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It's been described as "Las Vegas' stab at ancient Rome" |
Caesar's Palace
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In 1971, Lin Piao allegedly tried to overthrow this Chinese leader then died escaping the country |
Mao
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Characters in this 1845 Prosper Merimee work include a soldier, a cigar worker, & a picador |
(Chuck: What is The Barber of Seville?)
Carmen
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In any given transaction, the auctioneer acts primarily as agent for this party |
the seller
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Saki, Mark Twain & O. Henry, for example |
pen names
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Sacramento's was torn down; San Diego's has a new name, & we don't know where to find the 1 in the Eagles' song |
Hotel California
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A 1970 tidal wave in the Bay of Bengal helped spark events that led to this country's independence |
Bangladesh
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This famous son of a famous author not only wrote the novel "Camille", but the play as well |
(Alexandre) Dumas
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In January 1988, this former Texas governor auctioned off his belongings due to bankruptcy |
(John) Connally
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The chamber Donald Glaser invented shows a particle's path by these, as Don Ho could tell you |
bubbles
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It can precede wise, weight, or pincher |
penny
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Hotel that was a main setting for the TV show with the following theme:
"It is run by Kate / Come and be her guest / At the junction / Petticoat Junction! / And that's Uncle Joe / He's a-movin' kind of slow / At the junction / Petticoat Junction!" |
(Alex: Pete?) (Pete: I don't know.) (Alex: Obviously, the television show was Petticoat Junction; the hotel was [*].)
the Shady Rest Hotel
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Over a million people were killed by the Pol Pot regime in this country |
Cambodia (Kampuchea)
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In the Stendhal novel, Fabrizio spends his last years in "The Charterhouse of" this Italian city |
Parma
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At a "with reserve" auction, the seller reserves the right to do this |
to take back the sale or the buy himself
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Models of airplanes are put into these to test their aerodynamics |
a wind tunnel
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The Earth's shadow during an eclipse is an example of this, which means "partial shadow" |
(Alex: We've got a minute to go.)
penumbra
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For years, Don McNeill brought us radio's "Breakfast Club" from this city's Allerton Hotel |
Chicago
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In 1606, Willem Jansz became the 1st European to reach this continent |
(Chuck: What is Antarctica?)
Australia
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"Madame Bovary" got him prosecuted for "outrage of public morals and religion" |
Gustave Flaubert
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At Christie's, a bidder has a right to withdraw his bid at any time up until this happens |
when the gavel falls
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Device used to whirl glass tubes around to separate one liquid from another |
a centrifuge
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Sheraton Hotels is a subsidiary of this communications company |
ITT
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South Africa still rules this former German colony which it was given after WWI |
South West Africa (Namibia)
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Completes the title of the 1782 novel brought to Broadway in 1987, "Les Liaisons..." |
(Chuck: What is Les Misérables?)
dangereuses
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Highest auction price for any Art Nouveau piece was $360,000 in 1980 for a lamp by this craftsman |
Tiffany
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He developed an electrostatic generator--the one with the big metal sphere on top |
Robert J. Van de Graaff
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Adjective describing the position of the word "this" in this clue |
(Alex: Hurry, Chuck.) (Chuck: [No response]) ... [The end-of-round signal sounds.]
penultimate
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