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Of the Greek city-states, it was the 1st to raise a standing army |
Sparta
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She played Betsy Booth to Mickey Rooney's "Andy Hardy" |
Judy Garland
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Larceny is usually divided into these 2 classes depending on the value of the stolen property |
petty & grand
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You have hypertension when this is abnormally high |
blood pressure
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T.E., Vicki, Welk |
the name of Lawrence
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In "Pudd'nhead Wilson", Twain said a classic is "a book which people praise & don't" do this |
read
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Their marriage in 1469 began the unification of nearly all of present-day Spain |
Ferdinand & Isabella
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On stage, he was Ziggy Stardust, the king of space rock, & on film, an alien in "The Man Who Fell to Earth" |
David Bowie
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"At the time in question I was on a retreat in the Himalayas" is an example of one |
alibi
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It's what the "P" stands for in G.P. |
practitioner
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The Rainbow Coalition, Operation Breadbasket, PUSH |
Jesse Jackson's projects
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In 1894 Twain took this title character "Abroad" & 2 years later he became a "Detective" |
Tom Sawyer
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The ancient Romans called this land "Hibernia" |
Ireland
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She was the Acid Queen in "Tommy" & Auntie Entity in "Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome" |
Tina Turner
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Paying an attorney to insure that his services will be available puts him "on" this |
retainer
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Before becoming a resident, most medical college graduates spend a year in this capacity |
intern
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Gravure, silkscreen, offset |
(Alex: With less than a minute to go in the round.)
styles of printing
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He worked as a riverboat pilot on the Mississippi until traffic was curtailed due to this |
(Bill: What is a buildup of sediment?) (Ed: What is drought?)
outbreak of the Civil War
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This republic immediately preceded Hitler's 3rd Reich |
Weimar Republic
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He made 2 films, "Come September" & "That Funny Feeling", with his wife, Sandra Dee |
Bobby Darin
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In this type of law school "court", 2 teams of students take opposing sides of an imaginary case |
moot court
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This sugar is the body's chief source of energy for cell metabolism |
glucose
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A piano, a kite, a marionette |
(Alex: All connected to strings.)
all stringed
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Samuel Clemens 1st used the name Mark Twain in 1863 while writing for this Nevada town's newspaper |
Virginia City
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This French city's Palace of the Popes was the center of Christianity for most of the 14th century |
Avignon
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She acted & sang in "Pete Kelly's Blues" & provided the voices of the Siamese cats in "Lady & the Tramp" |
Peggy Lee
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Middle English for "to shut out", it means to bar one's right to redeem mortgaged property |
(Roy: What is estop?)
foreclose
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This most common suffix in medicine means "inflammation of " |
-itis
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Bilge water, gasoline, iron |
(Alex: Well done! We thought that might catch somebody!)
things you pump
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When 1st published, this book of Twain's travels to Europe was sold mainly by door-to-door salesman |
(Roy: What is "An Innocent Abroad?") (Bill: What is "Innocents Abroad?") -------------------------- (Alex: We had to be specific on that one!)
The Innocents Abroad
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