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POP CULTURE IN BLACK & WHITE |
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BUILD YOUR OWN SPY NOVEL TITLES |
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A comet sketched by a monk named Eadwine around 1145 is likely this one given its name (not "Eadwine's") in the 18th century |
Halley's Comet
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After "launch", it's the precise period of time in which a spacecraft can be launched for it to be successful |
window
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Swedish author Astrid Lindgren created strong characters like Ronja, the Robber's Daughter, & this redhead with braids |
(Pippi) Longstocking
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To start the '70s he replaced the 2 white guys in the Experience with a black rhythm section in Band of Gypsys |
Hendrix
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Mahatma Gandhi said, "The central fact of Hinduism is" protection of these animals |
cows
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The + the Babylonian goddess of love & war + a recipe of ingredients for a chemical substance |
The Ishtar Formula
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King Suryavarman II built this religious complex in Cambodia as a Hindu temple, but it became a Buddhist shrine |
Angkor Wat
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Meaning "magnificence", it's paired with a longer word in an Elgar title |
pomp
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Min Jin Lee's novel "Pachinko" follows generations of a Korean immigrant family overcoming bias in this other Asian nation |
(Ken: You've just taken back the lead from Sam, James.) (James: All right, we know the drill. [Makes pushing-all-the-poker-chips motion with both hands]) (Ken: Now, Alex understood that, but you're going to have to help me out. You want to bet all your points, is that right?) (James: One million points, please.) (Ken: 8,000 points riding on WOMEN WRITERS. Here's your clue...)
Japan
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In the '60s Robert Culp & Bill Cosby pioneered interracial buddy espionage on this TV show |
I Spy
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Deeply religious, NFL quarterback Derek Carr said the first thing he'd do with his $125 million contract is make this payment |
a tithe
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The + a legendary king of the Geats + either of the 2 main divisions of the Christian Bible |
(Ken: That's right. And--) (James: Bring it!) [Laughter] (Ken: Copyright Sam Buttrey.)
The Beowulf Testament
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The Crusaders captured this city on the Bay of Haifa & made it their capital |
(James: What is... Jaffa?)
Acre
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This 9-letter word for a skilled storyteller comes from the French |
raconteur
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In addition to creating & starring in "Abbott Elementary", she's published the essay collection "She Memes Well" |
Quinta Brunson
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Seen here are the co-stars of this TV show; one said the other was "the mother I had been looking for" |
Touched by an Angel
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An image of Our Lady makes a yearly trip from the Cathedral of Guadalajara to this other kind of major Catholic church of Zapopan |
(Ken: Well, that's the other Daily Double, James. Uncanny. Are you going to do it again, sir?) [James makes the pushing motion.] (Ken: Wow. Everything on the table again. Is he feeling religious? Here's the clue...)
Basilica
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The + the third sign of the zodiac + a synonym for an autograph |
The Gemini Signature
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This Welsh abbey on the River Wye was founded for Cistercian monks in 1131 |
(Ken: Home viewers, this is the point where we reveal to you where the Daily Doubles are, if you care to look--otherwise avert your eyes! [Beep boop] All right, with that business taken care of, Mattea, make a selection.)
Tintern
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This verb can mean to weaken or disembowel, figuratively & literally |
(James: What is [**]?) (Ken: No. Sam.) (Sam: What is gut?) (Ken: No, I'm sorry.) (Sam: Oh. [As if realizing the correct response] Oh!) (Mattea: Do you want to share with the class?) [James was awarded the points for his response before Final Jeopardy! and Sam was given back 1600.]
eviscerate (or gutting)
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This magazine contributor, short-story author & poet once said, "I can't write five words but that I change seven" |
Dorothy Parker
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Britain's two-tone movement included multiracial bands like the English Beat & this ska group with the hit "Ghost Town" |
the Specials
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Being a teen in 1972 is a trip, man--mom won't buy me "Summer Breeze" by Seals & Crofts cuz they practice this 19th c. faith from Iran |
(Sam: What is Zoroastrianism?) ... (Ken: Yes, they are--or were, in one case--[*].)
Baháʼí
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The + a city in southern Afghanistan home to Ahmad Shah's tomb + a chess opening involving a sacrifice |
The Kandahar Gambit
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Under the Concordat of this German city, the Holy Roman Emperor conceded to the pope the free election of bishops & abbots |
Worms
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Sounding like a word from taxonomy, this word describes an argument that looks true on the surface, but isn't |
specious
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The author of more than 50 books including "The Golden Notebook", she was awarded the 2007 Nobel Prize for Literature |
(Doris) Lessing
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Nicknamed for something sweet, he joined the all-white New Orleans Rhythm Kings on an early integrated jazz recording session |
(Ken: That's right. He had to tell the hotel he was Cuban instead of Black.)
Jelly Roll Morton
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In slang, "a whole" this means a long story, but in the Hebrew Bible, it's a scroll or the book of Esther |
(Mattea: What's spiel?)
megillah
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The + the last name of Abe Lincoln's Secretary of War + a disaster (originally, a type of bottle) |
The Stanton Fiasco
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