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SINGERS ON POSTAGE STAMPS |
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Around 400 A.D., angels in art began to wear these, also called nimbuses |
halos
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In 1815 this theatrical street was allowed to cut diagonally through Manhattan's new grid plan |
Broadway
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In the wee hours of January 8, 1993, his stamp was dedicated at Graceland on what would have been his 58th birthday |
Elvis Presley
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Japan, 1926-1989 |
Emperor Hirohito
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"Pa and Ma and Mary and Laura and baby Carrie left their little house in the big woods" for this title home |
Little House on the Prairie
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What a bunch of this lunchmeat that can also mean nonsense |
bologna
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In the Bible Gabriel & Michael are 2 of these 7 special beings used by God to send messages & fight battles |
(Eamon: What are seraphim?)
archangels
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This Paris boulevard was nothing but fields until Marie de Medicis decided in 1616 to put up a tree-lined pathway |
the Champs-Élysées
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In 2014, two rock icons who died less than a month apart in 1970 appeared on new Forever stamps--Hendrix & her |
Janis Joplin
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Israel, from around 1000 to 960 B.C. |
David
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Little Nell & her grandfather desperately try to hold on to this Dickens title building |
The Old Curiosity Shop
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This Wisconsin animal isn't negative, but using it to nag or pester sure is |
a badger
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Seen here is a marker on the highway between Dallas & Fort Worth, named for this longtime Cowboys coach |
Tom Landry
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Hank Williams & this "I Fall to Pieces" singer were featured in a 1993 Country & Western series |
Patsy Cline
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Italy, 1861-1878, the second with this double name |
Vittorio Emanuele (or Victor Emmanuel)
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Agatha Christie's "Murder at the Vicarage" introduced this spinster sleuth |
Miss Marple
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A pitching miscue advancing all runners a base automatically |
a balk
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There's a whole book of the angel sermons of C.H. Spurgeon, a 19th c. preacher in this "immersive" denomination |
Baptist
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A sidewalk named for newspaper columnist Herb Caen runs along this city's Embarcadero |
San Francisco
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Tragically shot dead at 23, she was among those honored in the Latin Music Legends series in 2011 |
(Alex: Sele--Stephanie.) (Stephanie: Who is [*]?) [Though Stephanie was originally credited with a correct response, the clue was later thrown out because Alex said part of the correct response when when calling on Stephanie.]
Selena
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Spain, 1556-1598 |
(Alex: And the Armada--[*].)
Philip II
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This debut novel from Dan Brown featured brilliant & beautiful mathematician Susan Fletcher |
Digital Fortress
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9-letter "avian" noun meaning a person who lacks intelligence |
(Alex: Why are you smiling and looking at me when you say that? I resent that!) [Laughter]
a birdbrain
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An angel told Philip the Evangelist to take the road to this city located on a strip |
Gaza
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Berlin's Unter den Linden, which ends at this gate, is named for the linden trees that once lined the boulevard |
Brandenburg Gate
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All hail this New Orleans-born "Queen of Gospel" who appeared on a stamp in 1998 |
Mahalia Jackson
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Bavaria, 1864-1886 |
(Alex: Mad King [*], yes.)
Ludwig
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This Stella Gibbons novel is a satire of Thomas Hardy novels & British rural life in the 1930s |
Cold Comfort Farm
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From the Latin for "to proclaim", it means to condemn to exile, perhaps forevermore |
banish
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