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Kind of "room" that's lit by a "safelight" |
(John: What is a safe room?)
darkroom
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Completes "Up and down the city road, in and out the eagle, that's the way the money goes--" |
"Pop Goes the Weasel"
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In 1974 this N.C. Democrat's spoken word recording, "Senator Sam at Home", received a Grammy nom. |
Sam Ervin
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Over 20 million people died in this country's T'ai-p'ing Rebellion from 1850-64 |
China
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Lakes & rivers attract tourist dollars to these mountains shared with Missouri, Illinois, Kansas & Okla. |
Ozarks
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The lights of Broadway were dimmed the day this inventor was buried in 1931 |
Edison
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If you have only 2.1 children, you've done your bit to achieve this, demographically speaking |
zero population growth
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A little known last line for this bride's rhyme is "and a lucky sixpence in her shoe" |
(Jim: What is something borrowed, something blue? Something old, new?...[*])
something old, something new, something borrowed, something blue
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Of Inspirational, Country or Rock 'n" Roll, the type of music for which Elvis won his 3 Grammys |
(Jim: What is Country?)
Inspiration
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Arthur Phillip established the first permanent European colony on this continent in 1788 |
Australia
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University of Arkansas athletic teams are named this, after a type of wild hog |
Razorbacks
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A eulogist said of him, "There was only one guy at midnight on New Year's Eve." |
Guy Lombardo
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From the Greek for "leader of the people", it's someone who arouses people through emotion & prejudice |
demagogue
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He said, "Before I'd let your steam drill beat me down, Lord, I'd die with this hammer in my hand." |
John Henry
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His "Live on the Sunset Strip" album was 1982's "Best Comedy Recording" |
(John: Who is Eddie Murphy?)
Richard Pryor
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This conqueror's descendants, the Timurids, ruled part of his empire after his death in 1405 |
(John: Who is Genghis Khan?)
Tamerlane
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One of America's richest men, Sam Walton of Bentonville heads this discount store chain |
Walmart
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A band played "Old Folks at Home" at his burial on January 21, 1864 |
Stephen Foster
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You can raise the pitch of your guitar by clamping one of these gizmos to the neck |
[The end-of-round signal sounds.]
capo
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To test this, Charles Weller came up with "Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of the party." |
typing skill
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Henry Mancini's music from this Craig Stevens TV series won "Album of the Year" in 1959 |
Peter Gunn
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He became Viceroy of Ireland 17 years after he surrendered at Yorktown |
Cornwallis
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Its state motto is Regnat Populus which means this |
People Reign (Rule)
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No shroud for this "Beat" author; he was buried in a checkered sports jacket & red bow tie |
Jack Kerouac
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In this play Samuel Beckett wrote, "We all are born mad. Some remain so." |
(Alex: You are right and we have less than a minute to go in the round.)
Waiting for Godot
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This guitarist has won 7 Grammy Awards for "Best Country Instrumental Performance" |
Chet Atkins
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Theodora, the wife of emperor Justinian I, was probably the most powerful woman in this empire's history |
Byzantine
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The most industrialized city in the state is not the capital but this "Fort" city |
Fort Smith
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At her request, she was buried next to Wild Bill Hickok in Deadwood, South Dakota |
Calamity Jane
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