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SAME FIRST & LAST LETTER GEOGRAPHY |
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A movie bio subject, this general seen here had to repeat his freshman year at West Point due to bad grades |
(George) Patton
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Y'all, Rusty Wallace wanted to go fast at Talladega in 2004 in this state, & sure did; "We hit 228 at the end of the straightaway" |
(Brad: What is Florida?)
Alabama
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Bigamy, murder & insanity show up in Mary Braddon's "Lady Audley's Secret", a huge bestseller in this proper 19th century era |
the Victorian Era
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JPs for short, they preside over misdemeanor cases & perform marriages |
justices of the peace
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1937: "The happiest, dopiest, grumpiest, sneeziest movie of the year" |
Snow White (and the Seven Dwarfs)
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Charles Dickens' friend Charles Frederick Field was one of Scotland Yard's 1st of these, named for their nonuniform garb |
plainclothesman
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Colorful nickname of Manfred von Richthofen, credited with 80 victories over Allied aircraft between 1916 & 1918 |
the Red Baron
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Looking for the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame? You'll find it on the shores of this lake |
(Brad: I get it.) ... (Ken: I hope so because you just found the Daily Double.)
Erie
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In Sue Grafton's alphabet mystery series, "G" is for this synonym of sleuth |
gumshoe
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One of the 2 present-day European countries where the title infanta is used for the daughter of the monarch |
(1 of) Spain (or Portugal)
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1950: "Midnight never strikes when you're in love" |
(Ken: It's also confusing because midnight does strike in the movie.)
Cinderella
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Going to the fair, this nursery rhyme guy meets a purveyor of baked goods |
(Ken: Yes, he meets the pieman.)
Simple Simon
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"Stormin' Norman", this commander of U.S. forces wanted to "destroy the Republican guard" in Desert Storm |
Schwarzkopf
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Check out Akershus Fortress, begun in 1299, & a major landmark in this world capital |
(Brad: Oh, man. [Shakes head]) (Ken: Brad?)
Oslo
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From the same year she completed her quartet about the undead, her novel "The Host" deals with aliens taking over human minds |
(Brad: Who is Meyers?) (Ali: Who is Anne Rice?)
Stephenie Meyer
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Bahadur Shah II was the last of the Muslim rulers of India that gave us this word in English that now means a tycoon |
mogul
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1963: "Merlin uses all his magic powers to change a scrawny boy into a legendary hero" |
The Sword in the Stone
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As an acronym from around 1960, KISS stands for this instruction that includes an insult at no extra charge |
keep it simple, stupid
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This general went from being called "Young Napoleon of the West" in 1861 to getting the sack from Lincoln the next year |
George McClellan
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This largest island in Alaska covers nearly 3,600 square miles & yes, I'll have some of its abundant salmon, please |
Kodiak
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A collaboration & romance with Jules Sandeau had something to do with Aurore Dudevant choosing this pen name |
George Sand
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The founder of the Hare Krishna movement was known by this 5-letter title for a Hindu teacher |
swami
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2012: "When the arcade closes, the fun begins" |
Wreck-It Ralph
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In the 18th century an explorer applied this 2-word term to a vast area of North America that isn't as flat as the name makes it sound |
the Great Plains
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In a 1934 work, de Gaulle preferred a mobile army to this static defensive barrier set up vs. a German attack; Chuck was right |
the Maginot Line
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This river rises in the Czech Republic but nearly 500 of its 724 miles flow through Germany to the North Sea |
the Elbe
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This native of Jackson, Mississippi wrote the novel "Delta Wedding" about a southern plantation family |
(Brad: Who is Faulkner?) ... (Ken: I think Faulkner would be surprised to find himself in a WOMEN AUTHORS category.) ... (Brad: Oh, no, I hope I don't go viral.) [Laughter]
Eudora Welty
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This term for a medieval Scottish lord was the title Shakespeare's Macbeth held twice over before his act of regicide |
thane
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2010: "They're taking adventure to new lengths" |
(Ken: Lengths of hair, that is, it's [*].)
Tangled
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1888's these "from the Hills", Rudyard Kipling's first book of fiction, gives vivid portraits of life in British India |
Plain Tales
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