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FOF reported the Food Parcels sent by this country to Italy included pictures of Pres. & Mrs. Peron |
[Alex clarifies that "FOF" stands for "Facts on File".]
Argentina
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This cable network for kids that features a lot of gak has its own magazine |
Nickelodeon
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Part of this British dame's stage name was an adaptation of her mother's maiden name, Fontes |
Fonteyn
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In 1994 this Iran-Contra figure received the GOP senatorial nomination from Virginia |
Oliver North
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This country owns the Suez Canal |
Egypt
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British college town that's the beat of Colin Dexter's Inspector Morse |
Oxford
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Sealed since his 1931 death, this inventor's desk was opened in West Orange, N.J.; nothing exciting was found |
Thomas Edison
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It was founded in 1917 by B.C., Malcolm's father |
Forbes magazine
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This ballerina's father, Jack Kirkland, wrote one of the longest-running Broadway plays, "Tobacco Road" |
Gelsey Kirkland
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In 1994 this Sen. minority leader attacked Clinton for sending condolences on the death of Kim Il Sung |
Dole
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Its 1993 Interim Constitution lists 11 official languages, including Sesotho, Isizulu & English |
South Africa
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One of this detective's aphorisms is "Do not lose carefulness. Hot heads plenty in hot climate" |
Charlie Chan
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This raft left Callao, Peru April 29, 1947, drifting to the islands of Polynesia |
the Kon-Tiki
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Magazine titles include People Weekly & the Atlantic this |
Monthly
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Jerome Robbins danced the title role in this biblical ballet whose French title is "Le Fils prodigue" |
The Prodigal Son
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In 1964 William Edward Miller was this man's running mate on the GOP ticket |
Goldwater
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In 1993 the U.N. sent a large peacekeeping force to this country |
(Scott: What is Bosnia?) ... (Alex: Yes, the category is AFRICA.)
Somalia
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He's the hero of all 7 of Raymond Chandler's novels |
Philip Marlowe
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This country's ex-premier U Saw was arrested in connection with the killing of the new premier |
(Alex: Whenever you have an "U", you should be thinking of [*]. Scott, back to yuo.)
Burma
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Among the top 50 sellers in the U.S., 2 of the 3 magazines that have "Digest" in their names |
(Amy Catherine: What is [*] and... Farm Digest?)
Reader's Digest & Golf Digest (& Soap Opera Digest)
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Michel Fokine choreographed & played Prince Ivan in the 1st production of this "avian" Stravinsky ballet |
(Amy Catherine: What is Swan Lake?)
The Firebird
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The only Supreme Court justice whose picture appeared on U.S. currency, he was on the $10,000 bill |
(Tom: Who was, um...) (Alex: Say something.) (Tom: Stone?) ... (Alex: See, if you had pulled out that $10,000 bill from your pocket, you would have known immediately.) [Laughter]
Salmon P. Chase
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African leaders met in 1963 in Addis Ababa to form the OAU, which stands for this |
(Amy Catherine: [*]?) (Alex: No. Tom or Scott? Amy Catherine, you're going to hate me or yourself on this one. You did not phrase it in the form of a question. In the Double Jeopardy! Round--) (Amy Catherine: I hate myself, Alex.) (Alex: --we can't, uh, accept it.)
The Organization of African Unity
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Ross MacDonald named this character after Sam Spade's partner |
(Tom: Who is Miles Archer? Who is Ar--) (Alex: [Overlapping] No. No.) ... (Alex: You were sort of on the right track, but you got it backwards, Tom. We were going for [*], who was named for Miles Archer, who was Sam Spade's partner.)
Lew Archer
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This Planned Parenthood leader called for a 10-year ban on births in Britain |
(Margaret) Sanger
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This company that publishes Self magazine put its name on its traveler magazine |
Conde Nast
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In 1948 Moira Shearer starred in the ballet "Cinderella" & in this classic ballet film |
The Red Shoes
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In 1994 Rep. Fred Grandy narrowly lost the GOP nomination for governor of this state to Gov. Branstad |
(Alex: That's right, and we have about a minute left.)
Iowa
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In 1971 President Mobutu changed the Congo's name to this |
Zaire
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This Poe detective is considered the first to solve a "locked room" puzzle |
(C. Auguste) Dupin
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