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He must have felt like hell when lots were drawn to divvy up the universe & he got the Underworld |
Hades
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1895: Crane. "Colorful". War |
The Red Badge of Courage
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19th century documents show pirates actually made victims do this, plunge to their death by stepping off a beam |
walk the plank
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At an 1802 White House dinner, Thomas Jefferson supplied the starch with these "in the French manner" |
potatoes
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William G. Morgan invented this team sport that's played indoors by teams of 6 players |
(Sam: What is hockey?) ... (Alex: [Making a setting motion] The sport is [*].)
volleyball
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This means war! Or rather, he meant war, especially when he defended his son Cycnus & took on Hercules |
Ares
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1878: Vronsky. Train. Oops |
(Alex: That's it. Leo Tolstoy.)
Anna Karenina
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To do this provides little sustenance for the amount of mastication, which may be why it refers to idle chatter |
chew the fat
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This French military group that formed in 1831 had its first headquarters in Sidi Bel Abbes, Algeria |
the French Foreign Legion
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In 1895 John Holland got a Navy contract to build the Plunger, an experimental one of these |
submarine
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Del Shannon wondered in 1961 why--why, why, why, why, why "my little" this title person took off |
(Alex: My little [*], right you are.) [The end-of-round signal sounds.]
Runaway
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He was the god of fertility, wine, vegetation & obviously, good times |
Bacchus (or Dionysus)
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1962: Alex. Droogs. Nasty |
A Clockwork Orange
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In 2016 this disciple of Kanye West released his "Coloring Book" mixtape |
Chance the Rapper
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This birthing method developed by a French doctor in the 1950s involves breath control & pain reduction |
Lamaze
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This Asheville, North Carolina mansion was nearly finished after 6 years, so the Vanderbilts moved in |
(Jennifer: What is Baltimore?) ... (Alex: Jennifer, you were so close. It's [*]. [*].)
Biltmore
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Del the Funky Homosapien is a cousin of this "cool" rapper of N.W.A. fame |
Ice Cube
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This blacksmith god must have been hurt by the infidelities of his wife Aphrodite & could have said "You're fired!" |
(Sam: Who is Vulcan?) ... (Jennifer: Who is "Hephaeshtus"?) (Alex: Say it again.) (Jennifer: "Hephaeshtus".) (Alex: That's good. That's close enough. [*].) (Jennifer: Okay.)
Hephaestus
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1925: Driving. Non-Miss. Daisy |
The Great Gatsby
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"Sister Carrie" uses this dessert phrase that now means to surpass all others in a bad or unusual way |
take the cake
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Post-WWII Juliette Greco made her mark on this style of song known simply by the French word for "song" |
chanson
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Oscar Wilde withdrew his libel case against this nobleman but the publicity led to his own conviction for "gross indecency" |
(Alex: With less than a minute to go now, Sam.)
the Marquess of Queensbury
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This title woman in a 1997 Tarantino film chooses to play the Delfonics during a scene with Robert Forster |
Jackie Brown
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Beneath the clock is this god of time--not the same as the father of Zeus, though their names sound alike |
Chronos
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1970: Canoeing-- no, survival |
Deliverance
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The title of this "touch and feel" board book by Dorothy Kunhardt is a command to babies, not the name of a hare |
Pat the Bunny
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From the French for "light of hand", it's the art involved in sleight of hand |
legerdemain
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These brothers showed their first movie to a public audience at the Grand Cafe |
the Lumière brothers
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Perhaps finding it a "Cruel World", in 2014 she unleashed a bit of the old "Ultraviolence" |
Lana Del Rey
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