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Of playing the violin, having a valet named Rochester or wife named Mary, what he & J. Benny had in common |
playing the violin
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In 1813 Sir Walter Scott turned down this royal post, recommending Robert Southey |
Poet Laureate
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The words boss, cookie, dope & waffle came from these early settlers in what is now New York |
Dutch
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Of the longest, highest or widest mountain chain in the world, the one that describes the Andes |
longest
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When she was married to Lee, Farrah acted under this name |
Farrah Fawcett-Majors
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It can follow ticket, telephone or Shirley |
booth
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Instead of having guests bow, President Jefferson instituted this practice |
(Alex: We've got less than a minute.)
shaking hands
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The longest word ever in a London Times crossword, 27 letters, was from his "Love's Labor's Lost" |
(Alex: Yes, and I suppose we are begging the question, "What was that word?" It was "honorificabilitudinitatibus" and here's what it looks like when it's written out. I don't know what it means and I don't care.) [Laughter]
William Shakespeare
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Khmer is the official language of this country |
Cambodia
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Introduced into South America in 1569, this tribunal killed about 100 people over the next 250 yrs. |
Inquisition
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When she debuted on "The Cosby Show", Phylicia Rashad was known by this name |
Phylicia Ayers-Allen
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That helpful little shove that pushes you up to the top |
(Mark: What is a boot?)
boost
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If the House vote had gone the other way, he, not Jefferson, would have been our 3rd President |
Aaron Burr
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These Kenneth Grahame tales were originally told to his son to keep him from crying |
The Wind in the Willows
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Modern standard Chinese is usually called Northern Chinese or this |
Mandarin
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Tourists in Lima often suffer from soroche, an illness due to this |
altitude (lack of oxygen)
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This singer, born in England to Welsh & German parents, lives in Malibu & is known as an Australian |
Olivia Newton-John
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Coverings for itty-bitty baby tootsies |
booties
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After Jefferson saw the Constitution, he urged this to be added to it, which it was |
Bill of Rights
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Along with "Samson Agonistes", Milton published this famous sequel to another work |
Paradise Regained
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Erse was the Scottish form of this language |
Gaelic
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It's the world's no. 1 copper-producing country |
(John: What is...Bolivia?)
Chile
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Harry Belafonte's daughter, who spent 5 years in a "Hotel" |
Shari Belafonte-Harper
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The 2 types of these are returning & non-returning |
boomerangs
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Jefferson called the founding of this the last service he could render for his country |
University of Virginia
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Fictional singer in a German cabaret, she was created by Christopher Isherwood in the late 1930s |
Sally Bowles
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This word described a form of Latin once spoken in France; now it means any Latin-based tongue |
romance languages
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The Spaniards originally called this country Upper Peru |
(Andrea: What is Colombia?) (John: What is Ecuador?)
Bolivia
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She played one of "The Two Mrs. Grenvilles" |
Ann-Margret
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Pointless, unnecessary work, it may describe a government project |
boondoggle
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