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In 1385 this "Canterbury Tales" poet was appointed Justice of the Peace for County Kent |
Chaucer
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Tiny Tim died in 1996 shortly after singing this novelty song, his only hit |
"Tiptoe Through The Tulips"
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As Belize was a British colony, it makes sense that St. John's is Central America's oldest cathedral of this church |
(Alicen: What is...?)
Anglican Church
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The type of place that Willy Wonka ran, or that Scharffen Berger recently opened in Berkeley |
a chocolate factory
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This famous early 20th century entertainer seen here was hard to keep under lock & key |
Houdini
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Meaning "around" or "about", it's often shortened to ca. |
circa
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Collier's calls this American lyric poet a "typographical innovator" |
e.e. cummings
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In 1974 Terry Jacks had this mournful No. 1 hit, based on a tune by Jacques Brel |
"Seasons In The Sun"
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This, the country's national tree, appears on the flag of Belize (giving Diana Ross something to sing about) |
mahogany
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At Vinterviken, Sweden, this family had a sulfuric acid as well as a dynamite factory |
the Nobels
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He's the controversial Olympian & professional athlete seen here |
Jim Thorpe
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Cum means "with", so cum grano salis means "with" this |
a grain of salt
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In "The Courtship of Miles Standish", she says, "If I am not worth the wooing, I surely am not worth the winning" |
(Gina: Who is Elizabeth Barrett Browning?)
Priscilla
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In their only hit, this group was "too sexy for my shirt" & "too sexy for Milan, New York & Japan" |
Right Said Fred
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Though it agreed to a de facto boundary in 2000, this country periodically claims territory in southern Belize |
[The end-of-round signal sounds.]
Guatemala
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In 2002 a Guangzhou sporting goods company opened a factory to make 100,000 of these tables a year |
ping-pong tables
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Jerome Kern was inspired to write "Old Man River" for this man, seen here |
Paul Robeson
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In a Bible in Latin, this line would be "Fiat lux" |
(Gina: )
"Let there be light"
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Petrarch's "Canzoniere" included 366 sonnets, one a day, to this lady with whom he was infatuated |
Laura
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Completes the title of Timbuk 3's hit "The Future's So Bright..." |
"I Gotta Wear Shades"
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You can see how your Saturn was made by touring the plant at Spring Hill in this state |
(Christopher: What is Illinois?)
Tennessee
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We bet you know the name of this brotherly actor |
Chico Marx
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Meaning "of whom", it now is used for the minimum number of people required for a meeting |
a quorum
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In 1642 this English Cavalier poet was jailed for presenting a Royalist petition to Parliament |
(Gina: Who is John Donne?)
Richard Lovelace
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Yes sir! He had a No. 1 hit with the tender love song "Baby Got Back" |
Sir Mix-a-Lot
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This famed Lockheed Martin plant in southern California is named for the bad smell on the original site |
the Skunkworks
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In 1930, this man became the last Emperor of his country |
Haile Selassie
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Copies of the book "Hannibal" should be marked caveat lector, meaning this |
(Gina: Reader beware?)
Let the reader beware
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