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He's a water fetcher, she's a tumbler; together they're in a nursery rhyme |
Jack & Jill
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This Mark Twain character resisted the Widow Douglas' attempts to "sivilize" him |
Huck Finn
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The inscription on his New York City tomb reads, "Let us have peace" |
Grant
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This Polish capital's coat of arms depicts a mermaid brandishing a sword & shield |
Warsaw
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Christmas falls under this sign of the zodiac |
Capricorn
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After 11 years, the cast of this show finally got to go home from the Korean War |
M*A*S*H
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The 2 body parts an expensive purchase might cost you |
an arm & a leg
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Lovely Katrina van Tassel was in his weekly singing class in Sleepy Hollow |
Ichabod Crane
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After his swearing in by a judge, his 1st presidential order was "Let's get airborne" |
Lyndon Johnson
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This Belgian city is famous as one of the world's major seaports & as the home of Peter Paul Rubens |
Antwerp
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Metaphorically it can refer to paperwork, but it usually means a heavy, rapid snow slide |
an avalanche
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ABC broadcast this Herman Wouk novel as an 18-hour miniseries, most expensive to that date |
The Winds of War
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Names on the side of every Dustbuster sold in the U.S. |
Black+Decker
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In a classic Gothic novel, she accepts Mr. Rochester's proposal, not knowing he has a wife |
Jane Eyre
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His poker face helped him finish $10,000 ahead playing cards in the service during WWII |
(Alex: We've got less than a minute to go.)
Richard Nixon
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In 1783 this Irish town began making the fine cut glassware that bears its name |
Waterford
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It describes a potent potable or someone who overindulges in them |
alcoholic
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Over 2 million people lined both sides of the East River to celebrate the 100th birthday of this structure |
the Brooklyn Bridge
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A seamstress who's hesitant & indecisive about what length to make the skirt might do this |
hem & haw
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The only people who attended his funeral were his father & Nick Carraway |
Jay Gatsby (the Great Gatsby)
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Jackson's amb. to Russia, Polk's Sec'y of State, Pierce's amb. to Britain & our 15th president |
(James) Buchanan
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Dubrovnik, one of the best-preserved walled cities in Europe, is in this country |
Yugoslavia
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This word describes a tool having strong adjustable-toothed jaws like its animal namesake |
(Alex: Not fast enough, Paul.)
alligator
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When banned from covering this October invasion, the press relied on ham radio operators |
Grenada
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Loud shout once used to announce pursuit of a crook to get others to join the chase |
[No acknowledgement for Sue running the category]
hue & cry
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This Dorothy Sayers detective has a valet named Bunter |
(Alex: The ladies remembered but a fraction of a second too late.)
Lord Peter Wimsey
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Our only president to have earned a Ph.D. |
Woodrow Wilson
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This Spanish city, a leading cultural center, is the capital of Catalonia |
Barcelona
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As a teenager, the future Alexander the Great was tutored by this philosopher |
Aristotle
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For much of the year, this look at the future by John Naisbitt was on the best seller list |
Megatrends
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