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It's claimed Duke Ellington's song "It Don't Mean A Thing" was the 1st to use this term |
swing
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Gene Kelly said this hoofer "...can give an audience pleasure by just walking across the floor" |
Fred Astaire
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In 1501, the 1st printed music book appeared in this city of canals |
Venice
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The dall, stone, & desert bighorn are North American species of this game animal |
sheep
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In 1803, Marbury vs Madison became 1st case in which a law was declared this |
unconstitutional
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According to Elvis, it's "down at the end of Lonely Street" |
Heartbreak Hotel
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Typical of boogie-woogie, number of beats to the bar heard here |
(Jeff: What is 2?) (Alex: Oh, sorry. Boogie-woogie beat, [*]. "Beat Me Daddy, [*] To The Bar".)
8
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"She's 7 going on 29" was director Spielberg's description of this actress in "E.T." |
Drew Barrymore
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When armies invaded Rome in 1527, horses were stabled in this famed section of the Vatican |
the Sistine Chapel
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About 1560, the modern type of these originated in Redditch, England, a needle-making region |
steel fish hooks
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Instead of settling the slavery issue, as was hoped, this 1857 case helped bring on the Civil War |
the Dred Scott case
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Of Dracula's Transylvania, Dynasty's Moldavia, or Zenda's Ruritania, 1 that really is unreal |
(Gary: What is Moldavia?)
Zenda's Ruritania
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Though famous for band music, John Philip Sousa mastered this string instrument |
the violin
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He said portraying Elmer Gantry "...wasn't really acting-- that was me!" |
Burt Lancaster
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Led by Lorenzo the Magnificent, this banking family ruled Florence & made it an art center |
the de' Medicis
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Type of fishing done by towing bait behind a moving boat, especially under bridges in fairy tales |
trolling
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In 1972, the court ruled that this was cruel & unusual punishment |
(Alex: They later reversed themselves on that.)
the death penalty
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From Greek for "not a place", Thomas More devised this name for his paradise |
Utopia
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Associated with antebellum South, 1 of these shows ran in London from the early 1960s to late 1970s |
[The end-of-round signal sounds.]
a minstrel show
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"If I come back in another life, I want to be Warren Beatty's fingertips", though he dated Diane Keaton 1st |
Woody Allen
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Tales from this Italian's "Decameron" were adapted by Chaucer & Shakespeare |
Giovanni Boccaccio
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The classic angling technique used to catch trout & salmon |
fly fishing
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In 1971, the court said the government couldn't prevent publication of this Vietnam War study |
(Gary: I don't know.)
the Pentagon Papers
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You could race down or race through this racy Erskine Caldwell novel |
"Tobacco Road"
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This Venetian painted for over 70 years & gave his name to a shade of golden reddish brown |
Titian
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Name for hunting method that attracts prey by simulating their natural sounds |
(Alex: We've got about a minute to go in this round.)
calling
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The 1st Chief Justice |
John Jay
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Island where mortally wounded King Arthur was taken & revived, to return when Eng. needs him |
(Gary: I'd like THE RENAISSANCE FOR $200.) (Alex: Many people did.)
Avalon
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