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"A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man" is a portrait of him, its author |
(Justin: Who is Hemingway?)
James Joyce
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2018 is the 50th anniv. of the natl. trails system, including a historic trail named for this Missouri-Calif. mail route |
the Pony Express
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"Born down in a dead man's town, the first kick I took was when I hit the ground" |
"Born In The U.S.A."
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In December of 2017, fans of the AHL's Bears of this Pennsylvania chocolate town broke their own record tossing 25,000 teddy bears for charity |
Hershey
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This late night host: "Autumn in California, where the leaves change color if you use the right Instagram filter" |
Conan O'Brien
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I've got a few in the closet |
pullover sweaters
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He remembered things past when he went "In Search of Lost Time" |
(Marcel) Proust
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Popular with backpackers, the Mantario Trail is located mostly in this Canadian province that borders Ontario |
Manitoba
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From Mr. Sinatra: "And now the end is near, and so I face the final curtain" |
"My Way"
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A 40% price jump in basic goods like eggs helped begin protests vs. the govt. on Dec. 28, 2017 in Mashhad in this nation |
Iran
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A story from ancient Greece was the basis for Eugene O'Neill's trilogy "Mourning Becomes" her |
Electra
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This screenwriter's marriage to Carl Bernstein gave her (& readers) "Heartburn" |
Nora Ephron
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The forced march of thousands of Cherokee from Ga. to what's now Oklahoma in the 1830s is known as the Trail of these |
the Trail of Tears
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From the Beatles, of course: "I read the news today, oh boy" |
"A Day In The Life"
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98-year-old chaplain Sister Jean helped guide this Chicago school to an amazing 2018 Final Four run |
Loyola (of Chicago)
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"Give War a Chance" is among the contrarian works of this political satirist |
(Michelle: Who is Roy Blount?)
P.J. O'Rourke
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What a celebrity might say to the paparazzi |
(Ryan: Uh, quit looking at me?)
quit following me
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Thomas Wolfe's "A Story of the Buried Life" is called do this, "Angel" |
(Alex: Less than a minute now.)
look homeward
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The complex of roads known as this Communist leader's trail was a major supply route for North Vietnam |
the Ho Chi Minh Trail
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A Tom Petty classic: "She's a good girl, loves her mama, loves Jesus and America too" |
(Michelle: Who is Mary Jane?)
"Free Fallin'"
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In 2018 this ex-PM from the Labour Party said he wouldn't mind a referendum on the Brexit referendum |
Tony Blair
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Bernardo O'Higgins was "Supreme Director" of this country from 1817 to 1823, then lived in exile up north in Peru |
(Justin: What is Argentina?)
Chile
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This familiar phrase originates from Tennyson's "The Charge of the Light Brigade" |
cannon to the left of them, cannon to the right of them
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He followed up "Tropic of Cancer" with "Tropic of Capricorn" |
(Henry) Miller
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Take a hike on the John Muir Trail, which starts in Yosemite National Park & ends at this highest U.S. peak not in Alaska |
(Ryan: What is Mount Shasta?)
Mount Whitney
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"You never close your eyes anymore when I kiss your lips" |
(Ryan: What is "You Lost That Lovin' Feelin'"?) (Alex: Oh, you're so close. It's not "you", it's "you've". Y-O-U-apostrophe-V-E.) [Justin and Michelle are not given a chance to ring in, suggesting that Alex initially ruled Ryan's response correct before going to commercial.]
"You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'"
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In 2018 the U.S. east coast faced 50+ MPH winds, snow & temps. colder than Mars due to this 2-word type of "ordnance" storm |
bomb cyclone
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Here's this ex-governor of Maryland debating Hillary Clinton during the Democratic primaries |
(Martin) O'Malley
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