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In 1867 this country returned to imperial rule under a teenager called Meiji |
Japan
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Oleg Cassini is perhaps most famous for designing clothes for this First Lady |
Jacqueline Kennedy
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Of AC, BC or DC, the current you get from a battery |
(Hugh: What is AC?)
DC (direct current)
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According to the title of a 1969 Philip Roth novel, it's what Alexander Portnoy had |
a complaint
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He played a "Good Neighbor" named "Sam" |
Jack Lemmon
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The capital of Canada & the province in which it lies |
Ottawa, Ontario
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This U.S. general was nicknamed "Black Jack" when he led black troops, not when he played cards |
John J. Pershing
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Adolfo is perhaps most famous for designing clothes for this First Lady |
Nancy Reagan
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Darwin explained how the fittest of each species survived through this evolutionary process |
(Alan: What is evolution?) (Hugh: What is selection...competitive selection?) [end-of-round signal sounds]
natural selection
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In a Poe story, Roderick Usher had a visitor come to his house during this season |
fall
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Broadway's "Sweet Charity", she was Magnum's mom on "Magnum, P.I." |
Gwen Verdon
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Though called its "Maid", Joan just liberated this city, she didn't do windows |
Orleans
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In 19th century America, she was known as "The Moses of Her People" |
Harriet Tubman
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He owns a 13,000-acre spread in Colorado, the Double RL Ranch, named for himself & his wife, Ricky |
Ralph Lauren
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When you repeat the twice-told tales he published in 1837, that makes them thrice-told |
Hawthorne
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Before playing the psychic Tangina in this film, 4' 3" Zelda Rubinstein worked on a shrimp boat |
Poltergeist
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The largest of the Ryukyu Islands, the U.S. still has bases on it |
Okinawa
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Cabinet member who was stabbed the same night Lincoln was shot |
(Alan: Who was Stanton?)
Seward
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The daughter of a concentration camp survivor, she grew up in Brussels & married a prince |
Diane von Furstenberg
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This 1979 Norman Mailer novel has been compared to Truman Capote's "In Cold Blood" |
(Hugh: What is "Armies of the Night?") (Alex: We've got less than a minute to go.)
The Executioner's Song
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Gregory Peck said his favorite role was Atticus Finch in this film that won him an Oscar |
To Kill a Mockingbird
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Term for that part of the globe which includes the Pacific islands, Australia & New Zealand |
(Jim: What is the Occident?)
Oceania
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The supporters of this exiled Stuart king were known as Jacobites |
(Jim: Who was King James....I?)
King James II
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This svelte socialite was only 21 when she married 63-year-old conductor L. Stokowski |
Gloria Vanderbilt
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Author of 1931's "Tragic America", he also wrote 1925's "An American Tragedy" |
Thedore Dreiser
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She gained 25 pounds to play "Madame Sousatzka" |
Shirley MacLaine
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This river forms part of the boundary between Colombia & Venezuela |
the Orinoco
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