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In 1978, he was promoted posthumously to General of the Armies of the United States |
(Tobe: Who was Omar Bradley?)
George Washington
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This religion's name comes from the old Persian name for the Indus River |
Hindu
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When activated, this form of carbon is used to purify liquids |
charcoal
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Humorist who remarked, "Communism is like prohibition; it's a good idea, but it won't work" |
Will Rogers
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Lee J. Cobb was the first to star as Willy Loman in a production of this play |
Death of a Salesman
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It's made up of 5 events -- steeplechase, fencing, swimming, pistol shooting, & a cross-country run |
the pentathlon
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Arkady Shevchenko, the highest-ranking Soviet working here, defected to the United States |
(Mark: What is the KGB?) (Tobe: What is the Politburo?) (Max: What is the Soviet Embassy in Washington?) (Alex: Each of you managed to misunderstand the clue. The highest-ranking Soviet working here, the reference was to [*]. He was working at [*] and then defected to the United States.)
the United Nations
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Stringed instrument whose name comes from the Arabic "al-ud" |
a lute
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Hypochlorites are the forms of this gaseous element used to bleach clothes |
chlorine
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This actor has played Brett Maverick on two TV series |
James Garner
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For its run in Mexico, this musical was billed as "Vaselina" |
Grease
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Completed in 1943, it's a 5-sided complex of 5 concentric buildings connected by hallways |
the Pentagon
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After 16,255,500 of these were made in Germany, production ended there but went on elsewhere |
the Volkswagen Beetle
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The Latin "dealbare", to whitewash, gave us this word, meaning to apply paint crudely |
(Max: What is to [**]? [Originally ruled incorrect, overturned at first commercial break])
daub (dab accepted)
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The reaction of a substance with oxygen to produce heat & light; it's a fancy way to say burning |
combustion
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This Yankee slugger hit over 50 home runs in a season twice, 1956 & 1961 |
(Tobe: Who is Roger Maris?) [The end-of-round signal sounds.]
Mickey Mantle
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His first major play, "Battle of Angels", was later rewritten as "Orpheus Descending" |
Tennessee Williams
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It's a 5-pointed star with supposed mystic properties |
(Max: What is a [**]? [Originally ruled incorrect, overturned at second commercial break])
pentagram (pentangle)
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The Supreme Court ruled this man's "7 Words" you couldn't say on the airwaves could be banned from the airwaves |
(Alex: And we have less than a minute to go.)
George Carlin
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This element found in matches comes from the Greek meaning "light-bearing" |
phosphorus
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This metallic element is used to make brilliant blue colors in porcelain & tiles |
cobalt
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The romance of Robert & Elizabeth Barrett Browning inspired this 1930 play by Rudolf Besier |
The Barretts Of Wimpole Street
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This 1-word term for the first 5 books of the Bible is from the Greek for "five scrolls" |
the Pentateuch
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Victor Hasselblad, inventor of the type of this the astronauts used on the moon, died in August |
a camera
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Combine the Greek words for "wolf" & "man", & you'll have this word for werewolf |
a lycanthrope
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Element used in conjunction with nickel oxide in rechargeable leak-proof batteries |
cadmium
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The Baltimore Sun called this 1941 comedy "the funniest play about murder ever written" |
Arsenic And Old Lace
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Since the 16th century, this 5-foot meter has been the predominant meter in English verse |
(iambic) pentameter
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