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City Anna would have to go to today to visit the king of "Siam" at home |
Bangkok
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Unit measuring intensity of sound, named for inventor of the phone |
decibel (or bel)
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Sport where one might show off his giant slalom |
skiing
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Richard III should have seen Monty Hall for this trade deal |
a kingdom for a horse
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The umbilical cord is not cut until the doctor sees that these are inflated & functioning |
the lungs
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Ohio senator whose "take off" for the presidency was aborted in early mission |
John Glenn
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English town named for a tree belonging to a man named "Cofa", it got a treat with Godiva's ride |
(Guy: [No response])
Coventry
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Number of beats in a 6/4 measure |
6
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Minimum number of balls which must be thrown in the 10th frame in bowling |
2
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While Juliet took a stab at killing herself, Romeo did this to end it all |
taking poison
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In "The Rubaiyat", it "writes, and having writ, moves on" |
(Carole: What is he hand? The hand of time?) (Jack: What is the moving hand?)
the moving finger
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American Vietnam vets settled out of court in their suit about exposure to this herbicide |
Agent Orange
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Brazilian city name which is Portuguese equivalent to Minnesota's capital |
São Paulo
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Found by multiplying the diameter of a circle by 3.1415 |
[The end-of-round signal sounds.] (Alex: I'm so sorry you didn't risk more on that one. After the fact, it's always so much easier.)
the circumference
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Ballpark the 1984 World Series pennant is flying over |
(Jack: What is Wrigley Field?) ... (Alex: Yes, you're going to make the Chicago fans very happy, Jack, even with that piece of erroneous information.)
Tiger Stadium
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Falstaff calls it "the better part of valour" |
discretion
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It was "hanging down" in the following:
"That wiggle in the walk / And giggle in the talk / Lord, makes the world go 'round / There ain't nothin' in the world / Like a big-eyed girl / That makes me act so funny / Make me spend my money / Make me feel real loose, like a long necked goose / Like a girl, oh baby, that's what I like" |
[Jack lip-synched to the song.] (Alex: Well, we know that you know the song, Jack, but can you give me the correct question? It was hanging down in the following.) (Jack: [*].) [Accepted without remark]
a ponytail
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Soviet dissident who went on a hunger strike in May to get his wife medical treatment abroad |
Sakharov
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The administrative capital of South Africa, people marched to it in song |
Pretoria
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This ABC series hosted by Curt Gowdy was recently canceled, ending its 20 year run |
American Sportsman
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Caesar calls him dangerous because he has "a lean and hungry look" |
(Jack: Who is Mark Antony?)
Cassius
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A knee tendon cut to cripple an animal, it's come to mean crippling for human efforts |
(Jack: [No response])
to hamstring
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CIA dir. linked in '84 to the stolen Carter briefing papers & the mining of Nicaragua's harbor |
William Casey
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Russian port on the Black Sea, scene of an eleven-month siege in the Crimean War |
(Guy: What is Odessa?)
Sevastopol
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The oldest of organized college sports, since 1841 Oxford & Cambridge have contested yearly |
rowing
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Shakespeare's shortest play, it's a humorous look at the mishaps of double trouble |
The Comedy of Errors
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On TV he explored "The Body in Question" |
(Alex: We've got less than a minute to go in the round.)
Jonathan Miller
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February 11, 1984 marked the 1st time a U.S. spacecraft had ever landed here |
(Jack: Where is Edwards Air Force Base?) ... (Alex: Normally, they land on the West Coast. This was the first time one landed on the East.)
Kennedy Space Center (Cape Canaveral)
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