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When they met in 1959, Marilyn Monroe said this Soviet premier looked at her the way a man looks at a woman |
Khrushchev
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An actor playing a role vastly different from other roles he's known for is "cast against" this |
type
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Lake Uri is where this Swiss hero is said to have leaped from a prison-bound boat & escaped Gessler |
William Tell
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19th c. teacher James Pillans boasted of being among the first to have students make chalk markings on this |
a slate (or blackboard)
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Groucho Marx called "military" this "a contradiction in terms" |
intelligence
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Pam Anderson's trips to London's Ecuadorian embassy had People magazine asking if she was dating this man |
(Julian) Assange
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"I'm Losing You", "I'll Let You Go" & 2003's "Still Holding" are Bruce Wagner's showbiz trilogy named for this device |
a cell phone
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It's the "circular" term for redoing dialogue of a low sound quality |
looping
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The Uda & Chikoy are among the 300-plus rivers & streams that flow into this huge Siberian lake |
Baikal
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24 states mandate this kind of education; 22 of them say to include HIV in the curriculum |
sex education
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To ostentatiously display ability, like your knowledge of Edna Ferber's works |
show off (or showboat)
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When this Italian director & fan met Stan Lee, Lee's receptionist pronounced his name like a serious type of crime |
(Alex: She called him Mr. Felony.)
Fellini
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In this author's "The Long Goodbye", Philip Marlowe is living on Yucca Ave. & drinking at Victor's |
(Mark: Who is Hammett?)
Raymond Chandler
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Fittingly, given what his name means, Joe Pesci starred as "My Cousin Vinny", this kind of tale of culture shock |
a fish out of water
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Take a look & we'll Clooney you into this lake, 25 miles north of Milan |
(Ashley: What is Lake George?) (Alex: No, what is [*] in Italy, where he has a home.)
Lake Como
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There was a 21st C. boom in boot camps for this activity, a less scary version of computer programming |
coding
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Originally, it was a series of pictures viewed through a hole in a box--P.S., it now has a seedier meaning |
a peep show
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Sir Arthur Conan Doyle hosted a seance to contact this magician's mother; it didn't go well & the 2 friends parted ways |
Houdini
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L.A. foster homes & poisoning with the white plant of the title are part of this Janet Fitch novel |
White Oleander
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"Above the" this refers to the budgeted cost associated with the major talent |
above the line
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Every little breeze seems to whisper this Alberta lake, so named to honor the daughter of Queen Victoria |
Louise
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In 2017 this N.J. city regained local control over its schools & 55,000 students, taken over by the state in 1995 |
Newark
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A piece of fabric on a boat mast to show wind direction, or a Poe title adjective |
a telltale
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This one-time POTUS hopeful once had a drinking session with unlikely pal Hunter S. Thompson |
Pat Buchanan
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Michael Connelly says this cop & "Hollywood Station" author "took crime fiction to a whole new level" |
(Alex: Former police officer [*].)
Joseph Wambaugh
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Term for a sought-after item that drives a plot; Hitchcock said the word originated as a device to trap lions in Scotland |
(Alex: There are no lions in Scotland.)
MacGuffin
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In 1802 Matthew Flinders discovered the rather unusual-looking & very salty Lake Hillier in this nation |
(Mark: What is Canada?)
Australia
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A 1988 law boosting research & new strategies is named for these 2 qualities, 1 of a math whiz & 1 of a violin prodigy |
gifted and talented
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Colorado ski resort & film festival locale |
Telluride
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