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IT ALWAYS HAPPENS IN "THREE"S |
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F. Scott Fitzgerald probably drew upon Max Gerlach, a bootlegger & a Long Island neighbor, for this title character |
the Great Gatsby
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Hell, in polite company |
heck
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In 1938 this trio soitenly made the short film "Healthy, Wealthy and Dumb" |
the Three Stooges
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Bet Mr. Schultz' employees in this co. spell "Howard" correctly on cups, & "Howard" better leave a tip, as he drank up $41.4 mil. |
Starbucks
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The commissioner of Scotland Yard resigned on Nov. 8, 1888, the day before the 5th & final murder attributed to him |
Jack the Ripper
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In a 1984 Prince song, things were so sad that these title birds were crying |
doves
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This character is Charles Dickens' most autobiographical; his initials are the reverse of the author's |
David Copperfield
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Unit of dry volume equal to 8 quarts |
(Julie: What is... a half-gallon?) ... (Alex: "Half-gallon" rhyming with "Trebek"? That's how much I dr--well, we won't talk about that.) [Laughter]
a peck
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OK, find the queen, find the nice lady in this street gambling game with a trio of face-down options; oo, sorry! Try again! |
three-card monte
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Frederick Smith of this company took home $25.3 million--not bad for an overnight delivery boy |
FedEx
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After a 2013 chemical attack near Damascus, the French prime minister called this man a war criminal |
(Bashar al-)Assad
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In a 1988 hit, Poison lamented that "Every Rose Has" one of these |
(Arthur: What is [*]s?) (Alex: [*], yeah.)
thorn
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Annie Fitzgerald Stephens, who survived the burning of Atlanta, was a model for this Southern belle |
Scarlett O'Hara
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Body block on the ice |
check
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50% of the core melted down in Unit 2 of this U.S. facility |
Three Mile Island
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Holy Shatner! Jeffery Boyd got a great deal from this .com--over $50 million! |
Priceline
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Last name of Lorenzino, who on Jan. 5, 1537 decided the Duke of Florence needed to breathe a lot less |
(Arthur: Who is Borgia?)
Medici
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"Dust To Dust" is a 2013 song by this country-folk duo whose name suggests the discord that split them up |
The Civil Wars
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Middle-class pretensions! Despair! You want 'em, you got 'em in this Chekhov play that debuted in 1901 |
The Three Sisters
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Not Marco, but certainly "Polo"! He wore it well, drawing nearly $67 million |
Lauren
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The tenure of this first Grand Inquisitor of the Spanish Inquisition saw 2,000 stake burnings |
Torquemada
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In her No. 1 hit "Someone Like You", she "hoped you'd see my face and that you'd be reminded that for me, it isn't over" |
Adele
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Mrs. Honeychurch in his "A Room with a View" was based on his grandmother |
(E.M.) Forster
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Tanker on the rocks |
wreck
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This Kurt Weill musical drama was produced in German as "Die Dreigroschenoper" in 1928 |
(Arthur: What is the The Twopenny Opera?) ... (Alex: You were one penny short there Arthur, sorry.)
The Threepenny Opera
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"2 Broke Girls" helped Les Moonves of this network earn $41 million |
CBS
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On July 26, 1794 this Frenchman seemed to call for an end to the use of terror, but thousands had died already due to him |
Robespierre
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The title of a 1979 No. 1 hit by The Eagles warned there'd be one of these "Tonight" |
a heartache
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