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When completed in 1936, the Hoover Dam was called this |
(Alan: What is the Eighth Wonder of the World?) (Alex: What we're looking for is it was called [*], and they changed the name.)
the Boulder Dam
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Many dimmed their lights in tribute on the day this inventor was buried |
Edison
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Intense small cyclone that blew Dorothy to the Land of Oz |
a tornado
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She won as 1 of "Two Women" |
Sophia Loren
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Element supplied by plants for fish in an aquarium |
oxygen
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Samson slew 1,000 Philistines with it |
the jawbone of an ass
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"Professor" of the Kollege of Musical Knowledge |
Kay Kyser
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Among utensils in standard place setting, the most recently invented |
(Alan: What is a spoon?) ... (Alex: Invented by the Byzantines in 900 A.D.)
a fork
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Volcanoes were named for this Roman god of fire |
(Paul: Who is Vesuvius?)
Vulcan
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Acting Oscar not given until 1936 |
(Paul: What is the Best Woman?)
Best Supporting Actor
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The peregrine, the world's fastest animal, is this bird of prey |
a falcon
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The 1st country to be occupied by Nazi Germany |
(Alan: What is Czechoslovakia?)
Austria
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For his corn harvester, Henry Blair was the 1st Black to receive one |
a patent
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The point of origin of an earthquake |
the epicenter
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Of John, Ethel & Lionel, the one who did not win an Academy Award |
(Gail: Who was Lionel Barrymore?)
John Barrymore
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While the octopus has 8 arms, the squid has this many |
(Alan: What is 12?) (Gail: What are 6?)
10
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In '33, Joe Zangara killed Chicago's mayor Cermak, but missed this main target |
(Alex: One of the unsuccessful attempts on his life.)
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
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President who invented the swivel chair & lap desk |
(Alan: Who was Franklin D. Roosevelt?)
(Thomas) Jefferson
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Phenomenon known as "the white death" |
(Gail: What is leukemia?) (Alan: What is a snowstorm?)
an avalanche
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Though she captured 2, younger sister Joan Fontaine won before her for "Suspicion" |
Olivia de Havilland
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Ursine animal with fur on the soles of its feet for warmth & traction on ice |
a polar bear
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Depression agency that served as patron of the arts |
the WPA (Works Progress Administration)
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1st known photo of a living person was taken by him on a Paris street in 1839 |
Louis Daguerre
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The tallest, New Zealand's "Waimanga", killed 4 when it last erupted in 1917 |
(Paul: What is a volcano?)
a geyser
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This adventure movie won in '35, but its remake lost in '62 |
(Alex: [before Gail's wager] You've got less than a minute to go in the round.)
Mutiny on the Bounty
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Although one of the smallest primates, they can be "lion" as well as "pygmy" |
[The end-of-round signal sounds.]
marmosets
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