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In October 1950 masses of Chinese troops entered the fighting in this war |
the Korean War
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Advertising in the early 20th century called this jiggly sweet America's most famous dessert |
Jell-O
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Sidney J. Barthelemy has been mayor of this largest Louisiana city since 1986 |
New Orleans
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In 1970 Laurence Olivier & his wife Joan Plowright co-starred in this play as Shylock & Portia |
The Merchant of Venice
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Removing funds from an account before maturity; there's a substantial penalty for it |
(Tim: What is withdraw?) (Alex: Be more specific. ... Sorry.)
early withdrawal
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This naval hero of the American Revolution was once chief mate on a slave ship |
John Paul Jones
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In the 1895 Treaty of Shimonoseki, China ceded Taiwan to this country that held it until 1945 |
Japan
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This sugar used for dusting desserts contains cornstarch to prevent clumping |
powdered sugar
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A statue commemorating Terry's Texas Rangers stands in front of the state capital in this city |
Austin
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Appropriately, it was at Elsinore that John Gielgud played this title character in 1939 |
Hamlet
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It's a check drawn by a bank on itself and is considered as good as cash |
a cashier's check
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None of his other novels was as popular as his first, "From Here to Eternity" |
James Jones
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This religion that arose in India in the 500s B.C. reached China in the Han Dynasty |
[Alex reads "B.C." as "before Christ".] (Tim: What is Hinduism?) ... (Alex: Buddha was born in India.)
Buddhism
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If you remoisten this winter holiday gift occasionally, it will last for years |
fruitcake
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You can tour Captain Frederick Pabst's mansion in this city |
Milwaukee
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This Redgrave family patriarch made his London debut in 1936 as Ferdinand in "Love's Labor's Lost" |
Michael Redgrave
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Under level payment amortization, each installment is split between changing amounts of interest & this |
principal
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He played with several Hollywood-based bands before forming the City Slickers in 1942 |
Spike Jones
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This practice that rendered women unable to walk normally probably peaked in the Ming Dynasty |
foot binding
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It's a layered sundae served in a tall, thin glass |
a parfait
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The Pizza Hut restaurant chain is based in this largest city of Kansas |
(Leah: [Grateful to have gotten in] Thank you.)
Wichita
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He played Antony, Mark Antony in 1986, the same year he signed on to play Bond, James Bond |
(Tim: Who is Roger Moore?)
Timothy Dalton
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Federal Reserve notes have been the government's only paper legal tender since it stopped issuing these certificates |
silver certificates
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In 1958 this American golfer became a freeman of the burgh of St. Andrews, Fife, Scotland |
Bobby Jones
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The 1943 Cairo Conference was the only time this Chinese leader met with Churchill & FDR |
Chiang Kai-shek
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From the German for "to sprinkle", it's a crumb topping for coffee cakes |
(Tim: What is strudel?)
streusel
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Lawrence Ferlinghetti has been an owner of this city's City Lights Bookstore since 1953 |
San Francisco
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Kelsey Grammer, Dr. Fraser Crane on "Cheers", was once cast as Cassio in this tragedy |
(Arthur: What is Julius Caesar?) ... (Alex: Not Cassius, and not Casca.)
Othello
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Each of these is equal to 1% of the amount of a loan paid as a fee to the bank or lender |
a point
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This designer of the Queen's house at Greenwich founded English classical architecture |
(Arthur: Who is Indigo Jones?) ... (Alex: Oh, Arthur, so unfortunate. You turned his name into a color.)
Inigo Jones
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