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Called "the man who organized organized crime", Charles Luciano went by this nickname |
Lucky
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It's the capital of the state of New South Wales & it's Australia's largest city |
Sydney
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1987: A black & white photo of U2 in the California desert |
The Joshua Tree
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I say this rich ice cream whose name comes from the Italian for "to freeze" |
gelato
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Frank McCourt didn't publish this memoir of his life in Ireland & America until his mid-sixties |
Angela's Ashes
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Idiom meaning "a faint possibility" |
(Andrew: What is a ghost chance... ghost's chance?)
a ghost of a chance
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Pablo Escobar, a cocaine kingpin from this country, was gunned down at age 44 while on the run |
Colombia
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This capital of Victoria was the first capital of Australia, serving from 1901 to 1927 |
(Andrew: What is Sydney?)
Melbourne
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1991: A naked baby in a swimming pool, arms outstretched towards a dollar bill on a fish hook |
Nevermind
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I say domo this, thank you very much in Japanese |
arigato
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When he was 51 Raymond Chandler published this debut novel, later a Bogart film |
(Andrew: What is The Maltese Falcon?) ... (Alex: The Maltese Falcon was Dashiell Hammett. [*] was Raymond Chandler's.)
The Big Sleep
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Leo Guild provided this service on Hedy Lamarr's autobiography "Ecstasy and Me: My Life as a Woman" |
ghostwriter
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Captured in 1993 after decades as a fugitive, Salvatore Riina was a longtime mafia boss on this Italian island |
(Caitlin: What is Sardinia?)
Sicily
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Brisbane, Queensland is home to the world's first sanctuary for these cuddly looking creatures |
koalas
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2011: Lady Gaga's body morphs into a motorcycle while her arms reach down to grasp the front wheel |
Born This Way
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I say this "X Factor" judge who got her start on "Barney & Friends" |
Demi Lovato
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Published in her 80s, Helen Hooven Santmyer's "...And Ladies of the Club" was based on her long life in Xenia in this state |
Ohio
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Nickname of football phenom Red Grange |
The Galloping Ghost
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After the murder of his former boss, he became the dapper new head of the Gambino crime family in 1986 |
(John) Gotti
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There are nudist tours of Mona, a new museum in this capital on an island |
Hobart
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1971: Carole King sits barefoot on a window ledge with her cat |
Tapestry
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I say this Italian musical term indicated here meaning smooth and connected |
legato
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This older pal of Kerouac & Ginsberg debuted as a novelist with "Junky" when he was 39 |
(Caitlin: Who is Shepherd?)
William S. Burroughs
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Entity mentioned in St. Thomas Aquinas' "Summa Theologica" & Don McLean's "American Pie" |
The Holy Ghost
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In 2012 the U.S. govt. imposed sanctions on Kenichi Shinoda, a leading godfather in this Japanese criminal group |
Yakuza
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This capital of Western Australia is famous for the black swans along the Swan River |
Perth
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1979: A pin-up girl splayed on the hood of a Ferrari, painted by Alberto Vargas at the request of The Cars' drummer |
Candy-O
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I say this muse of love poetry in Greek myth |
Erato
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"Post Office" hit print when he was 51; the movie "Barfly" shows him not exactly racing after success |
Charles Bukowski
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In the late 1800s Wovoka, a Paiute, founded a religion based on this group activity |
Ghost Dance
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