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Calendar date "which will live in infamy" |
December 7, 1941
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Subject of a song in "Oklahoma!", this type of carriage was 1st made in a county in England |
a surrey
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This family of animals has brains which most resemble humans' |
apes
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After owning it less than 2 weeks, this actor was killed in a '55 Porsche 550 Spider |
[ERRATUM: The car model is usually given as "Spyder".]
James Dean
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His last published novel before his death was "You Only Live Twice" |
Ian Fleming
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King of Thebes who unwittingly killed his father and married his mother |
Oedipus
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Country to which the term "arsenal of democracy" referred |
the United States
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From the French for "Croatian", it's a synonym for necktie |
(Paul: What is an ascot?)
a cravat
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Side of the brain which is the center for music and emotion |
(Linden: What is the left side?)
the right side
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For more air, the Mercury Turnpike cruiser had the unique ability among sedans to lower this |
(Paula: What is the windshield?) (Marty: What is the top?)
the back window
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This Missouri native wrote, "Never let schooling interfere with your education" |
Samuel Clemens (Mark Twain)
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2nd mightiest Greek warrior after Achilles & 2nd best selling cleanser in USA |
Ajax
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Country not invited to '38 Munich conference which decided its fate |
(Marty: What is Austria?)
Czechoslovakia
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The earl who led the Light Brigade was said to have worn this button-front sweater |
(Marty: Who was the Earl of [*]?)
cardigan
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The brain stem links downward to this in humans, but not in spineless jellyfish |
[The end-of-round signal sounds.]
the spinal cord
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6'9" M.D. who wrote "The Andromeda Strain" & "The Terminal Man" |
(Linden: Who was Arthur Clarke?)
(Michael) Crichton
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Hygeia was the Greek goddess of this |
cleanliness
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Under Hitler, Joseph Goebbels was Minister of this |
propaganda
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From account of 7 martyred brothers in book of Maccabees, it means ghastly or gruesome |
macabre
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In 1919, he won a Pulitzer Prize for "The Magnificent Ambersons" |
(Paula: Oh, no. Who is Sinclair Lewis?)
Booth Tarkington
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Roman Bacchanalia was festival dedicated to the god of this |
(Linden: Who was the god of the harvest?) ... (Alex: Yes, Linden. I can't believe you missed that. The [*] connoisseur misses on the [*] question.)
the god of wine
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Turning point in N. Africa came when Rommel's army was defeated at this Egyptian town |
El Alamein
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To refuse to patronize, from name of English land agent in Ireland who wouldn't lower rents |
(Alex: We've got less than a minute to go in the round.)
a boycott
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Jewish author Franz Werfel "composed" this story of a modern saint from Lourdes |
(Marty: No.) [Paula gave her response without the leading article.]
The Song of Bernadette
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Synonymous with doomsayer, this daughter of Priam, king of Troy, predicted the city's fall |
Cassandra
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