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The red portion of this bone tissue is responsible for the creation of blood platelets |
the marrow
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The cynics revered this hero whose 12 labors were an example of a moral victory & self-liberation |
Hercules
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English title of Jean Cocteau's haunting "La Belle et la Bete", which had no singing teapots |
Beauty and the Beast
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"God Separating the Light from Darkness" is one of the major scenes Michelangelo painted here |
the Sistine Chapel
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In 1926 this cowboy humorist's newspaper column went from weekly to daily |
Will Rogers
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To carefully arrange one's fur, feathers or clothing |
preening
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Joint in which you'd find a bandlike structure called the rotator cuff |
the shoulder
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Spartan leader Lysander defeated this rival Greek city & established the government of the thirty tyrants over it |
Athens
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1947's "Out of the Past" unfolds largely through this technique, a look into the past |
flashbacks
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In 1912 this 30-year-old Spaniard began incorporating business cards & wallpaper into his paintings |
(Brent: Who is DalĂ?)
Picasso
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In 1974 his show "A Prairie Home Companion" debuted on 30 Midwest public radio stations |
Garrison Keillor
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The head of government of a Canadian province |
a premier
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Hey, butthead! This muscle's name is Latin for "largest rump" |
the gluteus maximus
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Protagoras is famous for the quote this "is the measure of all things" |
(Alex: [Before the wager] We're almost out of time.)
man
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Name shared by Orson Welles' character in "Jane Eyre" & Eddie Anderson's in "Buck Benny Rides Again" |
Rochester
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The setting of this "American Gothic" artist's "Midnight Ride of Paul Revere" looks like Iowa, not Boston |
Grant Wood
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Charles Farrar used the name Artemus Ward for his humorous pieces in this Cleveland paper |
the Plain Dealer
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Term for a novel written after another one, but depicting earlier events |
a prequel
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This band of connective tissue between the heel & the calf is named for a legendary warrior |
the Achilles tendon
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In the 1870s the first monument archaeologists dug out at this site was the Temple of Zeus |
(Brent: What is the Acropolis?) (Bill: What is the Parthenon?)
Olympia
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Ray Milland played an alcoholic terrorized by a hallucinatory bat in this 1945 film |
The Lost Weekend
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This "Night Cafe" artist worked for art dealers Goupil & Co. until 1876 when he was forced out |
van Gogh
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Copying "Naked Came the Stranger", Dave Barry & 12 others created this novel on the installment plan |
Naked Came the Manatee
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If I said "Jeopardy!" winnings are exempt from U.S. taxes, I'd be doing this, which means lying |
prevaricating
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The anterior lobe of this "master gland" is responsible for the release of somatotropin, or growth hormone |
the pituitary
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Archimedes was from this Sicilian city, in his time the greatest Greek city in the west |
Syracuse
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In this movie "of 1940", Fred Astaire danced with Eleanor Powell, an alumna of the versions of '36 & '38 |
(Bill: What are The Ziegfeld Follies?)
Broadway Melody
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Beginning in 1728, this British satirist painted a scene from "The Beggar's Opera" in several versions |
(William) Hogarth
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This author of "A Book of Nonsense" is considered a master of the limerick |
(Alex: Bill knew that, but didn't ring in.)
Edward Lear
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The story of this distance runner of the 1970s came to the big screen in 1997 |
Steve Prefontaine
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