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NON-TALKATIVE SHOW BIZ FOLK |
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After the victory here on October 19, 1781, Lafayette wrote, "The play is over... the fifth act has just ended" |
Yorktown
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"Good evening! My name is Penn Jillette... My partner", this man--I'll be doing all the talking, thanks |
Teller
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Iceland's capital, it was founded on a site settled by Ingolfur Arnarson in the 9th century |
Reykjavík
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Until 1904 she was president of the American Red Cross |
Clara Barton
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This 2-headed muscle flexes the forearm |
the biceps
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It'd be a sin to not know when this precedes "nightshade" it is also known as belladonna |
deadly
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Legend says this queen was saved from an angry mob at Versailles when Lafayette bowed & kissed her hand |
Marie Antoinette
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The hairy look of this grunting Wookiee was inspired by George Lucas' pet dog Indiana |
Chewbacca
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In 2015 an Icelandic group reconnected to its Norse past by building a temple to several gods including him, boss of the gods |
Odin
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In the '80s this French sex symbol started an animal welfare foundation |
(Rena: Who is Sophia Loren?)
Brigitte Bardot
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Having evil intentions; it's the pathological opposite of benign |
malignant
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He secured Lafayette's 1797 release from an Austrian prison but Lafayette later opposed his taking the title emperor |
Napoleon
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In "Guardians of the Galaxy", this treelike character was unafraid to identify himself more than once |
Groot
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In October 1986 these 2 world leaders met in Iceland in an attempt to thaw tensions in the Cold War |
Reagan & Gorbachev
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In 1914 this "Divine Sarah" of the stage was made a member of the Legion of Honor |
Sarah Bernhardt
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Buying a house might cost you an arm & a leg; you could apply for an A.R.M., this type of agreement |
an adjustable-rate mortgage
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Oh, say can you see this means treacherous & describes a "fight", anthem-ically? |
perilous
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In March 1825, while touring the U.S., Lafayette visited Fayetteville in this state, the first U.S. town named for him |
North Carolina
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Dr. Bunsen Honeydew's assistant, this Muppet had pretty much a 1-word vocabulary--a repeated "meep" |
Beaker
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So many people in Iceland have the same names that telephone books list these along with their names & addresses |
their occupations
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This "Freckle Juice" author works with the National Coalition Against Censorship |
Judy Blume
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This confederate general's left arm is buried at Ellwood Plantation; the rest of him is interred near VMI |
Stonewall Jackson
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Let's assess this one-syllable term referring to the uncertainty an insurance company exposes itself to in a policy |
risk
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Lafayette was buried in Paris with soil taken from the grounds of this 1775 battle, the bloodiest of the Revolution |
(Alex Irvine: Uh, what is...) (Alex Trebek: Hurry.) (Alex: Irvine: ...Lexington and Concord?
the Battle of Bunker Hill
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Calling him a "character" is a bit of a stretch, but Tom Hanks made him/it a close pal in a 2000 movie |
(Alex Trebek: The volleyball.)
Wilson
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Founded in 930 this legislative assembly was abolished in 1800 but reestablished 43 years later |
the Althing
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The USA's first female M.D., she co-founded the New York Infirmary for Women & Children |
(Elizabeth) Blackwell
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Long arms help this primate swing with ease through its Asian rainforest home |
(Brandon: What's a baboon?)
a gibbon
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Fumes can be toxic or this other adjective with an X in it meaning either physically or morally harmful |
noxious
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