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The National Council of Women awarded this anthropologist its annual Woman of Conscience Award |
Margaret Mead
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William Congreve developed the type of this whose "red glare" appears in "The Star-Spangled Banner" |
rockets
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In disguise, the wicked queen sold this fair maiden a poisoned comb |
(Alice: Who was Sleeping Beauty?)
Snow White
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In the 3 "Lethal Weapon" films, he played detective Roger Murtaugh |
Danny Glover
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During this country's civil war, 1936-1939, an autonomous Basque state was established by the republic |
Spain
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On October 10, 15 months after she divorced her 5th husband in Switzerland, she remarried him in Botswana |
(Alex: And she remarried Richard Burton.)
Elizabeth Taylor
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In January 1610 he discovered the 4 largest moons of Jupiter |
Galileo
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Leopold Bloom, an advertising salesman, is the Homeric title character of this James Joyce novel |
Ulysses</i>
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He reprised his starring role as a teacher for the 1996 TV movie "To Sir with Love II" |
Sidney Poitier
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On Nov. 15, 1994 this German chancellor won reelection to a fourth term as the country's leader |
Helmut Kohl
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This 18-year-old defected from Czechoslovakia & was granted asylum in the U.S. |
Martina Navratilova
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As a child this American inventor was called Finley |
(Frank: Who was Edison?)
Samuel F.B. Morse
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Charles Dickens' "Great Expectations" is narrated by this orphan |
Pip
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In 1995 he & "White Men Can't Jump" co-star Woody Harrelson hopped aboard the "Money Train" |
Wesley Snipes
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In 1297 this principality was acquired by the house of Grimaldi |
Monaco
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It was a first when women participated in the ceremony canonizing this 1st U.S.-born saint |
(Frank: Who was Seton... Mary Seton?)
Elizabeth Ann Seton
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This Frenchman was the first to demonstrate that fermentation is a biochemical process |
(Frank: Who is Dom Perignon?) (Alex: No, but I like your thinking!)
Louis Pasteur
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"Rip Van Winkle" & other stories appeared in his "Sketch Book" published under the pseudonym Geoffrey Crayon |
Washington Irving
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Her portrayals have included Betty Shabazz in "Malcolm X" & Tina Turner in "What's Love Got to Do with It?" |
(Alex: We have a minute to go.)
Angela Bassett
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In 1861 the principalities of Walachia & Moldavia united to form this nation |
(Alice: What is Poland?)
Romania
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A knight's overcoat, or the name of the inn where Chaucer's pilgrims stop |
(Frank: What is the Arbor Inn?) [The end-of-round signal sounds.] (Alex: We have to say goodbye to you, Frank; you'll wind up with our third-place prize.)
Tabard Inn
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This future queen was still a princess when she attended the ceremony marking Suriname's independence |
Beatrix
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In 1895 Louis Lumiere adapted the presser foot of a sewing machine to this type of camera |
movie/motion picture camera
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When this affable Rabelais prince is 524 years old, he sires Pantagruel |
Gargantua
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He won critical acclaim as John Travolta's hit man partner in "Pulp Fiction" |
Samuel (L.) Jackson
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Prince Klemens von Metternich, Austrian minister of state, served as president of this 1814-1815 congress |
(Frank: What is the Council of Ghent?)
Congress of Vienna
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The sackbut was the medieval form of this modern brass musical instrument |
(Frank: What is a tuba?)
trombone
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