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Boulder City was founded in 1931 to house people working on this |
Hoover Dam
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In "An Occurence at Owl Creek Bridge" the occurence is this tragic event |
hanging
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This Southeast Asian country has been ruled by the Mac, Tran, & Ngo dynasties |
Vietnam
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He sang & danced in "Idiot's Delight" the same year he made "Gone with the Wind" |
Clark Gable
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When 1st bottled & deprived of air, wines suffer from "bottle sickness", called a wine's version of this phobia |
claustrophobia
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In 1982, M.M. Ricci of Montreal set a record in growing a 36-pound specimen of this squash |
zucchini
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It's named in honor of St. Anthony of Padua, Italy |
San Antonio
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"The Kugelmass Episode" is a story by this clarinet-playing Academy Award-winning director |
Woody Allen
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Deriving their name from Welsh for "Theodore" they ruled England from 1485-1603 |
Tudor
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His "Make 'Em Laugh" dance in "Singin' in the Rain" was called "funniest musical number ever done" |
Donald O'Connor
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Oldest datable wine, circa 230 B.C., it was salvaged & drunk by this modern oceanographer |
Jacques Cousteau
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German count who gave his name to the cigar-shaped dirigible airships he built |
Zeppelin
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Tessie Hutchinson is the fatally unlucky winner of this contest in a Shirley Jackson story |
"The Lottery"
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The Oldenburg lineage includes the Duke of Edinburgh & the rulers of these 2 Scandinavian nations |
(Liz: What is Sweden & Denmark?)
Denmark & Norway
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In this dancer's 1st dramatic film, he tangoed across the screen as "Valentino" |
(Blaze: Uh, who is Rudolph Valentino?) (Liz: Who is Greco?)
Rudolf Nureyev
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Unlike other wines, this cocktail wine is occasionally stored in open barrels |
sherry
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This African island group was an independent country in 1964, but for just 3 1/2 months |
Zanzibar
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It was reportedly Dorothy Parker who called it "72 suburbs in search of a city" |
(Liz: [after 7 seconds] What is [*]?) (Alex: No, sorry. What is..Oh, I'm, no, sorry, yes, you're right.) [laughter & applause.] (Alex: I apologize, Liz. I fell asleep.)
Los Angeles
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Business establishment referred to in the Hemingway title, "A Clean, Well-Lighted Place" |
cafe or restaurant
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It was the title used by Mongol rulers of the Yuan dynasty in China, not their last name |
Khan
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She was a ballerina in Paris when she was chosen to co-star in "An American in Paris" |
Leslie Caron
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After wine is swirled in its glass, the path the drops take down the glass is called this |
(Alex: We've got a minute to go.)
legs
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There were racial disturbances in 1943 directed against Latinos dressed in these baggy outfits |
zoot suits
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"With that faint, fleeting smile playing about his lips, he faced the firing squad", according to Thurber |
Walter Mitty
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Russia grew vastly in size & power under this house that succeeded the Riurukid dynasty in the 17th cent. |
Romanov
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"Deer Hunter" Oscar-winner who surprised his fans with a striptease dance in "Pennies from Heaven" |
Christopher Walken
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Italian name for this type of bottle, often used for Chianti: |
(Scott: What is flask?) (Alex: Oh, you didn't give me the Italian name. What is a [*]?)
fiasco
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These humped cattle of India were crossed with U.S. cattle to create breed better suited to warm climes |
[The end-of-round signal sounds.]
zebus
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