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COLLEGE FOOTBALL: AFTER THE GAME |
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In a Season 1 episode, Elizabeth prepares for this June 2, 1953 event
"It's not as easy as it looks."
"It's exactly what the King said."
"I remember." |
her coronation
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300 volunteers came together in 1971 to create this world-spanning charity also called Médecins Sans Frontieres |
[The accent mark in "Frontières" was not shown.]
Doctors Without Borders
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Shortly after "imbalance" in the dictionary is this noun denoting one who is stupid & inane |
an imbecile
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"The Lone Ranger &" this man "Fistfight in Heaven" is the title story of a collection by Native American author Sherman Alexie |
Tonto
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In 2004 an NCAA award was established in the name of this center on the 1933 Michigan team & future politician |
Gerald Ford
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This man from Medford, Massachusetts was the 108th mayor of New York City |
Bloomberg
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In a dramatic moment, Elizabeth confronts this uncle & rejects his bid to regain a royal role
"But when the truth finally came out, the truth... it makes a mockery of even the central tenets of Christianity." |
the Duke of Windsor
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A charity named for this actor who was paralyzed in 1995 aims to better the lives of those with spinal cord injuries |
Christopher Reeve
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It was also called a fool's cap |
a dunce cap
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A Dostoyevsky story is titled these, the daylit evenings of St. Petersburg in summertime |
"White Nights"
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Before starring on a 4-letter TV drama, Mark Harmon starred for this 4-letter school as a QB, averaging 7.2 yards a carry in '73 |
UCLA
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He wrote the screenplay for "Butch Cassidy & the Sundance Kid" & adapted his own novel "Marathon Man" for the movies |
William Goldman
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A 1961 visit to Britain by this American gives the queen something to think about
"It's really one of the great paradoxes of being in a position where I have to talk to great many people. But deep down, I'm happiest with animals."
"Makes two of us." |
Jackie Kennedy
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"Those who work for the good are those who do the good" said this TV star & founder of St. Jude Children's Research Hospital |
Danny Thomas
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Archie Bunker called Edith this, also an ornamental typographical character |
dingbat
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W.W. Jacobs came up with pretty much the opposite of a lucky rabbit's foot with this story of a dad, a son & 3 wishes gone bad |
"The Monkey's Paw"
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Nickname of the team that was led to an undefeated 1958 season by future brigadier general Pete Dawkins |
(James: Who are the Army [*]?)
Black Knights
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"The Good Earth", released in 1937 after his death, was the first film with the name of this MGM production head in the credits |
(James: Who is Goldwyn?)
(Irving) Thalberg
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Looking for love in Season 2, Princess Margaret finds a kindred spirit in this photographer
"Not we've met."
"We have."
"Where have we met?"
"Perhaps it'll come to you." |
[James selected the first clue.]
Lord Snowdon (or Antony Armstrong-Jones)
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To fight excessive punishment along racial lines, lawyer Bryan Stevenson founded this initiative, EJI for short |
Equal Justice
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Synonyms for this one-word rhyme include lamebrain, dodo, yo-yo & dum-dum |
nitwit
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"Cathedral" is the title story of a 1983 collection by this American realist & onetime janitor |
(Raymond) Carver
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In 1998 football fans debated who was the NCAA's best QB: Peyton Manning or this WSU Cougar; their pro careers went opposite ways |
[Alex reads "WSU" as "Washington State University".]
Ryan Leaf
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In 1998 this former GOP presidential candidate went to Paradise... Valley's Christ Church of the Ascension memorial garden in Arizona |
Goldwater
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In Season 3 Buckingham Palace is not thrilled about this Labour politician, prime minister for most of the 1960s
"Over half his cabinet would be made up of rabid anti-monarchists, who want our heads on spikes. Vive la révolution, except I doubt they speak French in Halifax." |
(Harold) Wilson
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Last name of Evangeline, elected general of the Salvation Army in 1934, the third in her family to hold the position |
Booth
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Lucy was quite fond of deriding Charlie Brown with this 9-letter term for a less-than-intelligent person |
blockhead
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This 19th century French short story master is noted for twist endings, as in "The Necklace" |
Guy de Maupassant
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Steve Largent went on from this university to a HOF pro career, then returned home to represent the area in Congress |
[Alex reads "HOF" as "Hall of Fame".] ... (Brad: What is Oklahoma?) (Ken: What is Oklahoma State?)
the University of Tulsa
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Missile launches are part of the mission of the California Air Force base named for this general |
Vandenberg
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