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THAT'S PROPRIETARY, MA'AM |
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In the 1970s: "When the president does it, that means that it is not illegal" |
Nixon
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In this 1981 film Jurgen Prochnow plays the captain of a WWII German submarine harassing Allied vessels |
Das Boot
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To hear him tell it, some of this psychiatrist's unusual meals have been accompanied by a nice Chianti |
Hannibal Lecter
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The perpetual light in one of these houses of worship is kept burning over the ark |
a synagogue
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In the rivalry between him & Wagner, his supporters were called Brahmins |
(Johannes) Brahms
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Universal Music Group owns this word when applied to music; when applied to the city of Detroit, it's fuzzier |
Motown
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In the 1970s: "Our long national nightmare is over" |
(Ryan: Who's Carter?)
Ford
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This 1969 French-language film with a 1-letter title was subtitled "Anatomy of a Political Assassination" |
Z
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Drs. Stone, Hall, Burton & Leavitt all work to avert bio-disaster in the Michael Crichton thriller about this strain |
The Andromeda Strain
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L.E.D.s, light-emitting these, were invented in 1962 but it took decades for them to come into wide use |
diodes
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This Russian is the other composer mentioned in "Roll Over Beethoven" |
Tchaikovsky
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Adobe does not want you to use this imaging term as a verb or noun--try "airbrush" |
Photoshop
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"I do not expect the Union to be dissolved--I do not expect the house to fall--but I do expect it will cease to be divided" |
Lincoln
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Dr. Maturin is ship's surgeon & friend to captain Aubrey in this Patrick O'Brian novel that launched a series |
(Alex: With less than a minute.)
Master and Commander
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Many stoves now use piezoelectric sparks instead of these to ignite the gas |
pilot lights
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The Maple Leaf that he named "The Maple Leaf Rag" for was a saloon in Sedalia, Missouri |
Scott Joplin
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This word is trademarked both for a "desk-top... card file" & for electronic use |
Rolodex
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In the early 20th c.: "I took the canal zone, & let Congress debate, & while the debate goes on the canal does also" |
Teddy Roosevelt
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Toshiro Mifune starred in 1957's "Throne of Blood", one of 16 films he made with this director |
[The end-of-round signal sounds.]
Kurosawa
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With the help of Jonathan Harker & others, this physician & metaphysician helps dispatch Dracula |
Van Helsing
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George Fox, founder of this Christian group, promoted "inner light", a direct connection to God |
(Ryan: Who are the Methodists?)
the Quakers or the Society of Friends
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Gounod, who came up with some good tunes, called this 6-letter word "the unique secret of" the composer's art |
melody
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Sheetrock is a trademark of USG, United States this mineral--"drywall" is OK |
gypsum
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In an early 20th c. message to Congress: "We have stood apart, studiously neutral" |
(Alex: 1915.)
Wilson
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In this '90s film an Italian postman learns to love poetry while delivering mail to a famous poet |
Il Postino
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A doctor himself, he created Dr. Stapleton, who solves medical mysteries in thrillers like "Contagion" |
(Bunny: Who is Michael Crichton?)
Robin Cook
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Poe's last story is about this job & the narrator is "thoroughly alone... Neptune, large as he is, is not... 'society'" |
a lighthouse keeper
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"The Old Castle" is one of the artworks on which Mussorgsky based this musical work |
Pictures at an Exhibition
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In Canada, Loblaws Market owns this alliterative 2-word term for "generic"--it's their generic brand |
(Ryan: What is name brand?)
No Name
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