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The existence of these tapes was revealed by Alexander P. Butterfield on July 16, 1973 |
(Fred: What are [*]? Watergate tapes, Pentagon tapes?)
the Nixon tapes
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Its equatorial canyons were named Valles Marineris after the Mariner craft that photographed them |
Mars
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His "Long Day's Journey into Night" is 3 acts longer than his "The Long Voyage Home" |
O'Neill
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The state is divided into just 5 of these, including Kent & Bristol |
counties
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He killed his brother Remus in a quarrel over who had seen more vultures |
Romulus
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Louise de Koven Bowen became president of this settlement house after Jane Addams' death in 1935 |
Hull House
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The planet with 100% cloud cover that's closest to the sun |
(Sara: What is the Earth?)
Venus
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This Hecht & MacArthur comedy includes workers from the Post, Journal, Daily News & Tribune |
The Front Page
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This breed of chicken is Rhode Island's state bird |
the Rhode Island Red
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Though usually presiding on Olympus, he could also be found living with the Ethiopians |
Zeus
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In the early '70s he starred in his own TV variety show, "Rollin'", with the First Edition |
(Fred: Who is Kenny Loggins?)
Kenny Rogers
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This novelist refused the Pulitzer Prize for "Arrowsmith" but accepted the Nobel Prize 4 years later |
(Sinclair) Lewis
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With the lowest density of any planet, it could float on water even without its "life ring" |
Saturn
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In this Lawrence & Lee drama, Bertram Cates is tried for teaching Darwin's theory of evolution |
(Alex: And we've got about a minute to go.)
Inherit the Wind
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This Providence university's oldest building served as a barracks during the American Revolution |
Brown
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Jocasta hanged herself when she discovered that this man, her husband, was also her son |
Oedipus
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On April 26, 1980 this Secretary of State resigned in opposition to Jimmy Carter's Iran hostage rescue attempt |
Cyrus Vance
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It's believed that this largest satellite of Neptune was captured by the planet, not created with it |
Triton
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It's Teddy who comes home in this playwright's "The Homecoming" |
(Harold) Pinter
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Touro synagogue in this resort city is the nation's oldest synagogue |
Newport
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The Iliad portrays Thanatos, the personification of this, as the brother of Hypnos, sleep |
(Fred: $2,000.) (Alex: Another two...) (Fred: $2,500.) (Alex: $2,500 it is.) ... (Fred: What is wisdom?)
death
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In the '60s & '70s this director was the enfant terrible of the British cinema |
[The end-of-round signal sounds.]
Ken Russell
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On Dec. 4, 1952 this president of the United Auto Workers was elected head of the CIO |
(Fred: Who is Kirkland?)
Walter Reuther
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The most distant planet that can be seen with the naked eye |
(Dave: What is Saturn?)
Uranus
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The "Bus Stop" in William Inge's play is in this Plains state |
Kansas
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The state has 38 islands, most of them in this bay |
Narragansett
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The Trojan priest Laocoon & his 2 sons were crushed to death by 2 of these sent by Apollo |
snakes (sea serpents)
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A former rodeo rider, this cowboy star of the '20s was famous for doing tricks on his horse Tarzan |
Ken Maynard
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