THE NEW GOLDEN AGE OF TELEVISION |
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This period drama had Maggie Smith say, "Don't be defeatist, dear. It's very middle class" |
Downton Abbey
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Jessye Norman is among the famed sopranos to sing this title Verdi role, a slave to the Egyptian princess Amneris |
Aida
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In live casinos the most popular poker game to play is this one with a stately name |
Texas hold'em
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In 1962, astronaut John Glenn & his wife went for a ride with this vice president |
LBJ
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Adapted by Thomas Gallaudet, it's ASL for short |
American Sign Language
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The small bone break called a stress fracture is aka this type of "fracture" that's not "receding" |
a hairline fracture
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Characters on this series included Sally Draper & office manager Joan Holloway |
Mad Men
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Kathleen Battle excelled in Mozart operas like this one where she was Susanna, whose wedding is alluded to in the title |
The Marriage of Figaro
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From the layout of the cards, it's the name of the solitaire game seen here |
pyramid solitaire
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Anwar Sadat is seen here riding in 1981 with this vice president of his, who would succeed him later that day |
(Norm: Who is Nasser?)
(Hosni) Mubarak
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Espresso topped off with hot water |
(Alex: Less than a minute now.)
an americano
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This 8-letter process slowly realigns a broken bone using weights & pulleys |
traction
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The cast of this gritty show included Idris Elba as drug kingpin Stringer Bell |
The Wire
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Born in Laurel, Mississippi, she broke ground as one of the first African Americans to achieve world fame in opera |
(Lani: Who is Marian Anderson?)
Leontyne Price
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This kids' card game may be derived from an Italian gambling game called andare a piscere |
go fish
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Seen here are GOP rivals--Vice President Nixon & this future '70s veep |
Nelson Rockefeller
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In December 2015 Arkansas tight end Hunter Henry was named a consensus one |
an All-American
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In 1985 this Redskin QB's career came to a gruesome end when he broke his leg on "Monday Night Football" |
Joe Theismann
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Nicholas Brody gave intel that led to the death of terrorist leader Abu Nazir on this drama |
Homeland
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Dame Joan Sutherland was acclaimed for her roles in this trilling style, from the Italian for "coloring" |
coloratura
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Chemin de Fer & punto banco are related to this card game whose magic number is 9, & you can take that to its bank |
baccarat
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She's seen here with hubby Juan, shortly before becoming his V.P. in 1973, & his successor in 1974 |
(Lani: Who is Perón?) (Alex: Be more specific.) (Lani: Eva Perón?)
Isabel Perón
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James Truslow Adams popularized this phrase, a hope for life "richer and fuller... with opportunity for each" |
the American dream
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This body part is loaded with bones, including the tarsals, so fractures there are unfortunately common |
the foot
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She's breaking boundaries as Litchfield prisoner Sophia Burset on "Orange Is the New Black" |
Laverne Cox
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This Down Under diva with a Maori name had an over 30-year career on the opera stage |
Kiri Te Kanawa
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Its name meaning "a thousand milestones", this French racing game was introduced in the U.S. by Parker Brothers |
Mille Bornes
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President Truman & this veep of his, a former Kentucky senator, are all smiles on inauguration day |
Alben Barkley
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This term for an arrogant Yankee overseas originally was a positive term about selfless U.S. aid workers |
an ugly American
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When the bone breaks only on one side, it gets this "colorful" name that's fit for the forest |
greenstick
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