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He began his saga of the Henry family in his 1971 bestseller, "The Winds of War" |
(Herman) Wouk
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Meaning "one of the majority", it's what Lenin's followers were called |
Bolsheviks
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In 1990, this "Pretty Woman" took home a Golden Globe for "Steel Magnolias" |
Julia Roberts
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Heavy rains can trigger these sudden & severe deluges, especially in the Southwest |
(Brian: What are cloudbursts?) (Burt: What is gully washer?) [Originally accepted by the judges; reversed before Final Jeopardy!]
flash floods
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Mistaken for the enemy, this general was shot by members of his own Stonewall Brigade |
Stonewall Jackson
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About a third of a walrus's total weight is made up of this layer of fat |
blubber
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In 1950, this playwright published his first novel, "The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone" |
Tennessee Williams
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Under this openness policy, once forbidden writers like Boris Pasternak are now being published |
(Brian: What is perestroika?)
glasnost
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Peter Finch & Faye Dunaway both won for this 1976 film |
Network
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It's the point at which cooling vapor condenses into water droplets |
the dew point
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Following the Battle of Antietam, Lincoln issued this edict January 1, 1863 |
the Emancipation Proclamation
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On the ground, a flock of these birds is called a gaggle; in the air, it's a skein |
geese
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James Joyce wrote about the Irish lower middle class in this 1914 story collection |
(Burt: What is Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man?)
The Dubliners
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This Russian word is used to describe the treeless area of the Arctic |
the tundra
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Walter Matthau & Richard Benjamin received Golden Globes for this film, but George Burns didn't |
The Sunshine Boys
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The frozen subsoil of the polar regions, which never thaws, has come to be called this |
the permafrost
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This alleged inventor of baseball led troops that fired the first shots defending Fort Sumter |
Abner Doubleday
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Blue, chocolate, lilac & seal point refer to the different colorings of this house cat |
a Siamese cat
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His short story collections include "Dandelion Wine" & "The Martian Chronicles" |
Ray Bradbury
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This word for "traveling companion" became known around the world in 1957 |
Sputnik
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In 1967, it was voted Best Foreign Language Foreign Film, & Anouk Aimee won, too |
A Man and a Woman
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Because mercury freezes at about -38° Fahrenheit, weather stations in cold climates use this type of thermometer |
alcohol thermometers
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The Rebs called the first major battle fought July 21, 1861, 1st Manassas; the Yankees called it this |
Bull Run
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Mainly used for racing, the two fastest horse breeds are the quarter horse & this |
thoroughbreds
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In 1950, this Nelson Algren novel about a drug addict won a National Book Award |
The Man with the Golden Arm
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Meaning self-boiler, it's a metal urn with a spigot used to boil water for tea |
samovar
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In 1947, Harold Russell won an award for Best Non-Professional Acting for this post-World War II film |
The Best Years of Our Lives
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Heavy rain & sometimes hail is produced by this type of cloud, also called a thunderhead |
cumulonimbus
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Relieved of his command in 1862, this Union Army general later became governor of New Jersey |
McClellan
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Of the five senses, the one associated with a snake's Jacobson's organ |
sense of smell
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