ARCHITECTS & ARCHITECTURE |
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The firm of Albert Kahn, architect of choice for Henry Ford, is still designing from its headquarters in this city |
Detroit
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He made his Broadway debut in 2003 as Peter Allen, in "The Boy from Oz" |
Hugh Jackman
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Akihito made his first televised address to calm the Japanese people after this devastating event of March 11, 2011 |
the Fukushima
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11-letter adjective applied to fake currency |
counterfeit
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This landmark overlooks Waikiki |
Diamond Head
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The rough draft of this 1776 document rather charmingly bids Britain an "everlasting adieu!" |
the Declaration of Independence
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Pier Luigi Nervi innovated the use of steel-reinforced this material for buildings, & he even built boats from it |
concrete
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Natalie Portman was still a teen herself when she debuted in "The Diary of" this real-life teen |
Anne Frank
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Ironically, "Showa", the period during which this 20th century emperor reigned, can translate to "bright peace" |
Hirohito
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To shape metal by heating & hammering, or to make a fraudulent copy |
forge
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2-word term for the celebration of the 60th anniversary of a monarch's reign |
diamond jubilee
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Grace Tully typed the first draft of this man's December 1941 speech following Pearl Harbor; he made important revisions |
FDR
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Travertine stone reflecting the Los Angeles sunlight is a feature of this art "Center" named for an oil tycoon |
(Carlos: The [*]. What is the [*]?)
the Getty
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Katharine McPhee served up a fine performance as server & pie-maker Jenna in this musical |
(Cole: Uh, what is... Rent, I have no idea.)
Waitress
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In 1192 Go-Toba was emperor when Yoritomo got this title as military dictator |
shogun
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The "syndrome" of fearing that you'll be found out as a fraud is named for this type of a person posing as someone else |
imposter
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"Men grow cold as girls grow old, and we all lose our charms in the end", Marilyn sang in this jewel of a song |
"Diamonds Are A Girl's Best Friend"
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His draft of "Rabbit at Rest" has a note reminding himself to plant the fact that Rabbit's wife inherited part of a Toyota dealership |
Updike
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Louis Sullivan was a student at this school now in Cambridge, home of America's first architecture school |
(Cole: Uh, what is... Harvard?)
MIT
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In 2016 Saoirse Ronan made her debut as the accusatory Abigail Williams in this Salem-set play |
The Crucible
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In the 8th century Emperor Kammu set the capital in this city, where it stayed for more than a millennium |
Kyoto
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A medical fake can be described as a quack or one of these sellers of supposed remedies, from the Italian for "babbler" |
charlatan
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This colorful maker of smokehouse almonds also puts out a line of Nut-Thins nut & rice cracker snacks |
Blue Diamond
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Her only surviving manuscript is of the last 2 chapters of a draft of "Persuasion"; she found them flat & rewrote them |
Jane Austen
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Kleinhans Music Hall in Buffalo, New York was designed by these father & son Finnish architects, Eliel & Eero |
Saarinen
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Better known for the film role, he made his Broadway debut as Frank 'n' Furter in "The Rocky Horror Show", panned by critics |
Tim Curry
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Those attending Emperor Naruhito's enthronement ceremony in October 2019, included this Japanese prime minister |
(Carlos: Who is... Akihito?)
Shinzo Abe
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Often done with a poker hand, it's to mislead by a show of confidence |
bluff
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The eastern variety of this reptile is most likely the heaviest venomous snake |
diamondback
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The book "A First Draft Version of" this last Joyce novel shows that parts are not only incomprehensible, but illegible too |
(Carlos: What is Ulysses?)
Finnegans Wake
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