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1943's "Yankee Doodle Mouse" was the 1st Oscar-winning cartoon starring this cat & mouse |
Tom & Jerry
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In France, Henry IV said every peasant should afford to have one of these in the pot on Sundays |
a chicken
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The oldest department store chain in Canada is named for this bay |
(Gary: What is Hudson's Bay Company?) (Alex: Be more specific.) (Gary: What is [*]?) (Alex: Thank you!)
Hudson Bay
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Tulip mania gripped this country from 1634-37 and many people lost fortunes on the bulbs |
Holland (the Netherlands)
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All Scandinavian flags were inspired by the Dannebrog, the flag of this country |
Denmark
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A synonym for entrails; you can spill your own or hate someone else's |
guts
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Of Best Assistant Director, Best Producer, or Best Best Boy, the one that was once an Oscar category |
(Gary: What is Best Producer?)
Best Assistant Director
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Some British barristers now believe this affectation from 17th-century France has had its day |
wearing wigs
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The French town Nemours is the ancestral home of this Delaware manufacturing family |
du Pont
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This flower whose name is from the French for "thought" is said to signify remembrance |
pansies
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Name for the ceremonial flag that is trooped during a British monarch's birthday celebration |
the colors (the color)
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Thought to have come from Egypt, these wandering people were originally called Egyptians |
Gypsies
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"It Happened One Night" in 1935 that she won the Best Actress Oscar |
Claudette Colbert
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The revolt that began in 1618 against the Hapsburg ruler of Austria lasted this many years |
30
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Founded in Two Harbors, Minnesota in 1902, this company originally sold sandpaper & added tape later |
3M
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This flower was named for a Greek youth who was obsessed with his own beauty |
narcissus
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Symbol appearing on the Israeli flag |
the six-pointed star
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To encircle with a belt, or, perhaps, with an elasticized undergarment |
girdle
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She received an Honorary Oscar for Outstanding Juvenile Performance in 1960 for "Pollyanna" |
Hayley Mills
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Champlain founded this city in 1608; 12 years later, it had only 60 people and showed little promise |
(Alex: I'll need a response.) (Carol: What is Toronto?)
Quebec City
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From 1958-65, this company called itself Thompson Ramo Wooldridge |
TRW
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The lotus belongs to this family of lilies |
the water lilies
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The flag of Barbados has 2 blue stripes, 1 yellow stripe & this symbol of Neptune the sea god |
a trident
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Mrs. George Burns might have felt at home in this famous New York City mayoral residence |
Gracie Mansion
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Upon receiving a Special Oscar in 1982, Barbara Stanwyck gave a tribute to this actor, her "Golden Boy" |
William Holden
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Ornate furniture, Rubens paintings, & Bernini's gilded churches represent this art style |
Baroque
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In corporate income tax, it's the deduction allowed for exhaustible mineral deposits |
(Gary: What is a depletion tax?) (Carol: What is [*]?) (Alex: Depletion allowance, will we accept that? All right, she gave us a little more information than we were hoping for.)
the oil depletion allowance
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The leaves of the purple foxglove contain this powerful poison |
(Gary: What is bella donna?) ... (Alex: And we have a minute to go.)
digitalis
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The star on the Soviet Union's flag stands for this |
communism (the Communist Party)
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A magnificent Spanish or Portuguese nobleman of high social position |
(Gary: What is a magnifico?)
a grandee
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