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WHAT A LITERARY CHARACTER! |
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MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS & ACCESSORIES |
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MY MISSED CAREER, SUBSTITUTE TEACHER |
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Tuneage of the revolutionary era included this song composed by an army captain in one night in 1792 |
"The Marseillaise"
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"Could you expect me to rejoice in the inferiority of your connections?" is a zinger from this proud Jane Austen guy |
Darcy
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Andrés Cantor said he almost fainted while making this call after a thrilling Landon Donovan score |
(Sam: What is [*]?) (Ken: That's it? That's all you got?) (Sam: That's all I got.)
GOOOAAAL!
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Despite the rumors, David Mamet said he doesn't actually use this musical device to mark time, but does count syllables |
metronome
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Zendaya is very familiar with this word from Greek that means intense happiness & well-being |
euphoria
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Let's take roll... A.A. Ron...? Oh, just like this composer of 1957's "Piano Fantasy" |
Copland
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New names were needed for these & poet Fabre d'Églantine came up with Frimaire, Germinal, Messidor & others |
(Sam: [Selecting the last clue with a beckoning flick of his index finger] Bring it.) (Ken: I will bring it to you, Sam.)
the months of the year
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It's the first name of Ian Fleming's Mr. Goldfinger |
Auric
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Howard Cosell, 1973: "Down goes" this man! "Down goes" this man! "Down goes" this man! |
Frazier
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The doo-hickey seen here is one of these for a cello; it limits the cello's resonance slightly |
a mute
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From a Greek word for "moving", it's a type of energy as well as a type of art |
kinetic
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Let's bring American history class to life! Take a look at this Revolutionary group pouring tea down the throat of a Crown official |
Sons of Liberty
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On the eve of the revolution, Marie-Antoinette was implicated in "the Affair of" this item & reviled as deceitful & corrupt |
the Necklace
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Walter Scott wrote of him, "conspicuous by his long gun, waving tartans, and the single plume" of "the Highland gentleman" |
Rob Roy
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Al Michaels: "It is caught by Dyson. Can he get in? No, he cannot. Mike Jones made the tackle &" they "have won the Super Bowl!" |
(Andrew: Who are the Broncos?)
the Rams
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String players apply this sticky stuff to their bows to create friction, allowing the bows to grip the strings & make them vibrate more clearly |
(Sam: What is resin? [*]?)
rosin
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This stage in the development of a butterfly is from the Greek for "gold" |
a chrysalis
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In P.E. I'll make you multi-sport stars like this decathlete who won a 1960 duel of UCLA Bruins to take Olympic gold |
Rafer Johnson
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Locked out of a meeting hall at Versailles in 1789, members of the Third Estate took their famous oath at this location there |
a tennis court
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At the end of a Thomas Pynchon book, Oedipa Maas awaits the bidding on a stamp collection with this auction number |
(Ken: You have 2,000 points, Andrew, and could double it if so inclined.) (Andrew: Uh, I'll bet... 2,000 plus all of James's points.) [James has 0 points.] (Ken: [Laughs] Yeah, I think--I think James's score is still on there, actually.) [James employs a bit of convincing stage combat to hit Andrew over the head with James's ToC championship belt. Andrew plays along and folds over to his left before recovering. Sam and the audience laugh; Sam applauds with three claps.] ... (Ken: The Crying of [*] is the work, yes.)
lot 49
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"I don't believe what I just saw" & "We'll see you tomorrow night" are among the many calls of this legend & dad of a legend |
Jack Buck
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Auguste Mustel invented this keyboard instrument in 1886; its heavenly name evokes the sky |
(Sam: What's celestina?)
a celesta
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From the Greek for "to whirl", it's another name for an equilateral parallelogram |
rhombus
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I love A.P. bio! Let's talk pancreas! An adult one has a million of these, named for the German doctor who noted them in 1869 |
islets of Langerhans
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The biggest celebration of the Revolution was held on July 14, 1790, not on the Champs-Élysées, but on this Champ |
Champ de Mars
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The title character in "Humboldt's Gift" by this author is based on his friend, poet Delmore Schwartz |
(Saul) Bellow
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"The slipper still fits!" as this then-Cinderella Spokane school eked out a 1999 NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament win |
(Ken: Let's show those at home who would like to know where the Daily Double's going to be located in this round. [Beep boop] The players, of course, don't know, but James, you select first. Where to?)
Gonzaga
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The Amati family & their pupils the Stradivari made their violins in this city in the Lombardy region |
Cremona
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From Greek for "head" & "foot", it's any of the class of mollusks that includes the squid & octopus |
cephalopod
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Geography class, China's NW corner is this "autonomous region", though it's debatable how much autonomy its Uyghur people have |
(James: What's Outer Mongolia?)
Xinjiang
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