NAMES IN AMERICAN HISTORY |
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The 2012 film "Red Tails" tells the story of the WWII African-American flyers known as these airmen |
the Tuskegee Airmen
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Ferde Grofé's suite named for this Arizona landmark has trumpets mimicking crickets |
the Grand Canyon
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The Tigris River flows through this capital |
Baghdad
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The first "W" in WWE, where Kofi Kingston & No Way Jose wrestle with issues |
World (World Wrestling Entertainment)
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In 1980-81 the eyes of Texas--& apparently, everyone else--were on this CBS nighttime soap, No. 1 for the season |
Dallas
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At the blackjack table, don't hit on hard 17 or you'll probably do this synonym for "break" |
bust
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William Penn created Pennsylvania as a refuge for religious minorities, like this faith of his |
Quakers
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When the L.A. Phil did Prokofiev's "Scythian Suite", it used several flutes but only one of these highest-pitched woodwinds |
a piccolo
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In troubled Venezuela, many have scoured the polluted waters of the Guaire River in this capital in search of anything of value |
Caracas
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The "A" in the disease AIDS |
(Jesse: What is Auto?)
Acquired
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Ken Levine & David Isaacs penned "The Boys in the Bar" & "The Last Angry Mailman" episodes of this sitcom |
Cheers
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Numbers that have been summed & cars that have been wrecked beyond repair have been this |
totaled
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This Wild West frontiersman got his name on a state capital in 1864 |
(Kevin: What is, uh, Austin?)
Kit Carson
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In the 1950s Chico O'Farrill's "Afro-Cuban Jazz Suite" featured this "avian" saxophonist tootin' |
Charlie "Birdman" Parker
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Of the 4 capitals that stand on the Danube, 3 start with a "B": Bratislava, Budapest & this one further south |
Belgrade
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The "F" in FISA, authorized in 1978 |
(Sarah: What is Federal?)
Foreign
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The song "Kiss" says, "You don't have to watch" this ABC drama "to have an attitude" but many did watch those Carringtons |
Dynasty
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An appliance that's not working is "on the" this German first name |
Fritz
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The public was intrigued when this man's November 1963 8mm film footage was shown on TV in 1975 |
Zapruder
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"Mercury, The Winged Messenger" in this Holst suite brings some high-pitched frivolity |
The Planets
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A tributary of the Rhine, the Aare River wraps around this city on three sides in a canton of the same name |
Bern
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In AT&T it's what the "T&T" originally was short for |
(Jesse: What is Telephone & Telecom?)
Telephone & Telegraph
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Not Hawkeye but this "M*A*S*H" tentmate became the title character of an '80s drama |
Trapper John
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A fissure between friends, or a valley formed between 2 faults |
a rift
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"Message from Mrs. Madison. She sends her love to Mrs. Wethered" was Dolley's follow-up to this inventor's 1844 message |
(Jesse: Who is Bell?)
Morse
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There's a bassoon solo in the Rimsky-Korsakov suite named for this woman who told great stories |
(Sarah: Oh, um, who is, uh... [Fingers shake]) (Alex: Hurry.) (Sarah: Oh, the 1,001 Nights, um, Salome.) [Time's up] (Sarah: [*]!) (Alex: Too late.)
Scheherazade
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This capital of Laos lies on the Mekong |
(Jesse: What is Vietieng?) ... (Alex: You mispronounced it too badly, Jesse. [*].) (Jesse: My apologies.)
Vientiane
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The "L" in the drug LSD |
Lysergic
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She played a dazzling array of characters on her show that earned the FOX network its first Emmy nomination |
(Alex: She's the one; very talented.)
Tracey Ullman
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This synonym for "hernia" can also refer to a break in a pipeline |
rupture
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