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It was first published in England in 1851 under the title "The Whale" |
Moby-Dick
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Appropriately, his younger brother Neil starred in 1967's "Operation Kid Brother", a 007 spoof |
(Sean) Connery
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Painter Vincenzo Camuccini took a stab at the death of this man, based in part on a bust from the subject's time period |
(Julius) Caesar
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"The Saint of the Gutters": This nun |
(Mother) Teresa
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When approving a production, a movie studio gives it this traffic signal |
the green light
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In a nursery rhyme, it precedes "three men in a tub" |
rub-a-dub-dub
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Following "Tuesdays with Morrie", Mitch Albom published his first novel, "The Five People You Meet" here |
in Heaven
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Joe Estevez, who's appeared in more than 150 films, is the little brother of this "Acting President" |
Martin Sheen
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In 1859 Rep. Daniel Sickles made the very first claim of temporary insanity after killing Philip Barton Key, son of this man |
Francis Scott Key
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Mid-atlantic state: "Uncle Sam's Pocket Handkerchief" |
Delaware
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She said "aye" to Tom Cruise's proposal atop the Eiffel Tower in 2005 ("nay" came later) |
Katie Holmes
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A benchwarmer, or to clean vigorously |
scrub
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New patient Randle Patrick McMurphy shakes things up at a psychiatric hospital in this novel |
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
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There's a "Ghost" of a chance you know his kid brother Don appeared with him in 2009's "Powder Blue", his last film |
(Patrick) Swayze
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This cannibalistic serial killer got 16 life terms; on Nov. 28, 1994, a fellow inmate ended term No. 1 |
(Jeffrey) Dahmer
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Newspaper: "The Gray Lady" |
(Alex: My little "ni" got to you. You like Monty Python?) (Kate: I do, yes.) ... (Alex: Minute to go now, a little less than a minute.)
The New York Times
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Someone who's overly focused on the acquisition of wealth |
a money-grubber
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Howard Roark is the visionary architect in this novel |
(Kate: What is Atlas Shrugged?) (Jane: What is...) (Alex: Oh, it's not coming to you.) ... (Alex: Yes, the other novel by Ayn Rand.)
The Fountainhead
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His big brother was a "Drugstore Cowboy"; he's an "Entourage"r |
(Dan: Who is Dillon?) (Alex: Be more specific.) (Dan: Who is Matt Dillon?)
Kevin Dillon
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The prosecution said this Mass. woman tried to buy poison on Aug. 3, 1892, the day before the murders of 2 family members |
Lizzie Borden
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Australian state: "The Apple Isle" |
Tasmania
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Rhyming term for Brit bar food |
pub grub
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The Old Testament gave William Faulkner the title of this novel, this novel! about Thomas Sutpen |
Absalom, Absalom!
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He's an Oscar nominee in his own right |
Casey Affleck
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In 1936 this murderer was himself killed by a fellow inmate with a razor; Leopold, his partner, made parole eventually |
(Richard) Loeb
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California horticulturist: "The Plant Wizard" |
[Alex mispronounces "horticulturist" as "horticulturalist" when reading the clue.]
Luther Burbank
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Ending debate on Vivek Murthy's nomination for Surgeon General, on Dec. 15, 2014 the Senate agreed to invoke this |
[The end-of-round signal sounds.] (Alex: Now, before we take the break, I believe I made another mistake that I have made in the past. I said, "horticulturalist" instead of "horticulturist". I apologize for that, and I've saved our staff from correcting me again. Back in a moment.)
cloture
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Fetch me this arrangement of woody plants or I shall say "ni" to you! |
[Kate smiles and chuckles at the response.]
a shrubbery
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