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The 1st drought-resistant variety of this grain was brought to Kansas by Mennonites in the 1870s |
(Alex: Whoa! All right.) [Laughter at Doug's specificity]
"Turkey" red wheat
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Lucy had a ball as this musicalized "Auntie" |
Auntie Mame
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When founded by Maggie Kuhn in 1970, this senior citizens' lobby group was likened to Black militants |
(Cathy: What is AARP?)
the Gray Panthers
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Caradoc was the only one of this king's knights whose wife was not unfaithful |
Arthur
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The 2 U.S. first ladies who married men named George |
(Doug: Who are Martha and Barbara?) [Alex says nothing.] (Doug: Bush.) (Alex: And the first one?) ... (Alex: Just wanted to make sure you knew the presidents' last names.) [Laughter]
Martha Washington & Barbara Bush
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A ten letter body part you can file, buff & paint |
a fingernail
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You can see a re-creation of historic front street & Boot Hill in this former Wild West city |
Dodge City
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Near the beginning of this film, S. Greenstreet says he'd like to buy Rick's Café Americain |
Casablanca
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Its magazine is "The Single Parent" |
Parents Without Partners
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When he lived in Lilliput, the natives gave him meat & drink enough for 1,728 of their own people |
Gulliver
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Tradition says Priscilla Mullens came to America on this ship |
the Mayflower
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It refers to all the stuff you need to write a letter, not just the paper |
stationery
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Kansas leads the nation in the production of this lighter-than-air gas |
helium
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This film that won Elizabeth Taylor an Oscar got its title from a telephone exchange |
(Mike: I haven't the foggiest.) (Alex: Ah, it's before your time, "What is [*]?")
BUtterfield 8
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Members of the American Budgerigar Society are fanciers of this type of animal |
parakeets
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Jake Barnes is the hero in love with Lady Brett Ashley in thus Hemingway tale |
(Doug: What is For Whom the Bell Tolls?)
The Sun Also Rises
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A day before her husband's funeral, she led 40,000 marchers to support striking sanitation workers |
(Mike: Who is Mrs. Hoffa?) ... (Alex: The widow of Martin Luther King Jr.) ... (Alex: You hate these Daily Doubles, so let's start building on the regular clues.)
Coretta Scott King
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In a fixed position, unmoving, like some weather fronts |
stationary
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Kansas is rectangular in shape except for the NE corner where this river forms the boundary |
the Missouri
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This 1945 film begins with gunshots & a dying man's last word: "Mildred" |
(Alex: The film was an Academy Award winner for Joan Crawford, "What is [*]"?)
Mildred Pierce
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It's the full name of the Elks Lodge |
(Doug: What is the Fraternal & Benevolent Order of Elks?)
the Benevolent & Protective Order of Elks
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Tom Jones was raised by Mr. Allworthy who was actually this relative of Tom's |
his uncle
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In 1948 she discovered a 25-million-year-old skull in Africa |
(Mike: Who is Leakey?) (Alex: Be more specific.) (Mike: Who is... I don't know.) (Alex: Will we accept it? The producer says we will accept it.)
Mary Leakey
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The science that studies prenatal growth & development |
(Alex: With a one minute to go.)
obstetrics (embryology)
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The case of Oliver Brown v. this city's Board of Education in 1954 outlawed school segregation |
Topeka
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Lerner & Loewe wrote the score for this "regal" movie musical about a boy from outer space |
The Little Prince
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Headquartered at Rebel Field, Harlingen, Texas, this group restores & flies vintage WWII aircraft |
the Confederate Air Force
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Elizabeth Bennet, heroine of this novel, was her father's favorite among his 5 daughters |
Pride and Prejudice
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In 1930 the pope sanctioned her Missionaries of Charity order in India |
Mother Teresa
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Roots of this plant, "deadly nightshade", are made into med!cine to treat asthma & colic |
the belladonna
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