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In the 1860s Antoine- Louis Barye created an equestrian statue of this emperor for his birthplace on Corsica |
Napoleon
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It's the comparative form of tall |
taller
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The honey & bumble types of this insect are excellent pollinators |
the bee
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Begun more than 400 years ago, Bakken amusement park in this Danish capital is the world's oldest |
Copenhagen
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He escaped from jail in early 1930 with help from his new girlfriend, Bonnie Parker |
Clyde Barrow
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In 1981 this actor visited the set to research his "Tootsie" role |
Dustin Hoffman
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This Arizona desert provides much of the colored sand used in Hopi & Navajo sand paintings |
the Painted Desert
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An exception to this rule goes "but e after I when the sound is a" |
I before E except after C
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The grandiflora class of this flower group was created by crossing hybrid teas & floribundas |
roses
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Public art galleries in this capital include the Tate Gallery & the Wallace Collection |
London
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Type of criminal called a "dip" |
a pickpocket
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The hospital seen in the opening is the County-USC hospital in this city |
Los Angeles
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Around 1485 Botticelli completed his painting of "The Birth of" this goddess |
Venus
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One of the principal uses of this punctuation mark is to set off coordinate clauses |
(Dave: What is a semicolon?) [Originally ruled incorrect; reversed before Double Jeopardy!]
the comma
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Bordeaux mixture, a fungicide, was first used to treat this plant near Bordeaux, France |
grapes
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This city has 6 wards: San Polo, Castello, Santa Croce, Dorsoduro, Cannaregio & San Marco |
(Bob: What is Rome?) (Alex: Oh, you went with the wrong one. San Marco was probably the best-known ward in that collection, and that refers to the city of [*], St. Mark being the patron saint of [*].)
Venice
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The origin of this 3-letter word for what an escapee is "on" is unknown |
the lam
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She played Jackie Templeton in 1982-83 & went on to star in "Ghost" & "A Few Good Men" |
Demi Moore
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In the 1930s this Mexican artist was commissioned by Edsel Ford to create a mural on the auto industry |
Diego Rivera
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A modifier located too far from the word it's modifying is called this |
(Bob: What is dangling?) ... (Alex: Dangling usually refers to participles. [*] refers to modifiers.)
misplaced
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Agave americana is called this from the mistaken belief that it blooms when it's 100 years old |
the century plant
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The Gaelic form of this capital's name is Dunedin |
(Bob: What is Dublin?)
Edinburgh
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This term for the Mafia means "our affair" |
La Cosa Nostra
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This "Full House" star played Blackie Parrish in 1982 & returned in a 1992 cameo playing himself |
John Stamos
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A famous work by Rembrandt shows this philosopher "Contemplating the Bust of Homer" |
Aristotle
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The antecedent is the word or phrase that this part of speech refers to |
the pronoun
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Bean plants improve the soil because nodules on their roots "fix" this element |
nitrogen
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This southern Alberta city was founded by the Mounties in 1875 as Fort Brisebois |
(Dave: What is Edmonton?)
Calgary
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He was Public Enemy No. 1 after he escaped from jail March 3, 1934, allegedly with a carved gun |
John Dillinger
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In 1981 this couple was so hot they made the cover of Newsweek & their wedding made People's cover |
Luke & Laura
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