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Each year the Northern Cheyenne tribe takes a day off celebrating this 1876 battle |
the Battle of the Little Bighorn
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Candlepins is a form of this sport |
bowling
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Condition of Othello, Macbeth, Hamlet, & Romeo & Juliet at end of their plays |
dead
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After 44 films, including 9 with Astaire, she won an Oscar for "Kitty Foyle" |
Ginger Rogers
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Sometime in next 2,000-20,000 years, Loiki, a volcanic seamount, will be new island in this state |
Hawaii
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Land or sea bomb that's not yours or ours, but belongs to me |
a mine
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Senator Morris Sheppard authored this amendment that few liked or followed |
the 18th Amendment (Prohibition)
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In the Jewish faith, this candle holder is either 7 or 9 branched |
a menorah
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His big line is "Beware the Ides of March", not "Forsooth" |
(Ann: Who is Ciresias, the [*]?) [ERRATUM: The soothsayer in Julius Caesar is unnamed; Tiresias was the prophet in the Oedipus plays.]
the soothsayer
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Real Don Juan who followed friend John Barrymore's lead to become screen Don Juan in 1948 |
Errol Flynn
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While Mercalli's scale measures earthquake intensity, this is the scale usually used for magnitude |
the Richter scale
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A stout cudgel made of oak named for an Irish town known for its oaks |
a shillelagh
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Born Feb, 6, 1911 above a shoe store in Tampico, Ill., he grew up to be president |
Ronald Reagan
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12.57 lumens |
(Alex: With about a minute to go in the round.)
one candlepower
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He huffs & puffs & yells "Blow, winds, & crack your cheeks! Rage! Blow!" |
King Lear
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1 of 2 Oscar-winning songs featured in Disney films of the '40s |
(Sheila: What is "Someday My Prince Will Come"?)
(1 of) "When You Wish Upon A Star" or "Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah"
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The wearing away of the earth's surface by wind, water, glaciers, etc.... |
[The end-of-round signal sounds.]
erosion
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The prosecution claimed it was the weapon for the murder attempt in the von Bulow trials |
a syringe
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Famous house guest of William & Emily Harris in 1975 |
Patty Hearst
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Movie star to whom this song is a tribute:
"And it seems to me you lived your life like a candle in the wind / Never knowing who to cling to when the rain set in" |
(Frank: No answer, Alex.) (Alex: Oh, that's unfortunate. That was Elton John's tribute to [*] called "Candle In The Wind".)
Marilyn Monroe
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After England, this country is the setting for the most Shakespeare plays |
Italy
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You'd "meet" Gary Cooper as this "anonymous" figure in a 1940 Capra film |
Meet John Doe
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Xmas present young Charley Partanna received in "Prizzi's Honor" |
brass knuckles
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Only career soldier to win Nobel Peace Prize, he was best known for his postwar plan |
George Marshall
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"Henry VIII" ends with wife #2 giving birth to her |
(Sheila: Who is Anne Boleyn?) (Alex: No, sorry.) (Sheila: Oh, Who is [*]?) ... (Alex: Beware of blurting things out like that, Sheila.) (Sheila: I'm sorry.) (Alex: I suspect, however, that Ann really knew the correct response.)
(Queen) Elizabeth I
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Howard Hughes fought a censorship battle for this '41 "sex Western", finally released years later |
(Sheila: What was Duel in the Sun?)
The Outlaw
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Homemade pistol consisting of a pipe on a block of wood with spring activated firing pin |
a zip gun
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