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City that's home to the largest cathedral, St. John the Divine, & synagogue, Temple Emmanu-El |
New York
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In "The Sound of Music" the nuns asked, "How do solve a problem like" her |
Maria
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Between the 1984 & 1988 Olympics, this glamorous Black runner worked as a hairstylist |
Florence Griffith Joyner
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The earliest form of this was made from vegetable starch |
[The end-of-round signal sounds.]
the glue on stamps (the adhesive)
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His 1st 2 fast-paced thrillers were "The Scarlatti Inheritance" & "The Osterman weekend" |
(Bill: Who is, uh, Ken Follett?)
Robert Ludlum
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If Karl Marx asked a Dutchman, "Spreekt u Engels?" he asked this |
Do you speak English?
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The Gator Bowl game is held in this city, Florida's largest |
(Jeff: What is Miami?)
Jacksonville
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It's the all-Black version of the opera "Carmen" |
Carmen Jones
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She was the 1st woman to win a Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction, for "The Guns of August" in 1963 |
Barbara Tuchman
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Pen name of David Cornwell, whose latest spy novel is "The Russia House" |
John le Carré
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In Norwegian this useless action becomes "Kaste perler for svin" |
cast pearls before swine
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The geographic center of North America is some 65 miles east of Minot in this Plains state |
(Alex: It's in [*], right near Rugby.)
North Dakota
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Edward Kleban & this composer won Tonys for their musical score for "A Chorus Line" |
Marvin Hamlisch
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In 1932 this modern dancer & choreographer became the 1st dancer to receive a Guggenheim Fellowship |
(Chris: Who is Agnes de Mille?)
Martha Graham
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The "Dogs" in this 1974 F. Forsyth novel were white mercenaries hired to work in West Africa |
The Dogs of War
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In Latin "lapsus linguae", it's what lets the cat out of the bag |
a slip of the tongue
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This state's Dunes National Lakeshore is on the southern shore of Lake Michigan |
Indiana
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1924's "Lady, Be Good" starring Fred & Adele Astaire was the 1st hit musical play for this composer |
(Jeff: Who is Irving Berlin?) (Chris: Who is Cole Porter?)
George Gershwin
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First name shared by Italian opera stars Scotto & Tebaldi |
(Jeff: What is Maria?)
Renata
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Laurence Harvey was a "brainwashee" in this 1962 film based on a novel by Richard Condon |
The Manchurian Candidate
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It's the literal translation of the Spanish phrase that's the title of following song:
"Now the hacienda's dark, the town is sleeping / Now the time has come to part, the time for weeping / Vaya con Dios my darling..." |
"Go With God"
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This city has been called "The Hub of the Universe" |
(Bill: What is Atlanta?)
Boston
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1974's "Lorelei", in which Carol Channing played Lorelei Lee, was based on this earlier musical |
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
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The queen of this country is the former Princess Sophia of Greece |
Spain
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Spy novelist Helen whose works include "Decision at Delphi" & "Cloak of Darkness" |
(Chris: Who is McGuinness?) (Alex: Say it again.) (Chris: McGuinness?)
MacInnes
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Italian beaches might post the warning "attento alle meduse," meaning this |
(Alex: We've got a minute left.)
watch out for jellyfish
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