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In Pennsylvania you'll find the city called "King of" this former German state |
Prussia
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Presidents of this esteemed university have included Increase Mather & Drew Gilpin Faust, who took office in 2007 |
Harvard
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Lewis Carroll had young Alice frolic through her "Adventures in Wonderland" & this sequel |
"Through the Looking Glass"
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A doctor (with hair) on "St. Elsewhere", he later offered "Deal or No Deal" |
(Howie) Mandel
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One of these at a school might include solid colors & the banning of short skirts & sagging pants |
a dress code
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West of Seward Peninsula, King Island is a rocky isle in this strait |
the Bering Strait
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In 1901 Stanley Brown & William Harper established the first of these 2-year community colleges, in Joliet, Illinois |
junior colleges
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In a Dickens tale, Bob Cratchit is this character's father |
Tiny Tim
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SOS or Mayday, for example |
a distress call
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Kings Canyon National Park in this mountain range is adjacent to Sequoia National Park |
the Sierra Nevada
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In 2009 Arizona passed a law eliminating this as a factor in teacher retention decisions, to the unions' dismay |
long service (or seniority)
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Whenever life gets too mundane, this author's Walter Mitty creates his own fantasy |
James Thurber
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In 1718 Lieutenant Robert Maynard of the Royal Navy killed this pirate & hung his head, which had a handy grip, off a ship's bow |
[The end-of-round signal sounds.]
Blackbeard
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In 2014 Cristina Yang fans bid goodbye to the good doctor played by Canadian actress Sandra Oh on this series |
"Grey's Anatomy"
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They were the Super Bowl champs in 1993, 1994 & 1996 |
the Dallas Cowboys
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This Theban area includes Luxor & Karnak |
the Valley of the Kings
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This 2-word term for the study of household management was chosen at an 1899 conference at Lake Placid, New York |
home economics
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Being sewn into a shroud & tossed into the sea doesn't stop this Dumas title character from having his revenge |
(Alex: You are right, with a minute left.)
the Count of Monte Cristo
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This 5th wife of Henry VIII practiced laying her head on a block in her jail cell so as not to do the wrong thing on the scaffold |
Catherine Howard
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Tatiana Maslany plays Sarah, Cosima, Alison & Rachel, all members of the Clone Club on this BBC America series |
Orphan Black
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It's the only capital-&-state combo that fits the category |
(Dave: What is the...)
Denver, Colorado
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The seat of Ulster County, it was New York's first state capital |
Kingston
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Set up by the office of economic opportunity under Sargent Shriver, this government program teaches vocational skills to youth |
(Dave: What is technical education?)
the Job Corps
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Characters in this Edna Ferber novel set in the Mississippi include Captain Hawks & Gaylord Ravenal, a handsome gambler |
Show Boat
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In 1970 author Yukio Mishima committed this act of ritual suicide accompanied by beheading, aka hara-kiri |
seppuku
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He's best remembered for playing Perry Mason and TV's original Ironside |
Raymond Burr
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