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PRESIDENTS' ONE-SYLLABLE LAST NAMES |
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Launched in 1997, Cassini was a joint venture by NASA, the European Space Agency & the ASI, the space agency of this country |
(Jessica: What is Australia?) (Josh: What is India?)
Italy
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"Mrs. Kennedy & Me" by Clint Hill recounts his time in this protective agency in the early 1960s |
the Secret Service
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"Ringu" became this scarefest |
The Ring
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Italian words for "in the fresh air" give us this adjective for things done outdoors |
al fresco
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He served in the House of Representatives from 1949 to 1973 |
(Josh: Who is Bush?)
(Gerald) Ford
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To emulate the gods, Mayans sought to make their babies' eyes do this by dangling toys in front of their faces |
(Josh: What is dilate?)
cross-eyed
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On September 15, 2017, Cassini plunged into Saturn; in its last moments, it sent back direct data on the composition of this |
its atmosphere
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Julia Child cooked up a story of her culinary travels titled "My Life in" this country |
France
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In a 2007 remake Russell Crowe is the bad guy the law wants to put on this title train |
3:10 to Yuma
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This word from the French for "one who knows" is applied to those with good taste |
a connoisseur
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Before he was president, he was Teddy Roosevelt's Secretary of War |
Taft
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In this South American country, one body type for women is called "um corpo de violao", shaped like a guitar |
Brazil
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Cassini photographed the giant jetstream around Saturn's north pole, called this for its six-sided shape |
a hexagon
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Peter Falk's memoir takes this title from the 4-word phrase with which Columbo would annoy the guilty |
Just One More Thing
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Yul definitely know this 1960 remade version of "The Seven Samurai" |
The Magnificent Seven
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You can get wine at this grocery store whose name means "wine shop" in Spanish |
a bodega
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His classmates at West Point called him Sam, as in "Uncle Sam" |
(Josh: Who is Polk?) ... (Alex: Uncle Sam--U.S. [*].)
U.S. Grant
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White pigment made from this metal caused nausea, & death, but pale was the look in 18th c. France |
lead
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Orbiting the moon Iapetus, Cassini found a huge ridge coinciding almost exactly with this geographic circle |
the equator
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This alliterative title of Evelyn Waugh's memoir is what Alexander Pope described as "a dangerous thing" |
A Little Learning
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This 1968 Steve McQueen-Faye Dunaway caper was remade in 1999 |
The Thomas Crown Affair
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The Arabic word for "lawful" gave us this word meaning slaughtered according to Islamic law |
halal
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The son of a governor of New Hampshire, he was known as Young Hickory |
Pierce
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In Japan, women used this glossy varnish to blacken their teeth--it actually prevented decay |
lacquer
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On its journey to Saturn, Cassini carried the Huygens probe, which parachuted to the surface of this moon in 2005 |
Titan
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"A Journal of a Soul" was the testament of this man, who got a new job in Rome in 1958 |
Pope John XXIII
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Wim Wenders' "Wings of Desire" was remade as this with Nicolas Cage & Meg Ryan |
City of Angels
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From the German, it's a vending machine or a restaurant full of them in New York City of yore |
(Alex: Less than a minute.)
an automat
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He was elected in the nation's centennial year |
(Rutherford B.) Hayes
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Nanaia Mahuta is the first woman in her country's Parliament to wear moko kauae, the chin tattoo of this culture |
the Maori
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