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Records show that this comet was observed as early as 240 B.C. |
Halley's Comet
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We're told this "doesn't grow on trees", but it may be tied to an artificial tree at an anniversary party |
money
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Some Southern terms for this event are "The War for Southern Rights" & "The Second American Revolution" |
the Civil War
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Clef symbol that resembles an ampersand |
(Graham: What is the... I'm sorry.)
the treble clef
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In 1958 he starred as a middle-aged Andy Hardy in "Andy Hardy Comes Home" |
Mickey Rooney
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The name of Wagga Wagga, a city in this country, is an Aboriginal word meaning "many crows" |
Australia
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Giovanni Cassini discovered the main division in this planet's rings & 4 of it satellites |
(Ange: What is Jupiter?)
Saturn
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Caudle is the traditional drink once widely served at the party following this baby ceremony |
a christening
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"Tomorrow is another day", which she says in "Gone with the Wind", goes back at least to the 16th century |
Scarlett O'Hara
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One legend says a dove sat on this Pope's shoulder & dictated a famous chant |
Pope Gregory
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"Cattle Queen of Montana" in 1954, she went on to run a ranch on "The Big Valley" |
Barbara Stanwyck
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A statue of the young Queen Victoria graces the Library of Parliament in this capital of Canada |
Ottawa
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To the naked eye this planet appears as a bright red star |
Mars
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Etiquette books dispute the propriety of serving this popular shrimp appetizer in sherbet glasses |
shrimp cocktail
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Ant killer is a humorous term for this body part, especially a big one |
a foot
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These include triads, seventh, mystic & Petrushka |
chords
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He played Brick to ELizabeth Taylor's Maggie in "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" |
Paul Newman
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Battambang, the 2nd-largest urban area in this country, contains 10th century ruins of the Khmer Empire |
Cambodia
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First described in 1836, Baily's beads is a short-lived phenomenon seen during one of these |
a solar eclipse
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Once left at the homes of friends, this kind of card shares its name with a card the phone company sends you |
a calling card
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Residents of this city call it "The Big Easy" |
New Orleans
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The Italian term for a gradual increase in loudness, it's used to mean a climactic point |
crescendo
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Clare Boothe Luce protested the 1955 Venice showing of this Glenn Ford-Sidney Poitier high school film |
Blackboard Jungle
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Latakia, which lies on this sea, is one of Syria's busiest ports |
the Mediterranean Sea
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Named for their "quasi-stellar" appearance, they're possibly the most distant objects in the universe |
(Graham: What are novae?)
quasars
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For an audience with the Pope, this scarf with a Spanish name is an appropriate woman's head covering |
mantilla
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Originally a railroad term, "balling the" this means to move or work swiftly |
jack
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This "woodwind" instrument is made of brass & was patented in Paris in 1846 |
(Phyllis: What is a clarinet?)
the saxophone
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In this 1956 sci-fi classic, Leslie Nielsen found himself on Altair-4 with Anne Francis & Robby the Robot |
Forbidden Planet
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You'll find this capital of the Dominican Republic at the mouth of the Ozama River |
(Ange: What is Hispaniola?)
Santo Domingo
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