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Trendy adjective applied to people who have homes in both NYC & L.A. |
bicoastal
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Golden-arched restaurant chain recently added to Dow Jones Industrial Average Elite 30 |
McDonald's
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He hosted the 1st coast-to-coast Oscar telecast on March 19, 1953 |
Bob Hope
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186,000 miles per second |
the speed of light
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Not the city where Congress meets, but the building |
C-A-P-I-T-O-L
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Before she ran for VP, Geraldine Ferraro was a Congresswoman from this NYC borough |
(Linda: What is the Bronx?)
Queens
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In 1984, 19% of the beds sold in the U.S. were of this type, once considered a "hippie" fad |
a waterbed
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He gave the 1st televised tour of the White House May 11, 1952 |
(Paul: Who is Eisenhower?)
Harry Truman
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Not only a car rental agency, but also a unit of frequency equal to 1 cycle per second |
hertz
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Sweden, Norway & Denmark form this area of northern Europe |
S-C-A-N-D-I-N-A-V-I-A
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Daily & Sunday, it has the largest circulation of any NYC newspaper |
the Daily News
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Their corporate headquarters are at Checkerboard Square, St. Louis, Missouri |
(Linda: What is Purina?) (Alex: Be more specific.) (Linda: What is Purina Cat Chow?)
Ralston Purina
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In the '50s, the FCC accepted this corporation's dot-sequential method of color TV transmission |
RCA
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The world's 1st nuclear reactor was built at this Illinois university in the 1940s |
[The end-of-round signal sounds.]
the University of Chicago
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A political murder such as that of Lincoln |
(Linda: What is A-S-S-I-N-A-T-I-O-N?)
A-S-S-A-S-S-I-N-A-T-I-O-N
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The Cloisters, a replica of a medieval monastery, is part of this world-famous museum |
the Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Cookie magnate whose company buys 10% of the world macadamia crop |
(Paul: Who is Famous Amos?)
Mrs. Fields
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He wrote many of the later "cantos" in St. Elizabeth's Hosp. where he was a mental patient for 12 yrs. |
Ezra Pound
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"One Hour in Wonderland", on Christmas Day, 1950, was his 1st TV production |
Walt Disney
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After a business trip, you'll have fewer hassles with the IRS if you save these |
(Alex: Save a [*]. That's it. We've got a minute to go in the round.)
R-E-C-E-I-P-T
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Alexander Hamilton & Robert Fulton are buried in this churchyard near Wall Street |
Trinity Church
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Working at home with a hook-up to the office computer so you don't have to face the A.M. rush hour |
telecommuting
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Years after this poet won Pulitzer Prize for poetry, his son Charles was implicated in TV's "21" scandal |
Mark Van Doren
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ABC & Dumont began Broadcasting these government proceedings on April 22, 1954 |
the McCarthy hearings
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Country currently ruled by Ferdinand Marcos |
(Paul: What is P-H-I-L-I-P-I-N-E-S?) (Linda: What is P-H-I-L-L-I-P-I-N-E-S?)
P-H-I-L-I-P-P-I-N-E-S
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