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FRED(E)RIC(K)S OF HOLLYWOOD |
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In 1958 African-American activist Clennon King was sent to an asylum for trying to register at this state U. in Oxford |
University of Mississippi
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Ryman Auditorium, this city's country music hall, is more than a century older than Schermerhorn, its classical hall |
(Brenda: What is Boston?)
Nashville
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Born Frederick Austerlitz, this actor was free to create his own dances on film |
Fred Astaire
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Instituted in 1782, it was the first U.S. military decoration |
the Purple Heart
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To "make out like" this, meaning to do well, may refer not to a robber but to slang for a slot machine |
a bandit
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Bastet was a goddess in the form of one of these still-common domestic pets |
a cat
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The Congress of Racial Equality planned these 1961 trips to enforce desegregation of interstate transportation |
Freedom Rides
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This New York City venue a shimmering gold stage curtain that is said to be the largest in the world |
Radio City Music Hall
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This former child actor is now a busy TV director & even directed brother Ben in "Boy Meets World" |
Fred Savage
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After World Champion, the highest title in chess is International this; today there are more than 1,600 of them |
a Grandmaster
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Alliteration abounds in this 3-word phrase, a very uncomplicated game where you ring someone's doorbell & run away |
(Alex: That's it. I do it all the time.) [Laughter]
ding dong ditch
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Sometimes depicted as a human head on a bird, the ba was this eternal part of a human |
a soul
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In 1828 actor Thomas Rice began playing a blackface character named this, a term later used to describe racist laws |
(Patrick: Who is Uncle Tom?)
Jim Crow
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One of America's oldest opera houses, the Academy of Music in Philadelphia was modeled on this Milan venue |
La Scala
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With the help of makeup artist Wally Westmore, Fredric March won an Oscar in this dual role from a literary classic |
Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde
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The 2019 Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show gave this distinction to a fox terrier, with a Havanese taking the reserve title |
Best in Show
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To garner extremely high marks in a school examination is more slangily to do this 3-letter word to "that test" |
ace
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Seen on amulets, this beetle was a sacred symbol of revival |
a scarab
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Civil rights activism often includes VRDs, these "Drives" to help people participate in our democracy |
(Gauravi: What are voting rights drives?)
voter registration
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This funnyman improvised his way to greatness in films like "Waiting for Guffman" and "A Mighty Wind" |
Fred Willard
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A silver lantern is given by the JFK Library with "The Profile in" this award to recipients who exemplify the spirit of JFK's book |
Courage
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Like the feedback type, in a "compulsion" this, you endlessly cycle through checking your social media apps |
a loop
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The Egyptian sun god known as Khepri at dawn & Atum in the evening was known by this 2-letter name at midday |
Ra
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This discriminatory practice comes from the colorful borders on maps around areas where minorities found it hard to get loans or credit |
redlining
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A Miami concert hall is home to this symphony co-founded by Michael Tilson Thomas; its name sounds like a Dvorak piece about America |
the New World Symphony Orchestra
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This actor who played a killer in "Double Indemnity" was a sweet dad to "My Three Sons" on TV |
Fred MacMurray
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Damien Hirst & director Steve McQueen have won the British visual arts prize named for this 19th century British painter |
J.M.W. Turner
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This numerical term for the first person to catch a certain disease now can mean the first person affected by something |
patient zero
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With his distinctive head, he was the god of embalming |
Anubis
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