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Thor Heyerdahl spent 101 days sailing this raft from Peru to Polynesia |
Kon-Tiki
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His Pieta was exhibited at the 1964 New York fair, the only time it left Italy since it was sculpted in 1499 |
Michelangelo
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In 1996 this country star's career U.S. album sales, including "Ropin' The Wind", reached 60 million |
Garth Brooks
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This body of Congress has the power to draw up impeachment charges against federal officials |
the House of Representatives
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Creole cream cheese, a specialty of this U.S. state, may be eaten for breakfast with sugar & fruit |
Louisiana
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Varro, Clitus, Claudius, Strato, Lucius & Dardanius are all servants to Brutus in this play |
Julius Caesar
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On November 20 they were married in a dazzling ceremony in Westminster Abbey |
Prince Philip & Queen Elizabeth II
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Montreal's Expo 67 was built on 2 islands in this river |
St. Lawrence River
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Then-husband James Taylor played guitar on her 1974 hit "Haven't Got Time For The Pain" |
Carly Simon
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In 1964 Walter Mondale was appointed to replace this man as U.S. Senator from Minnesota |
Hubert Humphrey
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This country is known for its double Gloucester cheese, which is similar to cheddar |
(Alex: And we have a minute to go in the round.)
England
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Edgar disguises himself as a mad beggar in this tragedy about a mad king |
King Lear
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On October 14, in the experimental X-1, he broke the sound barrier |
Chuck Yeager
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With over 64 million in attendance, this Japanese city's 1970 World's Fair was the largest ever held |
(Arthur: What is Tokyo?) (Mindy: What is Kyoto?)
Osaka
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Called by some the "Epitome of Cool", this 70-year-old's 1994 CD "MTV Unplugged" won him 2 Grammys |
Tony Bennett
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This Cabinet department registers trademarks & issues patents |
Commerce
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Often ball-shaped & coated with red wax, this cheese originated in a town north of Amsterdam |
(Arthur: What is Gouda?)
Edam
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In "Othello", Brabantio tells him, "Thou art a villain"; he retorts, "You are--a senator" |
Iago
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The "New Look" this designer introduced in 1947 returned Paris to fashion dominance |
Christian Dior
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Cyrus McCormick's reaper was exhibited at London's 1851 expo in this "Palace" |
the Crystal Palace
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1 of the 3 singers on the 1993 No. 1 hit "All For Love" from the film "The Three Musketeers" |
Bryan Adams (or Rod Stewart or Sting)
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Presidential candidates from this party have included Ron Paul, Andre Marrou & Harry Browne |
(Alex: And you're in the process of doing on this program what Wes Ulm, your predecessor as champion last week, was doing--being very, very good!)
Libertarian
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This extremely strong-smelling cheese is named for a province in Belgium |
Limburger
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She tells Oberon, "I know when thou hast stolen away from fairyland... versing love to amorous Phillida" |
Titania
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This "Threepenny Opera" playwright returned to Europe shortly after interrogation by HUAC |
[Alex reads "HUAC" as "House Un-American Activities Committee".]
Bertolt Brecht
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He was the only president assassinated at a World's Fair |
(Arthur: Who is Garfield?) (Alex: Thought you might go there...)
William McKinley (1901)
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Singer Neil Tennant & keyboardist Chris Lowe form this duo |
The Pet Shop Boys
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Philip F. LaFollette served as governor of this state both as a Republican & as a Progressive |
Wisconsin
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Originally, this country's Scamorze cheese was made only from water buffalo milk |
Italy
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In "Henry VIII", this cardinal's first line is "The Duke of Buckingham's surveyor? Ha!" |
(Alex: Well done in that category!)
Cardinal Wolsey
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