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Budd Schulberg's novel "The Disenchanted" is based on the life of this "Great Gatsby" author |
F. Scott Fitzgerald
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Because growth comes through innovation, many firms have R&D departments, which are these |
research & development departments
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Its metro area includes Glendale, Mesa, Scottsdale & Tempe |
(Bruce: What is Ariz...uh.) (Alex: Hurry.) (Bruce: What is [*]?) (Alex: You got the response in in time. Select again.
Phoenix, Arizona
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Thomas Betterton died in 1710 & became the first actor buried in this abbey |
Westminster
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According to I Kings 4:32, this wise ruler was responsible for 3,000 proverbs & 1,005 songs |
Solomon
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A person suffering from arachnophobia is afraid of these |
spiders
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This author is known for novels set in the Orient; "King Rat" was his first |
James Clavell
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Increasing government spending to spur national income & employment is called "priming" this |
the pump
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This largest city in North Carolina was named for the wife of King George III |
Charlotte
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Guinness says this ancient civilization's most famous actor was Quintus Roscius |
Rome
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He took the massive doors from the Gate of Gaza & carried them to a hill a Hebron, 40 miles away |
Samson
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These absorbent marine creatures are so motionless they were formerly thought to be plants |
sponges
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According to the title of an Ayn Rand novel, "Atlas" did this |
Shrugged
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President who froze wages & prices for 90 days in 1971 |
Nixon
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This largest city on the island of Hawaii is about 30 miles from Kilauea volcano |
Hilo
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1 Dramatist said of Sarah Siddons' performance as this tragic lady, "I swear that I smelt blood" |
(Alex: You're in third place, Bruce, with 2,700.) (Bruce: I'll go the whole 27.)
Lady Macbeth
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After the destruction of Sodom & Gomorrah, he & his 2 daughters dwelt in a mountain cave |
Lot
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In order to grow, a crab must get rid of this, but don't worry, it grows a new one |
(Todd: What is its skeleton?) --- (Alex: If you had said "it's exoskeleton", Todd, we would have accepted that, but "skeleton" by itself is not an acceptable response.)
its shell
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He called "The Loved One" "a little nightmare produced by the...high living of a brief visit to Hollywood" |
Evelyn Waugh
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The reduction in value of an asset due to wear & tear & age |
depreciation
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A year after becoming mayor of this N.Y. city, Grover Cleveland became governor of the state |
Buffalo
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Edith Evans was famous for her portrayal of Lady Bracknell in this Oscar WIlde comedy |
The Importance of Being Ernest
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II Chronicles 28:15 called this walled city "The City of Palm Trees" |
Jericho
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Leeches are segmented types of these, flukes are flat ones |
worms
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"The Mansion" completed this Southern author's Snopes Trilogy |
William Faulkner
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Financial advisor to Elizabeth I after whom the "Bad money drives out good" law is named |
(Janet: Who is Burghley?)
Sir Thomas Gresham
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After Juneau, Alaska, this northern Florida city is the largest in area in the U.S. |
Jacksonville
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He wrote "Captain Brassbound's Conversion" for the actress Ellen Terry |
(Alex: And we have a minute to go.
(George Bernard) Shaw
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She died while giving birth to Benjamin |
Rachel
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Like a honeybee's, a crayfish's body has 3 parts, the head, the abdomen & this |
the thorax
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