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THE FANNIE FARMER COOKBOOK |
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SHAKESPEARE'S CATCH PHRASES |
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This capital's elegant Corniche Highway runs along the eastern bank of the Nile |
Cairo
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Queen Victoria soup contains chicken, ham, onion, celery, mushrooms & these hard-boiled items |
eggs
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One of the planners of the Boston Tea Party, this silversmith served as an officer in the Seven Years' War |
Paul Revere
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The Zarzuela of this Iberian country is a musical form similar to other countries' operettas |
Spain
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In 1971 Irvin Feld sold this "Greatest Show on Earth" to Mattel; in 1982 he bought it back |
(Alex: And we have less than a minute to go.)
the Ringling Bros. Barnum & Bailey Circus
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Macbeth describes an assassination as "the be-all and the" this |
the end-all
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During Prohibition, this Mexican city 12 miles south of San Diego was known for its bars & casinos |
Tijuana
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When sauteeing minced cloves of this, don't let them brown or the flavor will be bitter |
garlic
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After a treaty of alliance was signed in 1778, this French king sent troops & warships to aid the colonies |
Louis XVI
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The movement of this across the strings "plays" an Aeolian harp |
air (the wind)
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The dancing nymphs in "The Tempest" vanish "into" this |
thin air
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In the 13th century, Mongol ruler Kublai Khan made this city his capital |
(Cynthia: What is Xanadu?)
Beijing (Peking)
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Fannie suggests serving creamed sardines on this, the way many people serve creamed chipped beef |
[The end-of-round signal sounds.]
toast
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On July 5, 1777 Britain's Burgoyne took back this fort the Green Mountain Boys took in May 1775 |
Fort Ticonderoga
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This "Carmen" composer completed "Noe", an opera left unfinished by his father-in-law |
Bizet
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This Venetian moneylender questions whether he should speak "with bated breath" |
Shylock
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This city has been called "Canada's Gateway to the Pacific" |
Vancouver
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This molded salad is often made from tomato juice but can be made with cucumbers or seafood instead |
aspic
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Passed by Parliament March 22, 1765, this act was viewed by the colonies as "taxation without representation" |
the Stamp Act
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David Oistrakh & his son Igor were both famous as soloists on this stringed instrument |
(Alex: They were both famous [*]ists.)
violin
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1 of the 3 men who joined bankbooks to form DreamWorks SKG, a Hollywood production company |
(1 of) David Geffen, Steven Spielberg, or Jeff Katzenberg
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In "Henry IV, Part 2" a hostess says of this man, "He hath eaten me out of house and home" |
(Cynthia: [No response]) (Alex: Who was that jolly, roly-poly, fun-loving kind of guy, now you come up with [*], after I tell you jolly, roly-poly.)
Falstaff
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This city's main post office is a palace once used as the home of Brazil's Portuguese rulers |
Rio de Janeiro
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Fannie recommends making sherbet from the preserved Canton type of this spice |
ginger
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Major battles in this state include those at Brandywine & Germantown |
(Terry: What is New Jersey?)
Pennsylvania
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Between 1908 & 1923, this Austrian composer devised the twelve-tone system of writing music |
(Michael: Who is Strindberg?)
Arnold Schoenberg
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In his teens Rowland Macy got a tattoo of one of these figures, now the Macy's trademark |
a star
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Play that gave us the phrase "To thine own self be true" |
Hamlet
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