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This historic 15th century ship got its name from its owner, Juan Niño de Moguer |
the Niña
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On July 8, 1922 he played a New Orleans jazz funeral & took a train north to become a world-famous trumpeter |
Armstrong
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The tebenna, an Etruscan mantle, evolved into this garment perhaps worn most strikingly by John Belushi |
a toga
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Of the letters in the bottom row, the last alphabetically |
(Dennis: What is X?)
Z
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fake_leg@moby-dick.net |
(Ken: Yes, that's correct, and it's weird that Moby-Dick has its own ISP, but I guess it does.)
Ahab
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Drop a letter from the language spoken by the people of Seoul to get this sacred text of Islam |
Koran (from Korean)
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Perhaps the greatest loss of life at sea, over 5,000, came in 1945 when this type of vessel sank the Wilhelm Gustloff |
(Dennis: What is a battleship?) (Kate: What is a U-boat?) ... (Ken: It was [*], Kate, but it was shooting down a German ship; it was a Soviet [*].)
a submarine
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Peter Gabriel hits you over the head with this No. 1 song that features Wayne Jackson on trumpet |
"Sledgehammer"
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This material meaning "baked earth" was used for buildings as well as sculpture, like the head seen here |
terracotta
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Of the letters in the bottom row, the second-to-last alphabetically |
(Ken: [To Alan] You let him [Dennis] have it?) [Laughter]
X
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my_a_is_not_for_ applause@ scarletletter.com |
Hester Prynne
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...from a type of mediator to get this type of implanted device visible in a chest X-ray seen here |
a pacemaker (from peacemaker)
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The first 4 Cunard vessels were Acadia, Caledonia, Columbia & this one that really ruled the waves |
Britannia
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In 1981, he & his brother Branford both played in Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers |
Wynton Marsalis
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In the top row, the pronoun formed by the letters between "Q" & "R" |
we
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wannabe_crazy_ irish_con_man@ oneflewoverthe cuckoosnest.com |
(Dennis: Who is McMurtry?) ... (Ken: [*] is the guy in Cuckoo's Nest.)
Randle McMurphy
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...from a word for a mechanical man to get this verb that means "to cheer on" |
root (from robot)
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On July 24, 1969 the USS Hornet was in the Pacific waiting for this group of men |
the astronauts on Apollo 11 (Armstrong, Aldrin & Collins)
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His albums include "Miles Ahead" & "Star People", which included a tribute to his wife Cicely Tyson |
(Miles) Davis
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Oscar Mayer could tell you that this is the city the Etruscans called Felsina |
Bologna
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In the top row, the third & fourth letters from the left spell this part of a hospital |
the ER
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wannabe_crazy_ bombardier_captain@ catch-22.mil |
Yossarian
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...from a word for a long, vehement speech to get this synonym for "swap" |
trade (from tirade)
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A space shuttle was named for this ship seen here, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution's first research vessel |
(Alan: What is the Discovery?) [ERRATUM: The ship shown was RV Atlantis (AGOR-25), launched in 1996; both the pictured ship and the space shuttle are named for the sailboat RV Atlantis launched in 1930, which is WHOI's first research vessel mentioned in the clue.]
the Atlantis
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This bebop pioneer was famous for his angled trumpet, which was bent upward, & his puffy cheeks when he played it |
Dizzy Gillespie
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In the 400s B.C. this scholar of Halicarnassus opined that the Etruscans originally migrated to Italy from Lydia in Asia Minor |
Herodotus
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Of the letters in the home row, it's the only vowel |
A
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megs_mom@ littlewomen.org |
(Dennis: Who is "Mommie"?)
Marmee
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...from a slat on a window to get this word for a paramour |
a lover (from louver)
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