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NOT MAKING IT TO THE END OF THE MOVIE |
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Now in Syria, Aleppo lies at a crossroads of great commercial routes about 60 miles away from both the Euphrates River & this sea |
(Brian: What is the Aegean?) (Eliza: What... is... the Black?) (Cameron: What is the, uh, Red Sea?) ... (Ken: No harm, no foul there, it's [*].)
the Mediterranean
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In a kids' tale, they are the victims of trespassing by a child who eats their food, breaks a chair & sleeps in their beds |
the three bears
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Owners of many farms in Idaho, the Simplot family is one of McDonald's largest suppliers of these |
(Ken: Yes, both.)
potatoes or French fries
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This novel by Johanna Spyri begins, "The pretty little Swiss town of Mayenfeld lies at the foot of a mountain range..." |
(Eliza: Uh, what is Pippi Longstocking?)
Heidi
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Tina Fey said "Gravity" was about how this actor would rather float away & die in space than spend time with a woman his own age |
[Laughter]
George Clooney
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In 1687 Venetians besieging Athens hit this temple with a mortar, setting off gunpowder stored inside; it's never been the same |
the Parthenon
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It's represented by a triangle, which means of course it's the 4th letter in the Greek alphabet |
Delta
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Brad Kelley's holdings include this state's Calumet Farm, source of many a Derby winner |
Kentucky
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This last name of James Thurber's character Walter can have -esque added to mean having fantasies far above your abilities |
Walter Mitty
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Bad puddy tat! This evil uncle admits fratricide when he whispers, "I killed Mufasa" to Simba |
Scar
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Circa 330 A.D. the city once known as this got a new name under new emperor Constantine |
(Eliza: What is Istanbul?) (Cameron: Uh... what is, uh... Constantinople?) ... (Ken: That's the right city, but before it was Istanbul or Constantinople it was [*].)
Byzantium
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This youth group promises, "I pledge my head to clearer thinking, my heart to greater loyalty" & 2 other things |
(Ken: That's right, also hands and health.)
the 4-H Club
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Among this Amazon founder's major holdings: the Blue Origin sub-orbital launch site in West Texas |
Bezos
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By its title, this Lois Lowry Y.A. novel needs a receiver, & his name is Jonas |
The Giver
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Gwyneth Paltrow returns to the U.S. from Hong Kong, sickens & dies & this 2011 pandemic thriller is off & running |
(Eliza: What is World War Z?)
Contagion
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Copan, an important city of the Classic period of these people is in modern-day Honduras, near the border with Guatemala |
the Mayans
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Unroll the thread; it's your destiny to know it's the collective name for Zeus' 3 daughters--Clotho, Lachesis & Atropos |
the Fates
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The island of Niihau belongs to the Robinson family, whose ancestor bought it in the 1860s from the 4th king of this name |
Kamehameha
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"The Revenger's Tragedy" of 1607 is one of several plays on the theme of vengeance from this literary era named for King James I |
Jacobean
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Look how they massacred my boy; James Caan wore 100-plus squibs to pay a heavy price at the tollbooth in this 1972 film |
The Godfather
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This town, named for a Greek hero was one of several destroyed by a 79 A.D. disaster |
(Ken: That is correct; the eruption of Vesuvius.)
Herculaneum
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The sole-horned one gets all the press, but this describes an animal having four horns, like the antelope seen here |
(Cameron: What is a bicorn?)
a quadricorn
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This Georgia media magnate & former owner of the Atlanta Braves owns the largest private herd of bison on Earth--more than 50,000 |
Ted Turner
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2023 marks the 100th anniversary of the birth of this novelist & 75 years since his breakthrough, "The Naked and the Dead" |
(Eliza: Who is Faulkner?)
Norman Mailer
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Sometimes, you get older, adamantium in your body poisons you & a clone of your younger self up & kills you, like this 2017 guy |
(Ken: That's the movie.)
Logan
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