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Cheryl Hines played Cheryl David, wife of Larry, on this HBO series |
Curb Your Enthusiasm
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In 1879 the heart of this composer was sealed up in a Warsaw church |
Chopin
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Clubs like the Whisky a Go Go & the Roxy are on "The Strip", this L.A. boulevard |
the Sunset Strip
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In his travels, Gulliver meets the Houyhnhnms, a species of these that can talk |
horses
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Predicament you might be caught on the horns of (7) |
dilemma
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(Jeff Probst presents the clue.) Blinded in an accident at the age of 3, he became a church organist & got a scholarship to the National Institute for Blind Children in Paris, where he went on to teach & develop the system of writing that's name for him |
Braille
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Before he was Mr. Big on "Sex and the City" & the bad husband to "The Good Wife", he was Detective Mike Logan on "Law & Order" |
Chris Noth
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In the military 5 clicks means 5 of these measures of distance |
(Gabriela: What is a mile?)
a kilometer
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The megabank Credit Suisse is headquartered in this city |
Zurich
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Creatures in "The Lord of the Rings" include hobbits, dwarves & these, like Legolas |
elves
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A steerable airship (9) |
a dirigible
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(Jeff Probst presents the clue.) This great Italian tenor was staying at the Palace Hotel in San Francisco when the 1906 earthquake struck; he had performed in "Carmen" the previous night & woke to his room rocking like a boat on the sea |
Caruso
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Nick Offerman played this gruff but lovable mustachioed character on "Parks and Recreation" |
Ron Swanson
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The king of Morocco mainly lives in Dar al-Makhzen palace in this city |
Rabat
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The presentation of this trophy each Dec. used to be at NYC's Downtown Athletic Club; in 2005 it moved to the PlayStation Theater |
the Heisman Trophy
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In "Bitten" Jeremy Danvers is one of these creatures of legend & the alpha of his pack |
(Gabriela: What is a vampire?) (Ken: Oh, I'm sorry.) (Gabriela: The other one.)
a werewolf
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Ghostly twin (12) |
doppelganger
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(Jeff Probst presents the clue.) Though cold & tired when she reached the "Carpathia" from a Titanic lifeboat, she realized that some women had lost everything, so she rallied first-class passengers & raised $10,000 before the "Carpathia" reached New York; she was unsinkable indeed |
Molly Brown
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Brent Spiner played this beloved android on "Star Trek: The Next Generation" |
Data
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This marsupial that includes a "hairy-nosed" type has an extra-tough butt to protect it when burrowing headfirst |
the wombat
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Established in 1850, this private eye agency whose motto is "We never sleep" has its main office on Main St. in Ann Arbor, Mich. |
Pinkerton
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In "Peter Pan" some of these beings are jealous of Wendy & try to pull her into the water |
mermaids
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A large monkey, or a boring tool (5) |
drill
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(Jeff Probst presents the clue.) This Austrian race car driver had expressed safety concerns about the 1976 Grand Prix race in which he crashed horrifically; though given last rites, he only missed two events that season & would go on to win two more F1 Grand Prix titles |
Niki Lauda
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This actor did some skilled driving on TV as P.I. Jim Rockford |
(Ken: Wow, I feel old again.)
James Garner
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In Deuteronomy Moses names this successor, whose name is on the next book |
Joshua
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Part of the Appalachians, these mountains famous for hotels like Kutsher's are between the Mohawk & Hudson Rivers |
the Catskills
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Sir Gawain doesn't just do battle with the Green Knight, but also with these creatures called "worms" |
dragons
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It's the "better part of valor" (10) |
discretion
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(Jeff Probst presents the clue.) This 1936 Olympian enlisted when World War II broke out; in 1943, his plane crashed into the ocean, & he survived on a raft for 47 days, only to be taken as a prisoner of war where despite more than two years of captivity & torture, he remained unbroken, also the title of a bestseller about him |
(Ken: Thanks to Jeff Probst for helping us out with that category.)
Louis Zamperini
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