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HEMINGWAY WORKS IN OTHER WORDS |
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Enticed by a 1915 treaty giving it Trieste, this country joined WWI's Allies |
(Alex: Trieste right next to [*].)
Italy
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Jimmy Stewart has a broken leg when this film begins; at the end, his voyeurism gets him a second broken leg |
(Alex: We'll accept that. Uh, we do not penalize players for adding or changing an article. The film, of course, was [*] by Hitchcock.)
Rear Window (A Rear Window accepted)
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"Grandpa with Ocean" |
The Old Man and the Sea
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Of 100, 300 or 600, the one closest to the total number of muscles in the human body |
(Mary: What is 100?) (Denise: What is 300?) ... (Alex: Yes--except for my body.)
600
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Embankments have been built on this "colorful" 500-mile Vietnamese river to keep rice fields from flooding |
(Alex: And that would be [*]--not the Yellow.)
the Red River
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Russian words for drinks include vodka & voda, which means this |
water
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The 1568 martyrdom of the Comte d'Egmont began the Dutch revolt against Philip II of this country |
Spain
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Frank Sinatra played lovable gambler Nathan Detroit in this 1955 movie musical |
Guys & Dolls
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"So Long, Weaponry" |
A Farewell to Arms
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On a cat, the arrector pili muscles along the back cause this response to stress |
the hair stand up on the cat's back
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"The Photo Capital of the World", this city in New York is also the birthplace of American Spiritualism |
Rochester
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Stop the presses--it's the Russian word for "truth" |
pravda
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He captained the Victory, Lord Nelson's flagship, at Trafalgar (remember the quote) |
(Alex: Famous quote of Lord Nelson, "Kiss me, [*].")
Hardy
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Rich brothers William Holden & Humphrey Bogart vie for the chauffeur's daughter in this 1954 classic |
Sabrina
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"One Transferable Banquet" |
A Moveable Feast
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Inhaling & exhaling result mainly from the contraction & expansion of this dome-shaped muscle |
the diaphragm
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It's "The Pretzel City", Pennsylvania, but you might call it the Monopoly railroad city |
Reading
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Written out here, it's a familiar way to say "goodbye" |
(Mary: What is dosnivanya?) (Alex: No, you didn't ring in... Now, you're ringing in.) (Mary: What is dosnivanya?) (Alex: No, sorry.) [Laughter]
dosvidanya
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In the 700s, Pepin's widow Plectrude got hammered by Charles Martel vying for rule over these people |
(Mary: Who are the Lombards?)
the Franks
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Alan Jay Lerner won the Oscar for Best Screenplay for this 1951 musical about an expatriate |
An American in Paris
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"A Star Ascends As Well" |
The Sun Also Rises
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Eeeeek! By definition, this muscle of the back of the arm has 3 heads |
the triceps
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It's the East River location of the New York City jail |
(Alex: That's it. [*]. You watch Law & Order!) (Denise: [Chuckles] Yes.)
Riker's Island
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This Russian term for a sled drawn by 3 horses has made its way into English |
troika
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In 1991, republics of the former Soviet Union formed the CIS, which stands for this |
the Commonwealth of Independent States
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The 2 1950s films starring Grace Kelly with "High" in the title |
[NOTE: This clue is nearly identical to the Final Jeopardy! in #1185.]
High Society & High Noon
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"Extinction Following Lunch" |
(Mary: ...[Shakes head]) ... (Alex: About bullfighting.)
Death in the Afternoon
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This post-Hippocratic 2nd century Greek physician was the first to discover that muscles work in pairs |
Galen
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In early 2002 Yasir Arafat was confined to his compound in this West Bank city |
Ramallah
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