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A dynamite-filled wagon exploded in front of the J.P. Morgan Building on this NYC street in 1920 |
(Mayim: 30 dead, no one was ever caught.)
Wall Street
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It's no surprise that Alba in Piedmont is the name of the town that this color truffle comes from |
the white truffle
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Langston Hughes attended this New York City Ivy League school & discovered Harlem, where he would help lead a renaissance |
Columbia (University)
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"Hunger Games: Mockingjay" director Francis Lawrence won a Grammy for directing her "Bad Romance" video |
Lady Gaga
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The Book of Proverbs provided a play & movie title with "he that troubleth his own house shall inherit" this |
the wind
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Ralph Waldo Emerson was nicknamed this 4-letter wise person "of Concord" |
Sage
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This body convened for the first time on March 4, 1789, but only 8 members--4 short of a quorum--showed up |
(Dominic: What is the Constitutional Convention?)
the United States Senate
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The San Marzano type of this is prized because it grows in the rich volcanic soil of Mount Vesuvius |
tomatoes
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As a young man, he wrote action novels under the name John Lange, but would go on to write of re-created dinosaurs |
Michael Crichton
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"Eight Days A Week", a documentary about The Beatles, earned this "Apollo 13" director his first Grammy |
Ron Howard
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"Government of the people, by the people, for the people" is from the end of this brief but powerful speech |
the Gettysburg Address
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Take the creature seen here, add one letter, & you have this word meaning "clever" |
(Mayim: That's a shrew.)
shrewd
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The first mass inoculation of children against this disease began in Pittsburgh in 1954 |
polio
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Any Pecorino cheese, like Pecorino Romano, comes from the milk of this animal |
sheep
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This Polish author who wrote in English lived in exile in Russia as a child & went to sea as a teenager |
Joseph Conrad
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This actress was Grammy-worthy for directing "Quincy", a film about her father, a music legend |
Rashida Jones
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In "A Charlie Brown Christmas", Linus quotes this gospel's "Fear not: for behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy" |
Luke
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Often seen before "faire", this word creates a phrase meaning "knowing how to live" when it comes before "vivre" |
savoir
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The Louisiana Purchase Exposition opened April 30, 1904 in this non-Louisiana city |
(Mayim: The city that also held the Olympics that year.)
St. Louis
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Barene are salt marshes in this lagoon where Barena honey is made |
the Venetian Lagoon
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At 16, she was a teacher; by 19 she was married & a mother; she only began publishing books about prairie family life at age 65 |
(Dominic: Who's Mary Louise Alcott?)
Laura Ingalls Wilder
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Spike Jonze won for directing this Oscar winner dancing in Fatboy Slim's "Weapon of Choice" video |
Christopher Walken
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In "The Prophet", he wrote, "Work is love made visible" |
Kahlil Gibran
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This 7-letter word can mean wise or pertaining to the species of man |
sapiens
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On October 5, 1877 this Native people's Chief Joseph surrendered to pursuing U.S. soldiers |
(Robin: Who are the Sioux?) (Kevin: Who are the Apache?)
the Nez Perce
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This 7-letter red wine from Tuscany comes from a Sangiovese grape, but its quality varies quite a bit |
(Mayim: Yes, delicious.)
Chianti
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Born Chloe Wofford, she converted to Catholicism at age 12 & added the name Anthony to hers, from St. Anthony of Padua |
(Robin: [Says nothing]) ... (Mayim: Anthony became Toni.)
Toni Morrison
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Peter Bogdanovich, director of "The Last Picture Show", won for "Runnin' Down a Dream", about this singer & his backing band |
Tom Petty (and the Heartbreakers)
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This missionary whose time was 1875-1965 said, "Truth has no special time of its own. Its hour is now--always" |
Albert Schweitzer
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It's "A" 6-letter noun meaning deftness, often in business |
(Robin: What is adept?)
acumen
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