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A Wesleyan residence is named for this African-American leader; a cultural center at Mount Holyoke, for his wife Betty Shabazz |
Malcolm X
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Neil Patrick Harris was Count Olaf on this series; Patrick Warburton played author Lemony Snicket |
A Series of Unfortunate Events
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A famous speedway was built to test cars for this city's many early 20th c. automakers, like the National Motor Vehicle Company |
Indianapolis
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Combining hip-hop & street jazz, the Brooklynettes are the dance team for this NBA squad |
the Brooklyn Nets
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Prince Siegfried drowns himself in the title body of water in this ballet |
Swan Lake
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The initial appearance of a new product or course of action |
a debut
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At Stanford, this presidential family has its name on a pavilion, a memorial building, a tower & an institute |
Hoover
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This native of Dorchester, Massachusetts starred as the titular Boston cop in Netflix' "Spenser Confidential" |
(Mark) Wahlberg
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The first Pony Express rider reached this capital of a West Coast state on April 13, 1860 |
Sacramento
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What we call the "magnetic" this attracts the north magnetic poles of compass needles, so it's actually a south magnetic pole |
(Matthew: What is a magnetic field?)
the magnetic north pole
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In 1841 Fanny Cerrito & Arthur Saint-Léon performed a single one of these French-named dances for 2; in 1845 they married |
the pas de deux
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Soft hat worn by Britain's Royal Tank Regiment |
a beret
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A USC cinema building is named for this director who was rejected 3 times by the school & attended Cal State Long Beach instead |
(Mayim: Yes, he did okay for himself.) [Laughter]
(Steven) Spielberg
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"Bastogne" was an episode of this war-set miniseries based on Stephen Ambrose's book |
(Riley: I don't know.)
Band of Brothers
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Located 50 miles east of Louisville, it was the only Union state capital captured by Confederate forces |
(Matthew: What is Lexington?) (Riley: What is Charleston?)
Frankfort
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Hammacher Schlemmer sells a $9,500 gyroscopic one of these swaying items |
(Jay: What is a gyroscope?) (Riley: What is a mobile?)
a hammock
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A dancer who's "sur les" these is on the tips of the toes |
pointe shoes
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A choice cut of meat or fish with the bones removed |
a filet
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In 2021 this S.E.C. school in Alabama renamed Eagle Hall to honor Dr. Josetta Brittain Matthews, its first African-American graduate |
(Matthew: What is Auburn?) [Mayim says nothing] (Matthew: What is [*]?)
Auburn University
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A Hulu miniseries was based on this John Green novel, with Miles Halter in search of the titular Ms. Young |
Looking for Alaska
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In 1683, this leader of a neighboring colony decreed the founding of Dover, Delaware |
(William) Penn
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Man o' War's first defeat came in 1919 at Saratoga in an upset by this horse |
Upset
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Havana-born Alicia Alonso was known for her sensual portrayal of the tragic title woman of the ballet based on this Bizet opera |
Carmen
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A place where buses arrive & depart |
a depot
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The Neil Armstrong Hall of Engineering goes above & beyond at this school in West Lafayette, Indiana |
Purdue
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Jennifer Connelly stars in this TV series based on a graphic novel & set aboard a train that perpetually circles a frozen world |
Snowpiercer
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Explorer Hernando de Soto & his men spent the winter of 1539-40 at what is today this southern capital |
Tallahassee
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The flag that Betsy Ross sewed for the new union of the colonies in 1777 had 13 stars in the top inner corner, the area called this |
(Riley: What is the top inner corner?) [Laughter]
the union
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Not realizing he was fleeing from the KGB, autograph hounds chased this dancer as he ran out a Toronto stage door in 1974 |
(Mikhail) Baryshnikov
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Drizzled with honey is a popular way to serve this soft French cheese |
Camembert
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