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In 1937, Walter Brennan in "Come & Get It" was the 1st to win this Oscar |
the Best Supporting Actor
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In poor light, this sense in cats can be 6 times sharper than man's |
(John: What is hearing?)
vision (sight)
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College enrollment peaked as veterans returned with help of this legislation |
the GI Bill
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Animals king Darius furnished his "den" with |
lions
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Due to short supply of these during WWII, leg make-up was invented to cover the gap |
nylons
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It is believed 1 in 3 Soviet citizens is an occasional informer for this police force |
the KGB
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His directorial debut, "The Maltese Falcon", was one of several films in which he cast his father |
(Gloria: Who is Walter Huston?)
John Huston
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Though classed as carnivores, these black & white "bears" primarily eat bamboo shoots |
pandas
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Comic strip writer who launched a new career with his book, "I, the Jury" |
Mickey Spillane
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Desiring her, David sent her husband off to his death in battle |
Bathsheba
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Actress Lillie Langtry kept her skin fresh by rolling naked in this early-morning substance |
dew
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Russia's lost 15,000 men & 300 aircraft & controls less territory in this country than 5 years ago |
Afghanistan
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The 1st use of Sensurround in this film "shook" Hollywood, but not the industry |
Earthquake
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Porpoises are the smallest toothed varieties of of these |
[NOTE: The word "of" appeared in the clue twice on screen.]
whales
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On April 18, this ineffective world body was finally dissolved |
the League of Nations
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The villains Delilah & Goliath both belonged to this group of Aegean people |
the Philistines
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Women's wigs in 18th c. England were matted with this edible animal fat to keep them from coming apart |
lard
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In 1961, his body was removed from the Mausoleum in Red Square |
Stalin
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They 1st took off as a team in "Flying Down to Rio" |
Fred Astaire & Ginger Rogers
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1 variety of these armored creatures can be 5 ft. long & weigh 120 lbs. |
armadillos
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On 1st day of 1946, he announced that he wasn't divine |
Emperor Hirohito
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To save Benjamin's tribe from extinction, neighbors kindly provided 400 of these |
virgins
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This lethal metal was a popular facial whitener during the Renaissance |
(Gloria: What is arsenic?) ... (Alex: We've got less than a minute to go in the round.)
white lead
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After being expelled in 1929, Leon Trotsky lived in Turkey, France, Norway, & finally this country |
Mexico
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In 1950, he debuted in film playing a paraplegic in "The Men" |
(Gloria: Who is Ronald Reagan?)
Marlon Brando
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Female rabbits mate within 12 hours after each repetition of this life cycle event |
(giving) birth
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Irving Berlin show that introduced this classic to Ethel Merman & Amer.:
"There's no business like show business / If you tell me it's so" |
Annie Get Your Gun
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He called his son Gershom, meaning "a stranger there", because he was a stranger in a strange land |
Moses
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This make-up maven, known for Aramis & Clinique, started out selling her Viennese uncle's face cream |
Estée Lauder
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Executed with his family by the Bolsheviks, he was last reigning czar of Russia |
(John: Who was Nicholas?) (Alex: Be more specific.)
Nicholas II
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