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"Truth or Consequences isn't a choice! & Los Alamos may be the bomb, but it's Roswell that ends well!" |
New Mexico
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It became a united, independent country for the first time under King Victor Emmanuel |
Italy
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Yul Brynner played this vain pharaoh in 1956's "The Ten Commandments" |
Ramses
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Wyatt Earp said that this dentist sometimes drank 3 quarts of whiskey in a day |
Doc Holliday
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It's the Spanish word we use for a small room next to a pool or beach |
(Eli: What is laguna?)
a cabana
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A sibling loses its "BR" & becomes this word meaning "additional" or "different" |
(Alex: Brother, [*].)
other
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"Sure, Ogden & Orem are nice, but I prefer Brigham City-- gee, I've really got to work on my trash-talking" |
Utah
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On Jan. 21, 1861 this Southerner pleaded for peace as he quit the U.S. Senate |
Jefferson Davis
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Hollywood hotties Hedy Lamarr & Victor Mature were this lusty biblical couple in a 1949 epic |
Samson and Delilah
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Drunk for his 1865 inaugural as VP, he said, "I kiss this book in the face of my nation of the United States" & smooched a Bible |
(Andrew) Johnson
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In 1963 D.C.'s Madison Hotel pioneered this room feature with convenient drinks, snacks & 300% price markups |
a mini-bar
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Riding trousers get too big for "BR", making these annoying sensations |
itches
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"I get no kick from Champaign! I'm not Havana a good time! I only play in Peoria!" |
Illinois
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As King Herod in this musical film, Josh Mostel challenged Jesus to "walk across my swimming pool" |
Jesus Christ Superstar
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One legend about this Who drummer says that to slow their intake, he & Oliver Reed used a tortoise to pass the bottle |
(Keith) Moon
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Tom Hiddleston plays this title hotel functionary in the 2016 miniseries based on John le Carre's novel |
[The end-of-round signal sounds.]
The Night Manager
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Dropping "BR" from a horse's harness gets this state of inactivity |
(Alex: [*] for bridle.)
idle
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"I'm not Spokane for, & I ain't putting on the Ritzville! Everybody loves Raymond!" |
Washington
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In 1867 this microbiologist was appointed professor of chemistry at the Sorbonne |
(Tanner: I don't have it.)
Louis Pasteur
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Rita Hayworth was the wicked title character trying to get a head in this 1953 Bible pic |
Salome
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Bill Clinton said this blotto Russian president tried to hail a cab on a D.C. street clad only in underwear; he wanted pizza |
Boris Yeltsin
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The "BR" strolls away from a word for any prickly shrub to walk along as this easy gait |
(Alex: From bramble.)
amble
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"Stick Three Forks in it, it's done! & kiss our Butte, Bozeman!" |
Montana
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Transcontinental telegraphy began on Oct. 24, 1861; this other service officially closed 2 days later |
the Pony Express
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In 2014 Anthony Hopkins was Methuselah, grandfather of this title man chosen by God for a big job |
Noah
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In a 1935 letter from Key West he wrote, "I have drunk since I was fifteen and few things have given me more pleasure" |
(Alex: With less than a minute to go.)
Hemingway
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Westin, Sheraton & St. Regis hotels are all part of this "stellar" company |
Starwood Hotels
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A word for the edge of a steep place jettisons its "BR" & becomes this slang word for publicity |
ink
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