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In 1829 Santa Anna became a hero after putting an end to this country's attempt to reclaim Mexico |
(Ana: What is France?)
Spain
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After playing the Sundance Kid, this actor charmed in 1972's satirical "The Candidate" |
Robert Redford
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This Cabinet dept. is responsible for conserving the country's land, water, minerals, fish & wildlife |
Interior
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Let's party with former New Mexico governor Gary Johnson, standard bearer for this party in 2012 |
the Libertarian Party
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(I'm Rachel Maddow of MSNBC.) On November 6, 2015 I moderated the first in the South Democratic Candidates Forum, asking these 3 politicians how they'd fix the party's fortunes in the South |
Hillary Clinton, Bernie Sanders & Martin O'Malley
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On March 6, 1836 this ex-Tennessee congressman lost his life to Santa Anna's army |
Davy Crockett
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Jimmy Stewart is a naive senator who launches a filibuster in this Capra classic |
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
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A conservative this 8-letter word is a lowball judgment of an amount or value |
estimate
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A toilet in the Palm Springs home of this late flamboyant piano player was made to look like an actual throne |
Liberace
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Judy Woodruff was the moderator when this man told Dan Quayle, "you're no Jack Kennedy" |
Lloyd Bentsen
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In exile on Staten Island, Santa Anna brought chicle to the U.S., helping start America's affair with this chewy stuff |
[The end-of-round signal sounds.]
chewing gum
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This Ryan Gosling political thriller shares its name with the last day of Julius Caesar's life |
The Ides of March
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Dress conservatively to see the Queen in a meeting called this, also a word for a theater crowd |
audience
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Around 1970 it was the common 2-word name for what today we just call feminism |
women's lib
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For Ford & Carter on Oct. 22, 1976, "The View" from their podiums was of this ABC newswoman, the moderator |
Barbara Walters
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"You can't fight in here--this is the War Room", says President Merkin Muffley in this Kubrick film |
Dr. Strangelove
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Helmholtz gave us the law of conservation of this, also what you do when you take it easy at the start of a long run |
(conservation of) energy
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This country's first & only monarch was King Idris, who was deposed in 1969 |
(Ana: What is Liberia?) ... (Alex: Deposed by Muammar Gaddafi.)
Libya
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This PBS anchor moderated nearly a dozen presidential debates, including Obama v. McCain & W. v. Kerry |
(Alex: Yes, with less than a minute now.)
Jim Lehrer
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Dustin Hoffman & Robert de Niro cook up a war in Albania in this "canine" comedy |
Wag the Dog
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"Conserv"ative name for a music school; New York's Juilliard is a famed one |
a conservatory
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Term for the words to an opera; Venetian poet Lorenzo da Ponte wrote the one for Mozart's "Don Giovanni" |
a libretto
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Quincy Howe moderated a 1956 primary debate between Estes Kefauver & this eventual Dem. nominee |
Adlai Stevenson
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