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Unable to find an American publisher, he sailed to England in 1826 with his "Birds of America" |
Audubon
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The most secret Watergate source is known only by this nickname |
Deep Throat
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Of a lie or the truth, it's what the George Washington "I cannot tell a lie" story is |
(Alex: Yes, it was a tale made up by somebody else.)
a lie
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Though 1 of their 1st Top 40 hits was "It's All Over Now", they're still rockin' after 24 years |
the Rolling Stones
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Its, whats wrong! (with) this answer |
punctuation
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It's said Fabian, a layman, was divinely chosen when this bird flew in & landed on his head |
a dove
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Besides his, "Symphony" & "Harmony", both in grey & green, he made 2 "Arrangements" in grey & black |
(James McNeill) Whistler
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Head of British Conservatives after "Grocer" Edward Heath, she's been called "the Grocer's Daughter" |
Margaret Thatcher
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A "failed" polygraph test revealed that he acted alone in assassinating Martin Luther King |
(James Earl) Ray
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DC5's "Greatest Hits" album says they were only group to play on this influential U.S. TV show over 10 times |
[Alex reads "DC5" in the clue as "Dave Clark Five".]
The Ed Sullivan Show
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It's running back a football kick you've caught, or bringing back a flat-bottomed boat you've rented |
a punt return
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Technically, anyone is eligible for the papacy if they meet these 2 criteria |
[The end-of-round signal sounds.]
if they're male & Catholic
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Created in 1907, it's the self-portrait of this artist as a young man: |
Picasso
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Maybe the work wasn't exciting enough for this Calif. senator who earned the nickname "Sleepin' Sam" |
(Sam) Hayakawa
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A '70s game show, or an int'l organization that conducts an annual contest for the best lie, honest! |
Liars' Club
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In 1966, her love was "deeper than the deepest ocean, wider than a mile" |
Petula Clark
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Johnny Rotten's music, or what you'd call a piece of granite with a mohawk haircut |
punk rock
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This 450 lb. pet of Jamie Wyeth ate 17 tubes of paint while posing for a life size portrait |
(Alex: The portrait was entitled, appropriately enough, [*]. That's what the pet was.)
pig
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As a prosecutor, he was a "Gangbuster", but twice as Rep. presidential nominee, he was a bust |
(Alex: We've got less than a minute to go.)
Dewey
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In his autobio., Mark Twain says "There are 3 kinds of lies: lies, damned lies &" these numerical ones |
(Alex: He was quoting Benjamin Disraeli and he was referring to [*], the other kind of lie.)
statistics
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A "British Bob Dylan", he switched to "flower power", sending an "Epistle To Dippy" in 1967 |
Donovan
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Apt adjective for ethyl mercaptan, which smells like a combo of rotting cabbage, garlic & sewer gas |
pungent
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1st director of this Smithsonian art gallery said J.W. Booth would be as welcome as Lincoln |
the National Portrait Gallery
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Calling her soft on Communism in 1950 election, "Tricky Dick" dubbed her "the Pink Lady" |
Helen Gahagan Douglas
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A hypochondriac telling tall tales could have this syndrome named for an 18th c. baron known for tall tales |
Baron Munchausen
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Songs these 2 wrote for groups other than their own included "Bad To Me" for B. J. Kramer & the Dakotas |
McCartney & Lennon
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It usually involves physical pain, but for certain Army NCOs, it could just be cleaning the latrine |
(David: What is punishment?) (Alex: Be more specific.)
corporal punishment
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