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ACTRESSES PLAYING ACTRESSES |
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@stellakowalski I'd like to stay with you & Stanley for a bit. thanks, sis! #neworleans familyfun |
Blanche (DuBois)
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Waynesboro near the Savannah River in this state is known as the "bird dog capital of the world" |
Georgia
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In 2012 Tracie Bennett starred on Broadway as this entertainer in "End of the Rainbow" |
Judy Garland
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This planet shines the brightest in our sky |
Venus
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In 845 the Vikings rowed up this river & plundered Paris; they left only after accepting a bribe from Charles the Bald |
the Seine
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This adjective meaning undefeatable & unconquerable was often applied to the Spanish Armada |
invincible
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@effietrinket Prim is out. I'm taking her place. #roughday indistrict12 |
(Amanda: What is The Hunger Games?) ... (Alex: Yes, Hunger Games is the work, not the character.)
Katniss Everdeen
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(Jimmy of the Clue Crew delivers the clue.) Scholars have mapped the U.S. based on what people in each region call soft drinks like Coke & ginger ale; In the highlighted areas here, they use the word "pop"; in these areas here, they use this word |
soda
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Since it was discovered in 1846, it has completed only one orbit around the Sun |
Neptune
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After this Venice cathedral burned down during a 976 uprising, it was rebuilt twice over the next 120 years |
St. Mark's
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One on women's rights was held at Seneca Falls, New York in 1848 |
convention
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@brotherjem Gonna be late, Dill N me R hangin out #alabamaslammin |
Scout
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Last name of brothers John & Henry, who in 1874 provided 80 acres for what became the home of the Kentucky Derby |
Churchill
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She went near the edge herself playing fragile actress Frances Farmer in a 1982 film |
[The end-of-round signal sounds.]
Jessica Lange
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It's where you'll find the Haviland Crater |
(Amanda: What is Mars?) ... (Alex: You'll find it right here on Earth, in Kansas.)
Earth
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In the Middle Ages, to be "broken on" one of these, like St. Catherine, was to be lashed to it & beaten |
wheel
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You don't have to be a CBer to know that it's a group of military vehicles traveling together for safety |
convoy
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@coramunro Stay alive! no matter what occurs! I will find you! #inmovienotbook butyougettheidea |
(Amanda: Who is Braveheart?) ... (Alex: Who is [*] in Last of the Mohicans.)
Hawkeye
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A cruise ship called The Spirit of Ethan Allen III provides narrated tours of this large scenic lake |
(John: What is...) (Alex: Hurry.) (John: Um...Lake Vermont?) (Alex: No, but you're in the right part of the country...[*].)
Lake Champlain
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In 2011 she starred as Marilyn Monroe in "My Week with Marilyn" |
Michelle Williams
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There a day is twice as long as a year, 4,222 hours to 2,111 |
Mercury
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After a journey of 3 1/2 years, Marco Polo reached Shang-tu, China, which was called this in "Kubla Khan" |
(John: What is Shangri-La?)
Xanadu
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A popular wallflower in warm climates, it's the colorful shrub seen here |
Bougainvillea
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@woodrowcall Jake Spoon wants the 2 of us on a Montana cattle drive. Y/N? #texasrangers4life |
(Alex: That was from Lonesome Dove, and it was [*].)
Gus
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Known for its jazz festival, this Rhode Island city also has a Greek festival & a chowder cook-off |
(Alex: With less than a minute to go.)
Newport
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In her own memoir, she politely called "Mommie Dearest" "a turning point" in her career |
(John: Who is Crawford?) ... (Alex: The actress who played Joan Crawford is [*].)
Faye Dunaway
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It has the solar system's deepest canyon |
Mars
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His "Summa Against the Gentiles" may have been intended as a teaching & study manual for missionaries |
(Alex: Author of the Summas, [*].)
St. Thomas Aquinas
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It's the more common name for the tiny ear bone called the incus |
anvil
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