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Danny Thomas' favorite saint, or an "obscure" character in literature |
Jude
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Its national anthem is "My Golden Bengal" |
Bangladesh
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Though the constitution became effective in 1789, this was not ratified until 1791 |
the Bill of Rights
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This romance publisher issues 30 new titles a month |
Harlequin
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It's the smallest form of the grand piano, but it usually isn't played by infants |
the baby grand
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The Farad, a unit of electrical capacitance, was named for this British physicist |
Michael Faraday
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Slang word that means "to talk or chatter", it's a part of the face that moves when you talk |
chin
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It's the only Balkan country that fits the category |
Bulgaria
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He was the 1st American in space & later commanded the Apollo 14 flight |
Alan Shepard
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Marianne Wiggins, wife of this "Satanic Verses" author, cancelled a tour for her book, "John Dollar" |
Salman Rushdie
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If you were a viola, you'd have this many strings |
four
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The 2 stars of "Family Ties" who are named Michael |
(Marty: Who are Michael Keaton and Michael Gross?)
Michael Gross and Michael J. Fox
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As a verb it means "to hold on to"; as a noun it's the central tower of a castle |
the keep
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This reason of Czechoslovakia was once inhabited by a tribe called the Boi--hence, it's name |
Bohemia
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On Sept. 7, 1664, this governor surrendered New Netherland to an English naval force that never fired a shot |
Peter Stuyvesant
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Type of "8 Week... Cure" on the N.Y. Times Best Seller List for more than a year in 1988-89 |
(Norm: What is hangover?)
cholesterol
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The trumpet, the trombone & the tuba are found in this section of the orchestra |
the brass section
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In the comics he's Zonker Harris' buddy & Ms. Joanie Caucus' son-in-law |
Mike Doonesbury
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From Old English for "step", it's what a man might do when he's waiting to become a dad |
pace
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The Sultan of Brunei could tell you that Brunei is on this large island |
Borneo
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The Missouri Compromise enabled Missouri to enter the union with this status |
(Marty: What is free?)
a slave state
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Essayist, cartoonist & humorist who described his years at The New Yorker in "The Years With Ross" |
James Thurber
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Les Paul, recording pioneer & master of this instrument, doesn't read music |
the electric guitar
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In 1977 President Jimmy Carter appointed this former senator ambassador to Japan |
(Norm: Who is Michael J. Fulbright?)
Mike Mansfield
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A small drink of liquor, or small avoirdupois weight, 1/16 of an ounce |
a dram
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It's the easternmost island in the West Indies |
Barbados
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He escaped his own 1829 inaugural festivities when guests destroyed furniture & smashed crystal |
Andrew Jackson
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The N.Y. Times listed his "The Cardinal of the Kremlin" as 1988's best-selling hardcover novel |
(Tom) Clancy
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Typically, these Latin American rattles contain seeds or beads, but some modern ones are filled with lead shot |
maracas
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She won Emmys for her work on "The Waltons" & "The Nurse" |
Michael Learned
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