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This playwright's family served as the model for the Wingfields in his play "The Glass Menagerie" |
Tennessee Williams
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In 1542 Francisco de Orellana began traveling down this river from Ecuador, reaching its mouth on the Atlantic |
the Amazon
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Lighting & camera blocking are done with these people instead of the stars of the film |
stand-ins
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We gotta repair the rupture of this tendon that attaches the muscles of the calf to the heel bone |
the Achilles tendon
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This "Back to the Future" star won the 2009 Best Spoken Word Album for "Always Looking Up" |
Michael J. Fox
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A real-life event that illustrates a moral principle is this type of "lesson" |
(Jillian: What is objective?)
an object lesson
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About this playwright, Marilyn Monroe said, "if I were nothing but a dumb blonde, he wouldn't have married me" |
Arthur Miller
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In 1953 the last inmates left this French penal colony that held some 70,000 prisoners over its 100-year existence |
(Drew: What is French Guiana?)
Devil's Island
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In movie credits, "transportation captain" is often closely followed by about a dozen of these, whom he supervises |
drivers
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You'll look at least hours younger after a rhytidectomy, aka this cosmetic surgery |
(Drew: What is a haircut?)
a facelift
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Well, excuuuse this actor for winning the 2009 Best Bluegrass Album for "The Crow: New Songs for the Five-String Banjo" |
Steve Martin
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This word for a type of notice in a newspaper is from the Latin for "death" |
an obituary
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Before his first success with "Come Blow Your Horn", he wrote TV comedy for "Your Show of Shows" & "The Phil Silvers Show" |
(Drew: Who is... Eugene O'Neill?)
Neil Simon
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It's the Spanish acronym for the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, battling the government since 1964 |
FARC
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I don't recommend this 8-letter surgical procedure that cuts nerve connections in the brain; it wasn't so big after the '50s |
a lobotomy
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He won 1980's Best Comedy Recording with "No Respect", I tell ya |
Rodney Dangerfield
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The front side of a coin |
the obverse
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His 1889 play "The Wood Demon" was a failure; he reworked it as the successful "Uncle Vanya" |
Chekhov
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Between 1833 & 1855, this general led Mexico 11 different times & was responsible for losing much land to the U.S. |
(Antonio López de) Santa Anna
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If you're one of these professionals & a cut above, you may win an Eddie Award |
an editor
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Surgery known as coronary artery this 6-letter word is sometimes used to relieve chest angina resistant to medication |
bypass
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2009's Best Female Country Vocal went to her for "White Horse", where (shocker!) she goes off on an ex-boyfriend |
Taylor Swift
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Type of training that'll bring your dog to heel (& sit & stay) |
obedience training
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In 1665 this French playwright's "Don Juan" had a brief run but wasn't seen again during his lifetime due to church pressure |
Molière
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In 2004 Martin Torrijos, son of former dictator Omar Torrijos, was elected president of this Central American country |
Panama
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If an actor's words can't be heard, time for ADR, short for "additional" or "automated" this "replacement" |
dialogue
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A beam reshapes the cornea in this procedure named by Dr. Pallikaris & made up of letters found in his name |
LASIK
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At 1st I was afraid, I was petrified you wouldn't know Gloria Gaynor won the 1979 Best Disco Recording for this tune |
"I Will Survive"
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The Washington Monument is one |
an obelisk
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