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THE TELEVISION ACADEMY HALL OF FAME |
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While Isaac Newton was figuring out gravity & motion, Bernini was making a fancy cover for the pope's throne at this church |
St. Peter's
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A burden can be this simian "on your back" |
a monkey
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The trial of Jack Ruby |
Dallas
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Generous donors pay for college for almost every graduate from public schools in Kalamazoo in this state |
Michigan
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The first "Seinfeld" star to be inducted, she was part of the class of 2014 |
[ERRATUM: The actress's name is Julia Louis-Dreyfus, but Adam's response was accepted.]
(Julia Louis-)Dreyfus
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An 1821 poem called "the faithful dog" |
man's best friend
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In 1824 the House of Reps picked John Quincy Adams as president &, further south, this man chose himself as dictator of Peru |
Simón Bolívar
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Here's a plate of these for your next party |
pigs in a blanket
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The Haymarket trial |
Chicago
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Later D.W. Griffith's D.P., Billy Bitzer worked for Hearst on the first film camera team to cover a war, this one |
(Maureen: What is World War I?)
the Spanish-American War
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The class of 2017 included the original 7-member cast of this show that debuted on NBC in 1975 |
SNL or Saturday Night Live
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In 1599 Sir Edwin Sandys wrote that he thought "honestie" to be this |
the best policy
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On March 5, 1770 Crispus Attucks was slain in the Boston massacre; on May 16 she married the Dauphin of France |
Marie Antoinette
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A type of bird is in this phrase for an exaggerated expression made for a selfie |
a duck face
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The Mapplethorpe obscenity trial & the Pete Rose grand jury (a year apart) |
(Alex: [*] Reds star.)
Cincinnati
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Ancient Olympians were nude, including in this sport introduced in 708 B.C. that has a move called the flying mare |
wrestling
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Inductee Brandon Stoddard oversaw "Roots", "The Winds of War" & "The Thorn Birds", the 3 most-watched these in TV history |
miniseries
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Completes the line from a show tune: "A kiss on the hand may be quite continental, but diamonds are..." |
a girl's best friend
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In 1698 Captain Kidd sailed the seas & this leader came home from a 17-month European tour to crush a revolt in Moscow |
Peter the Great
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(Sarah shows two yoga poses on the monitor.) To do the yoga pose upward-facing dog, the entire body is lifted up the floor & the arms are straight; the thighs stay on the floor & the arms are bent in this similar pose, named for a snake |
cobra
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The trial of Kenneth Lay & Jeffrey Skilling |
(Alex: Enron executives.)
Houston
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Once, Royal Navy captains would call "panic stations" as a prelude to this other 2-word command |
(Alex: Less than a minute now.)
abandon ship
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This late writer, director, producer & actor was inducted into the Hall in 1997 |
Garry Marshall
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In an 1862 message to Congress, Abraham Lincoln called an emancipated America "the last" this "of Earth" |
best hope
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While China's dowager empress Tzu Hsi helped instigate the Boxer Rebellion in 1900, he formulated quantum theory |
(Maureen: Who is Einstein?)
Max Planck
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Naturally, this '60s dance featured prancing leg movements |
the pony
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The trial of Leon Czolgosz--this city, not D.C. |
Buffalo, New York
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bankrate.com says a free one of these kitchen items on opening an account was once so common it was proverbial |
a toaster
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The Hall inducted this co-creator of "Big Bang Theory" & "Two and a Half Men" |
(Chuck) Lorre
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It's the title of a 1972 David Halberstam book on the U.S. military failure in Vietnam |
The Best and the Brightest
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