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She clerked for Thurgood Marshall |
Kagan
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In the mid-20th century, this noisy word got the new meaning of a street fight between gangs |
rumble
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In 1905 this Dubliner & his future wife Nora moved to Trieste, where he taught English |
(James) Joyce
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It's the job of the fictional Athos |
musketeer
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United Fruit, now this banana company, once owned half the private land in Honduras |
(Bruce: What is Dole?)
Chiquita
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Captain Teague, Jack Sparrow's dad, in 2 "Pirates of the Caribbean" films |
Keith Richards
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(Sandra Day O'Connor delivers the clue.) One of the Court's traditions is that each new justice is allowed to briefly sit in the chair of this longest-serving & perhaps most influential Chief Justice |
(John) Marshall
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An abactor is defined as one who steals cattle; in the Old West he was called this |
rustler
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Born in Lebanon, Khalil Gibran titled books in English "The Madman", "The Forerunner" & this foreteller |
The Prophet
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As suggested by his work seen here, photographer Jimmy Chin is also a noted one of these |
a mountaineer
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Rain forest is a big feature of this country's Darien National Park, the largest nature reserve in Central America |
(Alex: Silent on a peak in Darien. [*] is the country.)
Panama
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Cinna in the "Hunger Games" movies |
Lenny Kravitz
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This man, who helped found the ACLU in 1920, must have said, "Hot dog!" after taking the bench 19 years later |
(Felix) Frankfurter
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Campanology is the art of casting & ringing these |
bells
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In 1865 this French author wrote about a space flight launched from Florida that later splashes down in the Pacific |
Jules Verne
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Profession of Brooklyn Bridge designer John Roebling |
engineer
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Volcan Tajumulco, Central America's highest peak at 13,845 feet, lies in this country near the Mexican border |
Guatemala
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Christopher Tracy in 1986's "Under the Cherry Moon" |
Prince
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(Sandra Day O'Connor delivers the clue.) In an old tradition, before entering the courtroom every justice shakes hands with every other justice; I learned to be careful with the crushing grip of this onetime Heisman Trophy runner-up |
Whizzer White
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As a verb, it means to cover a hatch; as a noun, it's the timber used to hold the cover in place |
batten
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This Romanian-born French playwright also wrote for children, the series "Stories 1, 2, 3, 4" that he himself called "silly" |
(Eugène) Ionesco
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On pre-Civil War plantations, his job was to make sure the slaves were doing all the work they could |
an overseer
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The San Juan river flows out of this "national" lake & provides part of the border with Costa Rica |
Lake Nicaragua
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The title guy in 1976's "The Man Who Fell to Earth" |
David Bowie
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In 1948, a Massachusetts university was named for this man, who wrote the essay "Other People's Money and How the Bankers Use It" |
Louis Brandeis
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This adjective meaning "relating to population statistics" became a noun that can follow "target" |
[Applause for Sandie's run of the category]
demographic
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Born Helen Lyndon Goff in Australia, she wrote 1934's "Mary Poppins" & several sequels |
(Bruce: Who is Chambers?) ... (Alex: No. Who is [*]? [*], played by Emma Thompson in that popular film this year.)
P.L. Travers
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In ancient Rome, Crescens raced to glory as one of these; his favorite horse was named Delicatus |
a charioteer
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The name of this planned city comes from the word "Belize" & the name of a Mayan tribe |
Belmopan
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The Acid Queen in 1975's "Tommy" |
Tina Turner
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