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In the 1920s people started nostalgically calling this decade "gay" |
the 1890s
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This H.B. Stowe character was partially based on josiah Henson, a slave who escaped the south to Canada |
Uncle Tom
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It's good to have a new this when it comes to an innovation; lining your face, not as much |
a wrinkle
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In 1980 Mandy Patinkin took home a Tony for his role as Che in this musical |
Evita
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It's a long, elegant woman's dress for formal occasions |
an evening gown
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Louise Pearce wasn't napping on the job when she helped cure trypanosomiasis, this African sickness |
sleeping sickness
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An observer said this day in Philly in 1777 had "ringing of bells all day... & the bonfires in the streets, & the fireworks" |
July 4th
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Tom Blankenship, the son of the town drunkard in Hannibal, was the inspiration for this classic character |
(Alex Trebek: Thinking of Hannibal, Missouri--Mark Twain and [*].)
Huckleberry Finn
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This buzzing musical toy is also called a mirliton |
a kazoo
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In 1989 "Jerome Robbins' Broadway" won 6 Tonys, including one for this "Seinfeld" co-star |
(Lesley: Who is George Alexander?) ... (Alex Trebek: Yes. He played George.)
Jason Alexander
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Venus, shortly after sunset |
the Evening Star
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The first medical school for women was the Female Medical College of this state, founded by Quakers in 1850 |
Pennsylvania
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The Seven Weeks' War of 1866 is why this 90% German-speaking country isn't part of Germany |
(Alex Trebek: With a minute to go now.)
Austria
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It's like, totally from Italy, meaning a spacious indoor mall with a vaulted roof, to the max! |
(Gina: What is a... plaza?)
a galleria
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In 1988 this drama by David Henry Hwang flew off with the Tony for Best Play |
(Gina: What is Madame Butterfly?)
M. Butterfly
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Walter Cronkite became its anchor in 1962 |
the CBS Evening News
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Francoise Barre-Sinoussi shared a 2008 Nobel Prize for identifying this virus |
(Gina: What is Epstein-Barr?) (Lesley: What is Guillain-Barré?) ... (Alex Trebek: Seems like somebody should have identified it earlier, but it was [*].)
HIV
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The House of Tomorrow was in the innovation-focused 1930s Chicago World's Fair called "Century of" this |
Progress
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In prescriptions, it's wax; in "Superbad", it's actor Michael |
cera
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This funny lady's "Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe" yielded her a Tony in 1986 |
(Alex Trebek: Honored this year at the Kennedy Center.)
Lily Tomlin
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You can still subscribe to this, "America's magazine" |
The Saturday Evening Post
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Gertrude Elion helped develop leukemia drugs, malaria drugs & allopurinol for this inflammation of foot joints |
gout
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Brutal repression of Communists made 1965 this Asian country's "Year of Living Dangerously" |
Indonesia
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Self-destructive poet Delmore Schwartz was the model for this title gift-giver in a Saul Bellow book |
[The end-of-round signal sounds.]
Humboldt
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Time to dig up, to disinter, this word |
exhume
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She won her third Tony 2 days before her 74th birthday for her role in "Foxfire"; an Oscar would come at age 80 |
(Jessica) Tandy
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Dads know this PBS show with a 3-word title, featuring Arthur Fiedler & John Williams, premiered in 1970 |
Evening at Pops
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In the 1960s pathologist Elizabeth Stern first linked this herpes virus to the development of cervical cancer |
(Gina: What is HPV?)
herpes simplex
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