THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT |
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MOVIES BY OSCAR-WINNING SONGS |
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In 2013 a statue of this civil rights icon, appearing as she did on the bus that day in 1955, was unveiled in the U.S. Capitol |
Parks
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2018: "Shallow", co-written by Lady Gaga |
A Star is Born
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In 2014 Waverley Station in this capital was adorned with quotes from Sir Walter Scott, who wrote the novel it's named for |
(Ken: He was Scottish. What is [*]?)
Edinburgh
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These office supplies are a synonym for basics, as in basic goods |
staples
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As well as short catchy songs used in ads, they're the metal disks in the frame of a tambourine |
(Ken: Less than a minute to go.)
jingles
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Our immune systems produce these proteins to fight off disease |
antibodies
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JFK praised this 1963 demonstration that drew about 250,000 participants & culminated at the Lincoln Memorial |
the March on Washington
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2002: "Lose Yourself" |
8 Mile
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Paris' largest gare, or train station, is the one that's in this part of the city & has that as its name |
(Ken: It's [*], and it's in the north part of Paris.)
the Gare du Nord
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A Sibyl is a female prophet or one of these, from the Latin for to pray or to speak |
an oracle
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Expert oboe players also become experts at crowing & scraping these |
reeds
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The name of this class of animals means "double life" |
amphibian
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As chief counsel for the NAACP, this future justice argued Brown V. Board of Education before the Supreme Court |
Marshall
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1987: "(I've Had) The Time Of My Life", sung by Bill Medley & Jennifer Warnes |
Dirty Dancing
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Liège, in this country, got a futuristic new station in 2009 to accommodate high-speed trains |
Belgium
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This synonym for "crowd" is related to the German for "pressure" |
a throng
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Stradivarius also made these; about a dozen survive, & the one seen here has been offered by Sotheby's for $45 million |
(Dorothy: What are violins?)
violas
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It's the rate at which velocity changes over time |
acceleration
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One of the original "Big Four" civil rights groups, CORE, founded in 1942, stands for the Congress of this |
Racial Equality
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1972: "The Morning After", from this disaster film |
The Poseidon Adventure
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Now in mid-renovation, this historic Baltimore station has the same name as a NYC station that was famously demolished |
(Andrew: What's Union Station?) (Ken: No, I'm sorry, it was [*], which was demolished in the '60s and then rebuilt.)
Penn Station
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This animal is a synonym for evasive or sneaky as it was thought to suck out the contents of an egg while leaving the shell intact |
weasel
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Francois Couperin composed for this instrument superseded by the piano & taught Louis XIV's children to play it |
harpsichord
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In physics it's the distance from the center line of a wave to the top of the crest |
amplitude
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Seen here is this numerical group plus their NAACP adviser who integrated Arkansas' Central High School in 1957 |
the Little Rock Nine
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"Thanks For The Memory", from "The Big" this "of 1938" |
(Ken: Yeah, that was a toughie, The Big [*] of 1938.)
Broadcast
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The elaborate Dunedin New Zealand Station got designer George Troup the alliterative nickname, this tasty treat, "George" |
(Ken: Because all that ornamentation, he was [*].)
Gingerbread George
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Severe, harsh & cruel are synonyms for this adjective that comes from the name of a Greek lawgiver |
Draconian
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Unlike the curved ones, this type of saxophone heard here is usually straight & looks like a clarinet |
a soprano sax
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Here's an up-close image of this pollen-bearing part of a hibiscus |
the anther
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