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Whoops! John Proctor becomes a victim of the witch hunt in this Arthur Miller drama |
The Crucible
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These high nests for birds of prey, like the osprey, may take their name from the Latin for a "vacant place" |
aerie
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This "Sesame Street" character fittingly appears as a census taker in a 2020 public service announcement |
The Count
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A query that expects no real response is this 10-letter type of "question" |
rhetorical
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Some NCAA basketball teams begin their journey with "Midnight" this; reminds me of March... |
Madness
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There were no rooms for Frederick the Great's wife in his Sanssouci Palace; her more modest home was in another part of this capital |
(Erin: What is Paris?) (Quan: What is Vienna?)
Berlin
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The stage manager is a pivotal role in this play by Thornton Wilder |
Our Town
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Poultry reside in a coop or pen & walk around in this 3-letter enclosure |
(Erin: What is a sty?)
a chicken run
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The first season of this series said the title location "lies between the pit of man's fears & the summit of his knowledge" |
The Twilight Zone
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Like coward, this cowardly adjective is 6 letters & starts with "C" |
craven
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Also called Freedom's Eve, Watch Night is a celebration of this edict issued on January 1, 1863 |
[Quan selected the first clue.]
the Emancipation Proclamation
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This red-bearded Fred built a mighty, now ruined castle at Gelnhausen in the 12th century |
Barbarossa
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2 of the sets in this Tennessee Williams drama are the Wingfield family apartment & a fire escape |
The Glass Menagerie
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Just below the overstory, this area of a tropical forest is home to the spider monkey & the sloth |
a canopy
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The French film "Les Traducteurs" was inspired by the real-life efforts to translate this novelist's "Inferno" into many languages |
(Erin: Who is Dante?)
Dan Brown
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Church law defines it as the "obstinate post-baptismal denial" of truth "which is to be believed by divine & Catholic faith" |
heresy
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One night taken this city on the French Riviera, known for a movie festival & an international pyrotechnic festival |
Cannes
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While holding this British title as heir apparent for 20-plus years, the 18th century's "Poor Fred" lived in Cliveden House |
the Prince of Wales
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In this Albee play, Martha's husband George is an associate professor of history |
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
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These crustaceans with a "solitary" name seek new shells to live in after outgrowing their old ones |
hermit crabs
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"Chernobyl" & this comic book movie won Iceland's Hildur Gudnadottir an Emmy, a Grammy & an Oscar within the same awards season |
(Erin: What is Thor: Ragnarok?)
Joker
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A symphony sounds lovely; this word with the same suffix is a discordant bunch of sounds |
(Savannah: We've got less than a minute left.)
cacophony
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Shakespeare knew that the Eve of the Epiphany also goes by this ordinal name |
Twelfth Night
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Frederick the Wise, ruler of Saxony, protected this controversial reformer at Wartburg Castle in 1521 |
(Martin) Luther
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In this David Mamet play, a junk shop owner has sold a rare nickel for less than it's worth & plans to steal it back |
American Buffalo
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This type of spider creates a deep burrow with a hinged entrance from which it jumps out & snatches prey |
(Quan: What is a tarantula?) (Katie: What is a wolf spider?)
the trapdoor spider
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Tony Todd was paid $1,000 each time he was stung by a bee playing the title villain in this 1992 horror movie |
(Savannah: He earned $23,000, by the way; that's a lot of bee stings.)
Candyman
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Like prophesize, this 13-letter "pro-" verb means to forecast or predict a future event |
prognosticate
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Laylat al-Qadr, "Night of Power", commemorates when this angel revealed the Koran to Muhammad |
Gabriel
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A Dutch Prince Frederick once owned Muskauer Park on the Neisse River, shared by Germany & this country |
(Quan: What is Austria?)
Poland
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