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His Symphony in B Minor wasn't his only unfinished composition -- just the most famous |
Franz Schubert
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The pointed upper teeth near the front of the mouth that are also called "eyeteeth" |
Canines
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Ole E. Rolvaag wrote a "Saga Of" it & Laura Ingalls Wilder set a "Little House" on it |
The Prairie
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Simon Bolivar is buried in the National Pantheon in this capital of Venezuela |
Caracas
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She was the first woman president of this organization which gives out the Oscars |
AMPAS (Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences)
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In 1928 Ida Rubinstein commissioned him to write a ballet, so he created "Bolero" |
Maurice Ravel
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"Gray matter" refers to the brain's nerve cells while its nerve fibers are called "matter" of this color |
White
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He wrote about the auto industry in "Wheels" & the airline industry in "Airport" |
Arthur Hailey
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Almost 1/3 of New Zealand's population lives within 100 miles of this city, the nation's first capital |
Auckland
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In "Jezebel", Davis shocked New Orleans society by wearing a dress of this color to a ball |
Red
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On Jan. 23, 1960 the bathyscaphe Trieste made a record dive to the bottom of this trench |
[The end-of-round signal sounds.]
the Marianas Trench
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Early in his career he was the musical director of La Scala; he later led the NBC Symphony |
Arturo Toscanini
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The smallest human muscle is found in these organs |
(B: What are the eyes?)
Ears
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"Dubliners" is a collection of short stories by this Irish author |
James Joyce
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This Central American capital was destroyed by earthquakes in 1931 & 1972 |
Managua, Nicaragua
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"All About Eve" was the film in which Davis warned, "Fasten your seatbelts, it's going to be" one of these |
(R: What is one of these evenings?) (A: My daughter does Bette better than I do!)
"A Bumpy Night"
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For the 2nd year in a row, Mrs. Aileen Saunders won this trans-continental air race for women |
Powder Puff Derby
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Modern composer who was called the world's outstanding specialist on Hungarian folk music |
(Richard: If only it were about Czech composers... Who is Brahms?) ... (Alex: Less than a minute to go in the round.)
Bela Bartok
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A natural pain-killer, this "oxygenous morphine" is released by the brain during body stress |
Endorphin
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In an 1854 poem Tennyson asked her to "Come Into The Garden" |
Maud
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This suburb of Manila was the official capital of the Philippines from 1948-1976 |
Quezon City
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The scary 1962 film in which Davis sang, "I've written a letter to Daddy" |
(K: What is "Whatever Became of Baby Jane?")
Whatever Happened to Baby Jane?
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Naturalist John C. Lilly said in June 1960 that this mammal may have a higher IQ than man |
Dolphin
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The Vale Giulia, The Tritone, The Trevi & one at the Villa Medici were his "Fountains of Rome" |
Otto Resphighi
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From the Latin word for "fat", it's the technical term for fat tissue |
Adipose Tissue
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This Mississippian, known for her love of the South, won a Pulitzer Prize for "The Optimist's Daughter" |
Eudora Welty
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This troubled capital lies 5,890 feet above sea level in the Hindu Kush mountains |
(slight audience applause for running the category)
Kabul, Afghanistan
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