ANDREW JACKSON'S HERMITAGE |
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To get to the Hermitage from Nashville, you take a road called this, same as Jackson's nickname |
Old Hickory
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"The Beautiful and Damned", his second novel, takes place during the Jazz Age |
F. Scott Fitzgerald
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Term for the substance expelled by the fleeing octopus; some of it appears to paralyze predators |
ink
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The 1999 TV movie "And the Beat Goes On" told the story of this singing pop duo |
Sonny & Cher
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10-4, good buddy, it's what the CB in CB radio stands for |
citizens band
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Grab your baby and do this dance as its "Kings Play Songs of Love" |
the mambo
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After a fire, Jackson turned the mansion into an example of the "revival" of this civilization's architecture |
Greek
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Schoolboys survive a plane crash & create their own society on an island in this work by William Golding |
Lord of the Flies
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A quick dose of candy can help if you take too much of this, prescribed twice a day for many people |
(Jamie: What is aspirin?) (Alex: Oh, sorry, what is [*]. [*]. You need that candy to offset the [*].)
insulin
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Angela Bassett brought this energetic singer's story to life in 1993's "What's Love Got to Do with It" |
Tina Turner
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Proverbially, to "jump on" this is to join something that's quickly gaining popularity |
the bandwagon
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Britannica calls the Milonga, a dance from this South American country, "fast, sensual, and disreputable" |
(Jamie: What is Brazil?)
Argentina
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The tomb inscription for Rachel Jackson mentions this verbal crime that Andrew thought helped kill her |
slander
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This novel by Thomas Hardy is subtitled "A Pure Woman" |
Tess of the d'Urbervilles
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Female gnats have mandibles for bloodsucking; males don't, & feed on this liquid, like gods |
nectar
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This 1984 film about a young black rocker struggling for fame starred Prince & Appolonia |
Purple Rain
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When AT&T merged with cable company TCI, it formed AT&T this |
Broadband
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The name of this wild dance is named for the town of Taranto, Italy (as was the name of a certain spider) |
the tarantella
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During his last months of life, Jackson was troubled by the low price of this, the Hermitage's cash crop |
(Alex: Now you have $13,400 more than Jim. You might consider... You might consider a sizeable wager.) (David: $100, please.) (Alex: You chicken.) (David: Bok bok bok!) ... (David: What is... [*]?) (Alex: Yes!) (David: Picked the right one.)
cotton
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This nearly 700-page work begins, "Howard Roark laughed." |
The Fountainhead
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The name of Hungary's Egri Bikaver wine is translated as this male animal's "blood from Eger" |
(Alex: It's a hearty red, and it's called [*]'s blood.)
a bull
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Eric Idle played Dirk McQuickly in this 1978 musical spoof about the Prefab Four |
The Rutles
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To desert, or a wild lack of restraint |
abandon
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The French call this dance associated with the Middle East la danse du ventre |
(Jim: What is the dance of the veils?)
belly dancing
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Jackson retired to the Hermitage in 1821 after being gov. of this territory, but at 54 the presidency still lay ahead |
Florida
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According to the title of a book by George Eliot, the Dorlcote Mill is on this river |
(Alex: Mill on the [*]. You're right. Well done. You've obviously done a great deal of reading. And it's paid off.)
the Floss
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It's commonly made by pouring apple cider over wood shavings while blowing air through the mixture |
(Jamie: What is cider? Hard cider?) ... (Alex: It's usually cider [*]. [*] is the important word in the response.)
vinegar
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This 1991 film is about a group of young people forming a soul band in Dublin |
The Commitments
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Goods prohibited by law from being imported |
contraband
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The Castle Walk was named for Vernon & Irene Castle, played by this pair in a 1939 movie |
Fred Astaire & Ginger Rogers
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