THE WORKS OF ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON |
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Seen here is an illustration from this novel |
Treasure Island
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Kenny Wormald & Julianne Hough starred in this remake in which rock music & dancing are banned in a small town |
Footloose
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In October 1940 Italy launched an invasion of this country only to get routed by the gyros of General Papagos |
Greece
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During its 1910 appearance, this comet was photographed for the first time |
Halley's comet
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Victory, or an insult comic dog |
Triumph
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This NASCAR driver entered 676 Winston Cup races, won 76 of them & earned more than $40 million in prize money |
Dale Earnhardt
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These 2 characters finish the title of Stevenson's novel that begins "The Strange Case of"... |
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
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Meryl Streep landed a record 19th Oscar nomination for her role as the Witch in this musical |
Into the Woods
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On Dec. 2, 1941 German troops who wished they'd packed heavier got to the suburbs of this capital but no further |
Moscow
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One theory for why dust covers our moon: rocks are pulverized by rapid cooling during this, partial or total |
eclipse
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The science of soil cultivation |
agriculture
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In 2016, 25 years after she made national news, she was portrayed by Kerry Washington in "Confirmation" |
Anita Hill
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Stevenson's short novel "The Ebb-Tide" follows 3 beggars operating in the port of Papeete on this Pacific island |
Tahiti
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At the time Madonna said of this 1996 role, it was the most challenging of her career but one she was born to play |
Evita
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The 5th-brightest star in the nighttime sky, Vega is often called the harp star because it's in this harp constellation |
Lyra
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Done without volition, be it muscles or manslaughter |
involuntary
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He compiled "Little Known Facts About Well Known People" 2 years before telling us how to influence people (in general) |
(Dale) Carnegie
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Peter O'Toole dreamed "The Impossible Dream" when he played Don Quixote in this film |
(Hugh: What is The Man from La Mancha?)
Man of La Mancha
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On Oct. 20, 1944 Douglas MacArthur fulfilled this 3-word promise he'd made to the Philippine people in 1942 |
(Hugh: What is "I will return"?) (Stephanie: What is "I'll be back"?) [Laughter]
"I shall return"
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This mount's observatory was built in 1904 near Pasadena because the air above it is the steadiest in North America |
Mount Wilson
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To attest to someone's character |
(Alex: Is to [*] for them.)
vouch
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Oliver Hill argued in lawsuits against segregated public schools, leading to this landmark 1954 Supreme Court case |
Brown v. Board of Education
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She played Coco & sang the title tune form "Fame"-- she was gonna live forever... do you remember her name? |
Irene Cara
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This Japanese admiral planned and led the 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor |
Admiral Yamamoto
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This largest moon of Jupiter has a thin oxygen atmosphere & is the solar system's only moon to have a magnetosphere |
[The end-of-round signal sounds.]
Ganymede
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Clint Hill, an agent with this part of the government from 1958 to 1975, leaped to fame in November 1963 |
(Alex: He was the [*] agent who jumped on the car following President Kennedy's assassination. Loren, go again.) (Loren: FAR OUT!, 16.) (Alex: Less than a minute now.)
Secret Service
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