THE NATIONAL RECORDING REGISTRY |
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The bestselling holiday song recorded by a female artist is this 1994 hit by Mariah Carey |
"All I Want For Christmas Is You"
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Though her real first name was Gabrielle, French designer Chanel went by this nickname |
Coco
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Nearing 40, had no poetry books out; took "The Road Not Taken" anyway, made all the difference; a New England patriot |
Frost
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The third-largest island in the world, it touches the Java, Sulu & South China Seas |
Borneo
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The New York Times guide to spectator sports says this can happen, "if a man is knocked down in the closing seconds of a round" |
(Daniel: What is, uh, a count out? Uh, be count out--TKO?)
saved by the bell
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(Emily Blunt presents the clue.) My character Kitty Oppenheimer's marriage to Robert was tempestuous, & in the 1950s controversy over her one-time involvement with this political party helped bring an end to her husband's career in government |
(Ken: We'd like to thank Matt and Emily for helping us out with those clues; you can catch Oppenheimer in theaters later this week.)
communism (Communist Party)
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The first video game theme to join the Registry is Koji Kondo's iconic "Ground Theme" from this 1985 Nintendo game |
Super Mario Bros.
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A type of goose, it's the state bird of Hawaii |
a nene
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Usher-ed in "The Haunted Palace"; fell for Whitman (Sarah, not Walt); bit of a drinking problem |
Poe
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On "The Addams Family", he would often respond to a bell's summons with a simple "You rang?" |
Lurch
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It's not all music in the Registry--this astronomer's recording of "Pale Blue Dot" made the cut too |
Sagan
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It's the pedal that created the musical effect heard here |
wah-wah
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"I shall not be moved"... quite moving; got a Tony nom for a 1973 performance; gone since 2014, but still she rises |
Maya Angelou
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A 470-mile parkway linking Shenandoah & Great Smoky Mountains National Parks is named for these mountains |
Blue Ridge
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During this formal ecclesiastical censure, a priest will ring a bell |
excommunication
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(Matt Damon presents the clue.) Oppenheimer wasn't sure why he chose this name for a nuclear test site, but he did recall thinking of John Donne's poems of death & resurrection, including the sonnet that begins, "Batter my heart, three-person'd God" |
(Jerry: Um... [Sighs] I really don't know.)
the Trinity test site
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The first reggaeton recording in the Registry is "Gasolina", a 2004 hit by this Puerto Rican rapper |
Daddy Yankee
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This German health resort town is famous for its spas & a lavish casino |
Baden-Baden
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"Big Shoulders" to cry on; Spanish-American War vet; his kind of town, "Chicago" is |
Sandburg
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This 215-mile-long Australian river shares a name with the capital of Queensland |
Brisbane
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Yongs are ancient brass bells that didn't have these tongues inside to make noise as mallets were used for that |
(Daniel: What's a peal?)
a clapper
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(Emily Blunt presents the clue.) Arguing that the far-flung Manhattan Project needed a central facility, Oppenheimer helped choose an isolated New Mexico location for this top-secret site, described as an ivory tower frontier boomtown |
(Daniel: What is Area 51?)
Los Alamos
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Sadly, she didn't live to see her song "Flashdance... What A Feeling" make it into the National Recording Registry |
Irene Cara
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In Voodoo shops you can buy one of these bags with a variety of ingredients designed to protect you & bring you luck |
juju (gris-gris)
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An unabashed romantic; "Unbound" effort; drowning, his sorrows |
Shelley
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Though the majority of this country's population is Hutu, the Tutsi minority has historically held power there |
(Leann: What is...) (Ken: Quickly!) (Leann: Botswana?)
Burundi
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This word refers to a set of bells in church; there must be at least 23 bells & as many as 78 |
(Daniel: What's a clarion?)
a carillon
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(Matt Damon presents the clue.) I play this hard-driving U.S. Army general, described as the Manhattan Project's indispensable man who oversaw the project from its inception through the successful testing & eventual wartime use of the atomic bomb |
(Daniel: Who is... Lesley McNair?)
General Leslie Groves
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