WOMEN & THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION |
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Mary Goddard of Baltimore was the first to print this document & include most of the signers' names |
the Declaration of Independence
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A Thomas Harris novel ends, "Clarice Starling ...sleeps deeply, sweetly, in" this title |
The Silence of the Lambs
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A short, comical theatrical sketch |
a skit
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At Courchevel, you land downhill & take off uphill for your trip to ski the nearby French these mountains |
the Alps
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Hey, Harley! In California 92 decibels is the limit for any of this type of transport made before 1970 |
motorcycle
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On this '80s sitcom Alex P. Keaton's sister Mallory was played by Justine Bateman |
Family Ties
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In 1782 Betty Zane retrieved a cache of this explosive mixture & returned with it to save Fort Henry from a British siege |
gunpowder
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This Dennis knows menace-- he wrote "Shutter Island" & "Mystic River" |
Lehane
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4 stages of life were summed up in The Godfathers' song this, "School, Work, Death" |
birth
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Better watch your slice at the 18-hole golf course between two runways at Don Mueang International, serving this Thai capital |
Bangkok
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Nose bands didn't help Jenny Chapman, whose 111.6db this made her hubby very sad at night...& maybe the neighbors, too |
snore
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Jason Bateman played Michael, the only responsible member of the Bluth family, on this beloved sitcom |
Arrested Development
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In 1776, she wrote to her husband that if attention wasn't paid to women's rights, too, they'd start their own rebellion |
Abigail Adams
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The original Swedish title of this book, the first of a trilogy, was "Men Who Hate Women" |
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
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I like the cut of your triangular sail known as this |
jib
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To accommodate big jets, a girder bridge helped extend the runway 4,000 feet at Madeira International on an island of this nation |
(Jack: What is Spain?)
Portugal
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On Oct. 14, 1947 a Bell X-1 rocket plane created this 2-word event for the first time |
a sonic boom
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Christian Bale played Patrick Bateman, Wall Street hotshot 7 serial killer, in this film |
[The end-of-round signal sounds.]
American Psycho
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Ann Bates spied for the British & Lydia Darragh spied for the colonists in this city that was also Betsy Ross' home |
(Jack: What is Boston?)
Philadelphia
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A beautiful spy named Tatiana Romanova is part of a trap to destroy 007 in this classic |
(Jack: What is Dr. No?)
From Russia, with Love
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Absolution given by a priest; when preceded by "short", it means scant attention or quick work |
shrift
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The runway is a little funky at Gustaf III Airport on this saintly Caribbean island |
(Joe: What is St. Martin?)
St. Barts
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In 2013 the 12th man helped CenturyLink Field hit 137.6 decibels in this city; eardrums start to rupture at 150 |
Seattle
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In April 1777 Sybil Ludington pulled a Paul Revere-style all-night ride to tell of a British attack on Danbury in this state |
[Applause for Joe's running the category]
Connecticut
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This legal thriller gets is name from attorney Mickey Haller's habit of working out of his town car |
(Alex: [Before Joe wagers] You're in the lead, and we have less than a minute now.) ... (Alex: Joe?) (Joe: Don't have it, sorry.)
The Lincoln Lawyer
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This 4-letter word meaning to cheat is what con men are said to do to widows & orphans |
(Blair: What is grift?)
bilk them
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A bit longer than an aircraft carrier, 1,300 feet of runway awaits you on Saba, formerly in this nation's Antilles |
the Netherlands
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The 1883 explosion of this Indonesian volcano was heard 2,200 miles away |
Krakatoa
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