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CONSECUTIVE OSCAR NOMINATIONS |
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HIGH-SCORING 4-LETTER SCRABBLE WORDS |
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Febold Feboldson sells sand from this sweltering California location to freezing gold prospectors |
Death Valley
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Best Actress: "The Client" (1994) & "Dead Man Walking" (1995) |
Susan Sarandon
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In Jerusalem, the "City of Peace", you might hear these 2 related Hebrew & Arabic words for peace used as a greeting |
shalom & salaam
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A 2006 landmark at the gate of Chicago's Union Stockyards honors the 100th anniversary of this Upton Sinclair novel |
The Jungle
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When Alexander set out to conquer Asia, he left Antipater as regent in charge of this home kingdom |
Macedonia
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A synonym for slothful or idle (16 points) |
lazy
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Babe the Blue Ox roams the American timberlands accompanied by this giant companion |
Paul Bunyan
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Best Director: "Mystic River" (2004) & Best Actor: "Million Dollar Baby" (2005) |
Clint Eastwood
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Deriving its name from the settling of a dispute, the Peace River flows 1,200 miles across British Columbia & this province just east |
(Ben: What is Manitoba?)
Alberta
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Landmarks in this city at the very bottom of Florida include homes of Robert Frost, John Hersey & Wallace Stevens |
Key West
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Alexander tried to look to the future by consulting the this "of Zeus-Ammon" in the Sahara but never revealed what he had learned |
the Oracle
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Similar to a vixen, or attractive (17 points) |
(Ben: What is vulpine?)
foxy
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Old Stormalong is an American sailor whose ship is so big, it scraped through the English Channel, creating this pale landmark |
the White Cliffs of Dover
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Best Supporting Actress: "The Help" (2011) & Best Actress: "Zero Dark Thirty" (2012) |
Jessica Chastain
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The 1648 treaty called the Peace of Westphalia ended this decades-long European conflict |
(Ben: What is the hundred years--Hundred Years' War?)
the Thirty Years' War
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Visit the art deco building in NYC where Erich Maria Remarque, author of this antiwar novel about WWI, lived until his death |
All Quiet on the Western Front
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Inspiring in him an interest in philosophy & science, this Greek philosopher taught Alexander as a teenager |
Aristotle
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It's a joke, especially a witty or timely one (15 points) |
a quip
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This Texan cowboy hero tamed a mountain lion & rode it like a horse, using a rattlesnake as a lasso |
(Alex: Ben?) (Ben: Who is Sam Houston?)
Pecos Bill
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Best Original Song: "You've Got A Friend In Me" from "Toy Story" (1995) & Best Original Musical Score: "James & the Giant Peach" (1996) |
Randy Newman
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When Ronald Reagan renamed the MX missile this, some wondered if it would be armed with "peaceheads" |
(Ben: What is the Peacemaker?)
the Peacekeeper
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The birthplace of F. Scott Fitzgerald is a landmark at 481 Laurel Avenue in this midwestern state capital |
St. Paul
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According to legend & fulfilling a prophecy, at Phrygia Alexander boldly undid this object by cutting through it |
the Gordian Knot
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An act of deception (14 points) |
a hoax
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Tommyknockers are these underground guys who help miners; ex-mining engineer Herbert Hoover said so & had a statue of one |
(Nathan: What is a canary?)
gnomes
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Best Actor: "Silver Linings Playbook" (2012) & Best Supporting Actor: "American Hustle" (2013) |
(Alex: Good. You did well in the category.) (Nathan: Thank you.)
Bradley Cooper
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The Greek goddess of peace was Eirene & this goddess with a 3-letter name was her Roman equivalent |
Pax
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Nineteen of this man's monologues, including "Morning, Noon, and Night", were written at his home in Sag Harbor, New York |
Spalding Gray
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After defeating him in battle, Alexander placed his own cloak over the corpse of his Persian foe, the III king of this name |
(Rachel: Who is Xerxes?) (Nathan: [*]. Who is [*]?)
Darius
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This humped variety of ox originated in South Asia (15 points) |
a zebu
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