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I RULED IN BRITAIN FOR 50+ YEARS |
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This island southwest of Anchorage lends its name to a big ol' subspecies of brown bear |
a Kodiak bear
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The U.S. medal for service while being one of these shows an eagle surrounded by barbed wire |
[The end-of-round signal sounds.]
a P.O.W.
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In this author's novel "Presumed Innocent", a man acquitted of a brutal murder learns his wife really did it |
Scott Turow
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This monarch held the record for a royally long time, reigning in Britain for 63 years |
Victoria
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Do this to "the question" to set yourself on the path to matrimonial bliss |
(Jon: What is say yes?)
pop
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For the orange patch said to be rising on its chest, the honey bear of Malaysia is also known as this |
a sun bear
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"You was my brother, Charley, you should've looked out for me", says Brando to Rod Steiger in this film |
On the Waterfront
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This country awards the order of Leopold II |
Belgium
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In this bestseller Sophie Neveu turns out to be a direct descendent of Jesus |
[ERRATUM: "Descendent" should be spelled "descendant".]
The Da Vinci Code
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This guy reigned over England for 59 years; that's just crazy |
George III
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To carry, perhaps a bag |
(Alex: Less than a minute now.)
tote
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Some black bears that are actually light brown in color are called this, after a bark-derived spice |
cinnamon
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Paul Newman starred in this 1977 hockey movie that had a goon player get deported to Canada, which refused to take him |
Slap Shot
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Denmark confirmed the Grand Cross of the Order of the Danneborg on this founder of the Boy Scouts |
Lord Baden-Powell
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A lost work by Aristotle turns out to be the key to this 1980 medieval monastery murder mystery |
The Name of the Rose
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Appropriately, during King Edward III's long 50-year rule, he led England into this long conflict |
the Hundred Year War
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Though polar bears are hunted for food, their livers can be toxic thanks to high levels of retinol, this vitamin |
vitamin A
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The leg with Dustin Hoffman on this movie poster isn't Anne Bancroft's but that of Linda Gray, later Sue Ellen on "Dallas" |
[ERRATUM: Linda Gray's claim to be leg double was contradicted by Mel Brooks, as detailed in OOPS! $1000 in show #882, aired 1988-06-07.]
The Graduate
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The Nazis awarded Japanese admiral Yamamoto this black & silver medal established in 1813 |
the Iron Cross
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In this Dennis Lehane novel, the investigator is really an inmate & the docs are letting him live out a fantasy |
(Jon: Oh, boy. No idea. What is One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest?)
Shutter Island
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In 2017, Queen Elizabeth II marked 65 years on the throne; she's seen here during this year of her silver jubilee |
(Sebastian: Uh, what is... 2007?)
1977
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Melursus ursinus, this slow-moving bear, lives in India, not South America |
a sloth bear
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Playwright William Inge won an Oscar for the screenplay of this love story with Natalie Wood & Warren Beatty |
Splendor in the Grass
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Jacob Parrott stole a CSA train, going "above and beyond the call of duty" to receive the first of these |
a Medal of Honor
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In this Agatha Christie tale, one by one, 9 criminals who had previously escaped justice meet their fate |
(Sebastian: What is Nine Little Indians?)
Ten Little Indians (or And Then There Were None)
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22-year King James I of England was also 57-year King James this number of Scotland |
(Chloë: What is James II?)
James VI of Scotland
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Don't "dom" down this word for a territory granted by a lord to a vassal in return for service |
a fief
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