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Born in Oklahoma City in 1914, he was named for the Transcendentalist author of "Self-Reliance" |
Ralph Ellison
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Early in his career, Willard Scott clowned around as this character |
Bozo
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The USA's average age for this job has been rising for 30 years, to 58.3 as of 2012--remember, it's Old MacDonald |
(Alex: Yes, with less than a minute to go now.)
farmer
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"It was a slap in the face how quickly I was replaced", sang a rather upset Alanis Morissette in this tune |
"You Oughta Know"
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Napoleon spent the last 6 years of his life here, which he called "this cursed rock" |
[The end-of-round signal sounds.]
Saint Helena
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She won a 1993 Grammy for her reading of her poem "On the Pulse of Morning" |
(Michael: [*]. Oh, who is [*]?) [Beep] (Alex: In the nick of time.)
Angelou
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The Kowloon area is known for its 8 hills & for having some of this Chinese region's best nightlife |
Hong Kong
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Though her real name was Gabrielle, designer Chanel went by this nickname |
Coco
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A Smithsonian online spotlight on this talent includes Robert Fulton & Isaac Singer |
an inventor
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"I didn't mean to hurt you / I'm sorry that I made you cry", he sings on "Jealous Guy", from the 1971 album "Imagine" |
John Lennon
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Napoleon's father, Carlo, fought beside Pasquale Paoli for this island's independence from Genoa |
Corsica
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This Harlem Renaissance poet wrote 2 novels: "Not Without Laughter" & "Tambourines to Glory" |
(Langston) Hughes
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In a 1999 film Hugh Grant runs a bookstore in this title London area |
Notting Hill
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Its lofts & galleries can be found north of Canal Street between Lafayette & the Hudson River |
SoHo
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This novelist of New York society lived & wrote from 1902 to 1912 in a house she also designed |
(Edith) Wharton
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"I just can't look, it's killing me", moaned Killers' frontman Brandon Flowers, aka "Mr." this |
Brightside
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For his victories at the Italian border in 1796, Napoleon was nicknamed "The Little" this noncommissioned officer |
corporal
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His relationship with his minister stepfather provided the basis for his 1953 novel "Go Tell It on the Mountain" |
James Baldwin
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U.S. troops fought Chinese forces in the Battle of Pork Chop Hill, one of this war's last & longest |
the Korean War
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It's Spanish for "wolf" |
lobo
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Best Buy's Geek Squad has been called "the most famous" group doing this 2-word job that you can do from home |
tech support
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She hit the Top 30 with "Jealousy" in 1996, a few years after splitting up with 9,999 other maniacs |
Natalie Merchant
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In 1806 Napoleon wrote to Cardinal Joseph Fesch, "I am" this 9th century ruler, "the sword of the Church" |
Charlemagne
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In 2014 this former stand-up comic released his 21st novel, "A Wanted Woman" |
Eric Jerome Dickey
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In 1652, atop Pendle Hill in England, George Fox, leader of this Christian sect, had a vision of a religious revival |
the Quakers
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This tasty salmon variety is also known as the silver salmon |
coho
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In 1982 automation eliminated this lonely job at Chatham on Cape Cod |
lighthouse keeper
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In a country No. 1, Tyler Farr tells his cheating girl, "You broke the wrong heart baby, and drove me" this kind of crazy |
(Alex: Drove me [*]. Not a good thing to do.)
redneck crazy
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