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"One Severe Storm" |
(Bonnie: [*]! What is [*]?)
The Tempest
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She received 2 straight Best Actress nominations, for "Mary Poppins" & "The Sound of Music" |
Julie Andrews
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Also known as a silk hat, it's worn by Mr. Peanut & Edgar Bergen's dummy Charlie McCarthy |
a top hat
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David Henny is the inventor of the Henny shear joint used in building these, including the Boulder & Grand Coulee |
dams
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In June 1864 this early machine gun was used by Union troops at the siege of Petersburg, Virginia |
a Gatling gun
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The Merchant Marine Academy is part of this government department |
Transportation
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A documentary feature on her won a 1955 Oscar; 7 years later, Patty Duke won an Oscar for portraying her |
(Samantha: Who is Annie Sullivan?)
Helen Keller
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Genuine versions of this hat are handwoven from straw of the jipijapa plant in Ecuador |
a Panama
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Under the auspices of the Marquess of Queensberry, John Graham Chambers drew up the rules for this sport |
boxing
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To quote Ice Cube, "Here's another topic I'm addressin' so learn a quick lesson about" this pair |
Smith & Wesson
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This device can increase or reduce power so your blow dryer doesn't get extra volts on your trip to Europe |
a transformer
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"Lots o' Bustle Concerning Zilch" |
Much Ado About Nothing
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As a presenter at the 1942 Oscars, this composer announced himself as the winner for Best Song for "White Christmas" |
(Bonnie: Who is Mancini?)
Irving Berlin
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The chukka hat is worn by players in this sport & is so-named for the periods of the game called chukkers |
polo
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In 1885 Frank Ball found the patent had expired on the glass jars named for this man, so he began making them |
Mason
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In the 1840s a Philadelphia gunsmith invented this short-barreled pocket pistol now named for him |
Derringer
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Based on Hindu practices, it uses mantras & is abbreviated TM |
transcendental meditation
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"A Subjugation for One Small Burrowing Mammal" |
The Taming of the Shrew
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For 1998, this Italian movie won Best Foreign Film & its star Roberto Benigni won Best Actor |
Life Is Beautiful
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Just because a 15th century woman's hennin was this shape didn't mean she was a dunce |
(Bonnie: What was a point?) (Alex: Be a little more--) (Bonnie: Uh, what was [*]?) (Alex: That's better.)
a cone
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In the 1930s surgeon Alexis Carrel worked on designing an artificial heart with this aviator |
(Alex: [*], yes, famous story.)
Lindbergh
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Seen here, it's the classic 94 model from this company whose repeating rifles tamed the frontier |
(Bonnie: What is Remington?) ... (Alex: That's a [*], the other one.) [ERRATUM: The firearm shown was actually a Marlin model 336.]
Winchester
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This highway extends almost 5,000 miles from St. John's, Newfoundland to Victoria, British Columbia, eh |
[Samantha laughs the clue, then laughs some more at having been beaten to the buzz-in by Carolyn.] (Carolyn: What is the Trans-Canadian Highway?)
Trans-Canada Highway
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"Rialto Retailer" |
The Merchant of Venice
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Of this company's 13 "True-Life Adventures" made between 1948 & 1960, 8 won Oscars |
Disney
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This hat named for its "north-of-the-border" wearers is worn in the U.S. by state policemen & forest rangers |
(Alex: Samantha, you didn't ring in--) (Samantha: Sorry.) (Alex: --to come up with [*]?) (Samantha: You know I thought--yeah, I thought maybe. I never heard of one. [Laughs]) (Alex: No?)
a Mountie hat
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In 1977 Spyros Kyprianou succeeded this archbishop as president of Cyprus |
(Alex: First president was [*].)
Archbishop Makarios
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4-letter name of the submachine gun that replaced the Tommy gun in the British armed forces |
Sten
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It rises over 800 feet in San Francisco |
the Transamerica Pyramid (the Transamerica Building accepted)
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