Villa
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General Israel Putnam is said to have ordered, "Don't fire until you see the whites of their eyes" at this battle |
Bunker Hill
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By Margaret Atwood: "The ____'s tale" |
Handmaid
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Found on the Aare River, this Swiss capital was founded according to tradition in 1191 |
Bern
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Though he passed away at 82, this entertainment icon will forever be remembered as "America's oldest teenager" |
Dick Clark
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It's the opposite of leeward |
(Parker: Seward?)
windward
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1949: I'm in Taiwan, setting up a government with other nationalist Chinese leaders |
(Parker: Ooh. Who is Mao Zedong?)
Chiang Kai-shek
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In 1844 Israel Josaphat adopted this last name; with an added "S", it would become Europe's leading news agency |
Reuter
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A recent bestseller set in Paris in 1942 & 2002: "____'s Key" |
Sarah
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Lome is the capital & largest city of this West African country whose name is also 4 letters long |
Togo
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On his passing, Barbra Streisand said, "He was a true musical genius, but above all that, he was a beautiful human being" |
Marvin Hamlisch
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Honest & direct |
(Natalie: What is forward?)
straightforward
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480 B.C.: Crossing the Hellespont, supported by 700 ships; it's good to be the Persian king! |
Xerxes
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Israel ben Eliezer, better known as the Ba'al Shem Tov, founded this Orthodox Jewish movement in the 18th century |
Hasidism
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Subtitled "A Natural history of Four Meals": "The "____'s Dilemma" |
Omnivore
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Suva, the capital of this island nation, is a shipping & commercial center of the South Pacific |
Fiji
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In summer 2012 The Monkees announced their first tour since the death of this bandmate in February |
Davy Jones
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2-word equivalent of sommelier |
wine steward
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