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Clytemnestra's sister, she was the subject of a famous abduction |
(Steve: Who was Electra?)
Helen (of Troy)
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Since Justice Brennan retired, this "Whizzer" is the longest-serving member of the court |
(Byron) White
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The tallest twin sisters, Heidi & Heather Burge, play this sport for the U. of Virginia |
basketball
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This was Chekhov's first name |
Anton
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The name of this U.S. commonwealth means "rich port" |
Puerto Rico
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"The Jazz Singer", the movies 1st talkie, opens in New York City |
the '20s
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Mount Helicon was the haunt of this inspirational group of sisters |
the Muses
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For about a month in 1801, he was both Chief Justice & Secretary of State |
(Steve: Who is John Jay?)
(John) Marshall
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This Louvre painting, once appraised at $100 million, is considered to be the world's most valuable |
the Mona Lisa
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On his 1582 marriage license the bride's name is Anne Whateley, not Anne Hathaway |
Shakespeare
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This island's largest city is Hilo |
Hawaii
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Martin Luther King Jr. is assassinated in Memphis, Tennessee |
the 1960s
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Iris is the goddess of this object that seems to touch both heaven & earth |
the rainbow
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Tom Clark resigned from the court in 1967 when this man, his son, became attorney general |
Ramsey Clark
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The longest biography in publishing history is that of this prime minister, by his son, Randall |
(Winston) Churchill
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"The Iceman Cometh" was the last of his plays produced on Broadway during his lifetime |
O'Neill
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45 square mile Easter Island in the South Pacific is part of this country's Valparaiso province |
Chile
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The first nuclear chain reaction takes place at the University of Chicago |
the 1940s
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Cronus ate the kids Rhea bore him, but Rhea substituted a son when Cronus got to this one |
Zeus
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He's the first man of Italian descent to serve on the court |
Scalia
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The most valuable cello & the most valuable violin were made by this Italian craftsman |
Stradivari
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He was born in Ireland but wrote his absurdist play "Endgame" in French |
Beckett
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On Aug. 6, 1945, Tinian Island, a small U.S. possession, was the starting point for this WWII mission |
the bombing of Hiroshima
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The battleship Maine blows up |
the 1890s
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Pasiphaƫ, who bore the Minotaur, was queen to this king of Crete |
(King) Minos
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Because this future Chief Justice was ill, he contributed just 5 essays to the Federalist Papers |
(Alex: [Prior to the wager] We have a minute to go in the round, Richard.)
John Jay
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Covering 86 square miles, Khalid International Airport in this country, is the world's largest |
Saudi Arabia
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In 1991 he directed the film version of his own play "Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead" |
Tom Stoppard
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Partly belonging to Indonesia & partly independent, it's the largest island south of the equator |
(Henry: What is Borneo?) (Steve: What is Java?)
New Guinea
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After a 12-day siege all fighting men at the Alamo die |
the 1830s
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