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ELABORATING ON THE HITCHCOCK TITLE |
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WORDS WITH A SINGLE VOWEL |
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This largest species of penguin can dive to more than 500 yards in the chilly waters of the raw sea |
emperor penguin
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You'll find plenty of small silver herring off the shores of this second-largest Italian island |
(Ken: Yes, the sardines... And it was very fortunate you got that answer correct; you now have half Andrew's score. Final Jeopardy! is not a foregone conclusion, my friends.)
Sardinia
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He had no idea the audience was applauding at an 1824 performance of his Ninth Symphony until a soloist had him face the crowd |
(Ken: Yes, he was deaf by then.)
Beethoven
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Following a 3-year exile in Siberia, future dictator Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov took this last name |
Lenin
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Spatial disorientation that can produce dizziness & confusion |
Vertigo
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It can be a sudden surprising event or an unkempt mass of hair |
a shock
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A very brave cleaner shrimp gets a meal of parasites & dead skin from the mouth of one of these scary predators |
(Jeff: What is an eel?) (Ken: More specific.) (Jeff: Electric eel?) ... (Ken: As Dean Martin might have said, "That's [*].") [Laughter]
a moray
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Enjoy the local wine on this country's island of Madeira |
Portugal
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He was born near St. Petersburg in early June 1882; no wonder his music is rite for spring |
(Ken: Rite of Spring composer, Igor [*].)
Stravinsky
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This pupil of Plato went on to found his own school, the Lyceum |
Aristotle
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2 railroad passengers whose lives become entangled |
(Andrew: What's...)
Strangers on a Train
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As Dorothy walked through Oz, "now and then there came a deep" this sound "from some wild animal" |
(Andrew: What is roar?)
a growl
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Blaring threats through their inflatable proboscises, males of this largest seal species battle for breeding rights |
an elephant seal
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For its vital role in World War II, this Mediterranean island was awarded the George cross, not one of the crosses named for it |
Malta
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Per the estate, English-speaking countries may only produce this composer's "Porgy and Bess" with a Black cast |
Gershwin
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Akbar, who took the throne at 13 & reigned for nearly 50 years, is considered the greatest emperor of this Indian dynasty |
the Mughal
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Jimmy Stewart, a tourist in Morocco who didn't ask to find out about murder & secrets |
The Man Who Knew Too Much
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This joint is found at the distal end of the radius |
(Molly: What is the car... ah!)
the wrist
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The plastic & debris-strewn area known as the Great Pacific this covers 600,000 square miles between Hawaii & California |
(Molly: What is a landfill?)
The Great Pacific Garbage Patch
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They're the biggest & second-biggest of Spain's Balearic Islands, as their names suggest |
Mallorca & Menorca
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Some historians think it was Mozart who was jealous of this Italian, a success at the Imperial Court, not the other way around |
Salieri
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In 1922 this archaeologist sent a cable saying, "At last have made wonderful discovery in valley" |
(Molly: [After 7 seconds] Who is... Howard? [*]!) (Ken: That's correct--King Tut's tomb.) [Applause] (Ken: Sometimes our brain knows things we don't know they know.)
(Howard) Carter
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A craft used to save passengers of a doomed marine vessel |
Lifeboat
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"Bourbon and" this refers to a drink made with pure, iron-free water |
(Molly: What's, uh... I'm sorry.)
branch
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A sperm whale glides under a canopy of the golden algae that gives this wide Mid-Atlantic sea its name |
Sargasso
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Melos & Mykonos are among these "encircling islands" of southeast Greece |
the Cyclades
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This Russian composed his "Pictures At An Exhibition" as a memorial tribute to an artist friend |
Mussorgsky
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In his first period as Cuba's de facto leader in the 1930s, he was a respected reformer & is seen here on a visit to the United States |
(Ken: Yes, Castro's predecessor.)
Batista
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That he's dead, & many in a Vermont village think they're responsible |
The Trouble with Harry
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This 3-word motto honoring the Wright Brothers has appeared on North Carolina license plates since 1982 |
"First in Flight"
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