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Hawaii's Bishop Museum was founded as a memorial to the last direct descendant of this king |
Kamehameha
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This company's "Special Request" soups contain 1/3 less salt than its regular soups |
(Martin: Who is Campbell?)
Campbell
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He wrote a novel called "The Great American Novel" a few years after "Portnoy's Complaint" |
Philip Roth
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Some of these animals are placed in wire cages to protect them while they're making pearls |
oysters
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When this is cast on election day, you express your wish or vow, the original Latin meaning |
(Martin: What is a ballot?)
vote
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As chancellor of Germany from 1871-90, he forged an empire |
Bismarck
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Petersen House, where Lincoln died, is across the street from this other famous building |
(Martin: What is Ford Theater?) [Martin's response was accepted and Alex added nothing.)
Ford's Theater
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Thick cream that contains at least 36% milk fat is known by this "weighty" term |
heavy cream
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This author of "Brave New World" was the great-nephew of the poet Matthew Arnold |
[Martin's name appeared and disappeared many times throughout the round in a technical glitch and Alex mentioned that he still knew Martin's name.]
Aldous Huxley
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19th century black mourning jewelry was made from a glassy form of this fossil fuel |
coal
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The name of this snake comes from the Portuguese for "hooded snake" |
cobra
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In the mid 16th c. this country's king forbad the use of Turkish baths by the Moors |
(Alex: The king was Philip II.)
Spain
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USA Today reports they're the USA's fastest growing ethnic group |
Latin Americans (Hispanics)
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This nut confection is also called "marchpane" |
marzipan
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For a time in his youth, Truman Capote lived next door to this author of "To Kill a Mockingbird" |
Harper Lee
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At 563 carats, "the Star of" this country is the largest fine blue star sapphire in the world |
India
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This practice of giving important jobs to relatives came from a Latin word meaning "nephew" |
nepotism
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When Henry II tried to take control of the church in England, this archbishop fought him |
(Martin: Who is Sir Thomas More?) (Dwight: Who is the Archbishop of Canterbury?) (Alex: We want a name.) [Dwight sheepishly shakes head no.] (Alex: Sorry.)
Thomas à Becket
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This northeast state is the only state whose name is a homophone of a common word |
Maine
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Though its name says it's Russian, the Charlotte Russe was created in this country |
France
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He served as a U.S. consul to Germany & Scotland after he wrote "The Luck of Roaring Camp" |
Bret Harte
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This popular diamond setting was introduced by Louis Comfort's father in 1870 |
tiffany
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Because scenes of tales were printed on the various levels of building, the levels were called this |
stories
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While Luther was protesting the sale of these in Germany, Zwingli was doing the same in Switzerland |
indulgences
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This southeast state is fringed by a long chain of sandbars called the Outer Banks |
North Carolina
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You need to add this to white sauce if you want to make Mornay sauce |
cheese
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The French gave her a Legion of Honor Award for WWI aid to the Allies years after she wrote "Ethan Frome" |
Edith Wharton
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Named for a Russian czar, it's one of the birthstones worn by people born in June |
(Alex: [upon reveal of the Daily Double] Here's a chance for you to get right back into the thick of this, Martin, we've got a minute left in the round.) ... (Martin: Um...What is an opal?)
alexandrite
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Striking clocks in Shakespeare's "Julius Caesar" is an example of this from Greek for "backwards" & "time" |
anachronism
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This lengthy war began in 1618 when revolting guilds of Prague threw aides of Fredinand II out the window |
(Martin: What is the Hundred Years' War?)
Thirty Years' War
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