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Yes sir! This "Little Tramp" was named a knight by Queen Elizabeth on New Year's Day 1975 |
Charlie Chaplin
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When these were held in South Korea in 1988, the host country placed sixth in medals |
the Olympics
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Some 16th century women dyed their hair this color in imitation of Elizabeth I |
red
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Chemically speaking, one of these sweet-tasting simple carbohydrates is called a saccharide |
sugar
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This Boris Pasternak title character is sometimes called Yurochka |
Dr. Zhivago
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Mittwoch, the German name for this, means "middle of the week" |
Wednesday
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When this publisher died, he left his San Simeon Castle to the Univ. of Ca. but they turned it down |
(William Randolph) Hearst
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There are about 7 million followers of this religion in South Korea; 1 million are Catholic |
Christianity
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The praetexta type of this loose, draped outer garment of ancient Rome had a purple border |
a toga
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Gustave Bemont helped this couple discover radium in the 1890s |
the Curies
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In Virginia Woolf's novel "The Waves", Percival dies when he falls from one of these animals |
a horse
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A1 L1 F4 R1 E1 D2 B3 U1 T1 T1 S1 who invented this game in 1931, died in April 1993 |
Scrabble
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In 1801 Lady Hamilton bore this naval his first child, a daughter, named Horatia |
Nelson
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Yakju is a Korean wine made primarily from this grain |
rice
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19th c. women wore these ruffles to keep dirt off their skirts; you'll find similar ones on beds |
dust ruffles
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It's defined as a substance that cannot be broken down into other substances by ordinary means |
(Tim: What is elemental?)
an element
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Married man George Hurstwood deserts his family for this Theodore Dreiser heroine |
Sister Carrie
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A Colorado firm called Dog Gone vacuums these animals out of their burrows & resettles them |
(Joy: What are moles?) ... (Alex: I don't think they've perfected the technique with moles yet, might rip 'em apart.)
prairie dogs
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Reporter Elizabeth Cochrane's pen name; she went around the world as a publicity stunt in 1889-1890 |
Nellie Bly
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A subway line connects Seoul to this port, site of a famous amphibious landing |
Inchon
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Legends says this ultimate English dandy sometimes spent a whole morning having his cravat adjusted |
(Tim: Who is Jim Beam?) ... (Alex: A whole morning? I can do it in three hours.) [Laughter]
Beau Brummell
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This positively-charged particle in a nucleus has 1,836 times the mass of an electron |
a proton
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Jack London appears as a character in this "North and South" author's book "California Gold" |
(John) Jakes
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The Goths split into Ostrogoths, Eastern Goths, & these, the Western Goths |
the Visigoths
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Begun in 1660, his diary includes accounts of the plague & Great Fire of London |
[Alex: corrects "PEPP-is" to "Peeps"]
Samuel Pepys
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Korea is divided into North & South by this parallel of latitude |
(Tim: What is the 36th?) (Laurie: What is the 45th?)
the 38th parallel
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Collier's Encyclopedia says this beautiful wife of Napoleon III once wore a gown with 113 flounces |
Eugénie
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In the Bayer process, purified aluminum oxide is obtained from this ore |
bauxite
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The hero of his 1914 novel "Penrod" is a typical 12-year-old boy who lives in the Midwest |
(Booth) Tarkington
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Someone described as vulpine resembles this creature |
fox
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