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New Hampshire is located halfway between the North Pole & this line |
the equator
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German composer who saw, not heard, applause at the premiere of his 9th Symphony |
Beethoven
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Legal clinic with branches in Montgomery Ward |
Jacoby & Meyers
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Francis Coppola not only lost his Zoetrope Studios, but seems to have lost this middle name |
Ford
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Developed in France, this system of weights & measures was adopted there in 1795 |
the metric system
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In Greek myth, it's the river which is the entrance to the underworld |
the River Styx
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Towns of Marydel & Delmar straddle these 2 states |
Maryland & Delaware
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He recently conducted a recording of his "West Side Story" with opera singers |
(Kevin: Okay, let's go to HELL for $600.) [Loud laughter!]
Leonard Bernstein
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A 1984 Supreme Court ruling sided with Sony, letting you use these in your home without fear of arrest |
[The end-of-round signal sounds.]
a video recording machine
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Though they died in 1957 & '64, Bogart & Alan Ladd co-starred in this '82 Steve Martin film |
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
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In 1793, during the revolution, this state religion was all but banned |
Catholicism
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Guard dog of Hades who kept his eye on you, all 6 of them, in fact |
Cerberus
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City named for Capt. Henry Shreve, who broke Fulton's steamboat monopoly, is in this state |
(Linda: What is Shreveport, [*].) (Alex: Oh, you almost got yourself in trouble there.) (Linda: I know.)
Louisiana
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For "The Threepenny Opera", Bertolt Brecht wrote the words and he wrote the music |
Kurt Weill
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Newspaper depicted in "All the President's Men" |
the Washington Post
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Since decapitation had been an aristocratic privilege, this was adopted as democratic |
the guillotine
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Fiery title of James Whitmore's one-man stage show about Truman |
[Note: Linda said "'em" as "them".]
Give 'em Hell, Harry!
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When Alaska & Hawaii were added to the Union, a spot in South Dakota became this |
(Alex: We've got less than a minute to go in the round.)
the geographical center of the United States
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Composer of "Water Music" he's called "English" although German by birth |
George Frideric Handel
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2 recent Woody Allen films with "Rose" in the title |
(Alex: Hurry.) (Linda: I'm sorry, no.)
Broadway Danny Rose & The Purple Rose of Cairo
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Marie Antoinette's husband, he preferred working as a blacksmith over his royal duties |
Louis XVI
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Composer of following, his orig. version proved to be his only hot hit:
[Eerie instrumental music plays] |
(Alex: The song, of course, is "Fire".)
Arthur Brown
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Only city to span entire width of a state is Weirton, in 1 of this state's 2 panhandles |
West Virginia
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In 1774, he became court composer to Emperor Joseph II of Austria |
(Alex: You heard all about him in the film, Amadeus.) (Rosalie: I saw the movie twice.) [Applause]
Antonio Salieri
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Audiences greeted these American Greetings characters by making their film a hit |
(Linda: Who are the Smurfs?)
the Care Bears
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France simultaneously fought the 7 Years War in Europe & this war in North America |
(Kevin: What is the French-Canadian War?) (Linda: What is the French-American War?)
the French-Indian War
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Olsen & Johnson's 1938 attempt to revive vaudeville |
Hellzapoppin'
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