A FARCE TO BE RECKONED WITH |
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INTERNATIONAL MEN OF MYSTERY |
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Jack Worthing finds out that he's really Ernest John Moncrieff in "The Importance of Being Earnest" by this playwright |
Oscar Wilde
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Survey says: it's the Pritchetts vs. the Dunphys on a Steve Harvey game show |
Modern Family Feud
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Considered by some an incarnation of Allah, Wallace Fard, founder of the Nation of this, disappeared in 1934 |
Islam
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In 1972 Standard Oil of New Jersey got a double X rating & became this corporation |
Exxon
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Today with about 15 million people, this city on the Hooghly River was capital of British India from 1772 to 1911 |
Calcutta (Kolkata)
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To give a name at a baptism |
to christen
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In the play "Boeing-Boeing", a playboy juggles 3 fiancees, all with this job |
stewardess
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Fred MacMurray & his trio of kids join an outlaw motorcycle gang |
(Brittany: What is Sanford and Sons of Anarchy?) ... (Ken: I would watch either show; those sound fantastic.) [Laughter]
My Three Sons of Anarchy
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After dying in this fortress, the man in the iron mask was laid to rest under the name "Marchioly" |
the Bastille
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The name of this "always prepared" battery company was once 2 words |
(Ken: Less than a minute to go.)
Eveready
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Gyanendra was the last king of this nation that abolished the monarchy & became a republic in 2008 |
Nepal
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In grammar, they can be participial or prepositional |
(Patrick: What is an adjective?) (Brittany: What is a verb?)
phrases
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An antique jug, a reverend, a notebook & aged Aunt Dahlia all lead to madcap trouble in "The Code of the Woosters" by this writer |
P.G. Wodehouse
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Women's prison dramedy in which Rowan Atkinson plays a period royal |
Orange Is the New Blackadder
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After treating Czar Nicholas & Alexandra's son, this holy man warned that their son's fate was linked to him |
Rasputin
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In 2020 the U.S. added more energy capacity from this type of power than any other, with plans for more offshore |
(Brittany: What is oil?)
wind
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Born in Karachi, she served twice as prime minster of her country, from 1988 to 1990 & 1993 to 1996 |
[ERRATUM: The clue misspelled "minister" as "minster".]
(Benazir) Bhutto
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It's seen here being done to wires; it's also done to genes |
splicing
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Ken Ludwig's play about an assistant taking the place of a drunken opera star is called "Lend me" this, punning on British money slang |
a Tenor
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William & Virginia give bedroom advice to Carrie, Samantha, Charlotte & Miranda |
Masters of Sex and the City
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After publishing his 1555 book of prophecies, he did horoscopes for Catherine de Medici's children |
Nostradamus
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This Texas company agreed to pay $1.1 billion to settle claims from the Deepwater Horizon disaster of 2010 |
(Patrick: What is BP?)
Halliburton
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Tashichho Dzong, a remodeled monastery, houses the royal government of this remote Himalayan kingdom |
Bhutan
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This process disinfects a swimming pool |
chlorinization
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This farce by Michael Frayn is a look at what goes on behind the scenes as well as onstage |
(Ken: You just ran that category.)
Noises Off
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Spooky HBO show with references to H.P.'s works, with Katharine McPhee along as the singing nanny |
Lovecraft Country Comfort
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This newspaperman & author of "The Devil's Dictionary" met a mysterious fate after going to Mexico in 1913 |
Ambrose Bierce
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This company that bought Texaco in 2001 had a bit of a rough year in 2020, if you consider losing $5.5 billion rough |
Chevron
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Dating from B.C. times, this faith with similarities to Hinduism & Buddhism emphasizes ahimsa, nonviolence to all creatures |
Jainism
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This word is used to mean any tool that helps draw a nice, neat line |
a straight edge
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