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The moral of his town & country mice fable is that a simple, peaceful life is better than riches with unease |
Aesop
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Asherah was a Canaanite fertility one |
(Dave: What is a god?) (Alex: God or [*], yes.) [Shouts from the judges' table] (Alex: Oh! Sorry. And I gave it to you. My bad, your bad. So, we were going for FEMININE TERMS. Make a selection again.)
goddess
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Bisbigliando, or "whispering", is an effect on this 46-stringed instrument |
the harp
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Dis boxer was da Bronx Bull |
Jake LaMotta
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1970: "World War II's Commander of the Third Army" |
Patton
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In his "Analects", this Asian was among those who suggested not to do to others what you don't want done to you |
Confucius
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This word for a female protagonist is a homophone of a dangerous narcotic |
a heroine
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Perhaps due to an illness, 18th c. soprano Anastasia Robinson dropped into this range |
alto
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This notorious prison island is politically part of the Bronx but connected by bridge to Queens |
Rikers Island
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1988: "Wet Weather Dude" |
Rain Man
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Simple machine of which Archimedes said that with the right place to stand he could move the world |
a lever
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Baton twirler is often used in place of this term |
a majorette
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A Mideastern trash talker could threaten to beat you like a davul--it's a type of this |
(Alex: [After Michael's selection of the next clue] With a minute to go.)
a drum
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Formed in the Bronx in 1976, one of the first rap crews was this man & the Furious Five |
(Dave: Who is Fab Freddy?)
Grandmaster Flash
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1972: "Baptism Sponsor" |
The Godfather
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Here's a "tip": Read Debra Ginsberg's memoir of her career as this |
a waitress
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This term for a 16th century German musical guild member is in the title of an 1868 Wagner opera |
(Michael: What is a Fledermauser?)
Meistersinger
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This Bronx-born businessman didn't become the full owner of the Dodgers until after they moved to L.A. |
(Walter) O'Malley
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1992: "Non-Pardoned" |
Unforgiven
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Completes the Hippocratic injunction "to help, or at least, to do..." |
no harm
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With the Restoration, this feminine term became a permissible job in England in the 1660s |
(Dave: What is queen?)
actress
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Born in the Bronx (not Rotterdam), Arthur Flegenheimer took this alias from an earlier Bronx gangster |
(Michael: Who is Bugsy Malone?) (Dave: Who is Dutch?) (Alex: Be more specific.) [Dave shakes his head.] (Alex: Sorry.)
Dutch Schultz
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1932: "Opulent Inn" |
Grand Hotel
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(Alex delivers the clue from the National Constitution Center.) The name of one of the 3 dissenters to the U.S. Constitution has given us this word that signifies unorthodox political boundary realignment |
(Chuck: Who is... Gerry? [Pronounced with a soft "G"]) (Alex: No.) (Chuck: Elbridge Gerry? [Soft "G" again]) (Alex: No.) ... (Alex: Chuck, you knew the man's name; it's Elbridge Gerry [hard "G"], but the word we're going for is [*] [soft "G"].)
gerrymandering
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