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Many consider it the most beautiful monument in the world |
the Taj Mahal
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In a musical Kim MacAfee has said "bye bye" to this pop music star, resigning as president of his fan club |
(Alex: Bye Bye Birdie.)
Conrad Birdie
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In Greek these veggies with dark purple skin are melitzanes |
eggplants
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The dealer shows it to the rest of the table |
the upcard
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The American Revolution began in April 1775 with the battles of these 2 Massachusetts towns |
Lexington & Concord
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This Bronx-born Supreme Court justice got her B.A. from Princeton |
Sotomayor
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You ought to recognize this iconic art deco skyscraper |
(Jenny: What is the Empire State Building?)
the Chrysler Building
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This evil organization that 007 has battled in many movies is the title of the 2015 James Bond film |
S.P.E.C.T.R.E.
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A tabloid version of the board game Clue made this purple-named character a billionaire video game designer |
Professor Plum
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A slope, or an improvement |
an upgrade
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The name of this 1815 battle has come to mean a decisive defeat |
Waterloo
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At Harvard, Al Gore roomed with this future movie actor, who spoke in support of Al at the Democratic Convention in 2000 |
Tommy Lee Jones
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The stunning Baha'i Temple in New Delhi is built in the shape of this sacred flower |
the lotus
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SD-6, a top-secret spy agency, recruited college student Sydney Bristow, "Alias" this actress |
Jennifer Garner
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Elizabeth Taylor's eyes were often described as this shade of purple, as in the title of a "Doonesbury" collection |
violet
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To transfer data from a smaller device to a larger one |
(Jenny: What is to back up?) [Initially ruled incorrect; reversed before Double Jeopardy!]
upload
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This battle fought in Maryland in 1862 was the bloodiest single day of the Civil War |
Antietam
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Naturally, this "Oracle of Omaha" went to the University of Nebraska, but for B-school attended Columbia |
[Alex reads "B-school" as "business school".]
(Warren) Buffett
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In 2015, this museum, named for the former Gertrude Vanderbilt, moved to a new building with a cantilevered entrance |
the Whitney Museum of American Art
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Several of the Time Lords on this series have dealt with U.N.I.T., a task force that investigates aliens on Earth |
Doctor Who
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The dried purple flowers of this shrub that's part of the mint family are used for scent or as a preservative |
lavender
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More common in women? it's using a rising inflection even on non-questions? |
upspeak (or uptalk)
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In Shakespeare, before this battle Henry V rallies his troops, calling them "We few, we happy few, we band of brothers" |
Agincourt
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Seen here, this New York senator graduated magna cum laude from Dartmouth |
[Alex inaccurately gave the response as "Kristen Gillibrand".]
Kirsten Gillibrand
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Legend says the architects of this cathedral were blinded so they could never again create anything as beautiful |
St. Basil's
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In the Marvel universe, Baron Wolfgang von Strucker was instrumental in creating this evil organization |
Hydra
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Appropriately, Alice Walker has this gem that's the color purple as her birthstone |
amethyst
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With or without a prefatory "one", it's the art of gaining an advantage |
upsmanship
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World War II's largest naval engagement was the 1944 battle of this Philippine gulf |
(Alex: That one kind of fell right into your pocket there, didn't it?)
Leyte
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She was still a senior at Yale when her design for the Vietnam Veterans Memorial won a nationwide competition |
Maya Lin
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