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MODERN ARCHITECTURAL STYLES |
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There are no singing Jamaican crabs in the original version of this Andersen tale about a sea-dweller who comes ashore |
The Little Mermaid
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"They're the world's most fearsome fighting team... they're heroes in the half shell & they're green" |
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
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China, 1900: "Fighters" versus foreigners & Christians |
the Boxer Rebellion
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In football, it's the boundary between the teams prior to the snap of the ball |
(Ed: Please, Ken, will you bring it?) (Ken: I hope you get a free beer for that, Ed; that was good.)
the line of scrimmage
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Alliterative expression of dismay favored by "Peanuts" characters |
good grief
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Created by Astrid Lindgren, this little redheaded literary girl thinks her father lives far away as a cannibal king |
Pippi Longstocking
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"Here he comes... he's a demon on wheels" |
(Ken: Go [*], yes.)
Speed Racer
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Pennsylvania, 1794: The Feds versus farmers over a tax on liquor |
the Whiskey Rebellion
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Frank Lloyd Wright-inspired cantilevers abound in the style called "New" this Dutch seat of government |
the New Hague School
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Had Julius Caesar heeded the warning about this day, he might have survived it |
the Ides of March
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1980 Travolta movie about mechanical bulls & bravery |
Urban Cowboy
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Sweden is a grim place in this first book of the "Millennium" series in which Lisbeth & Mikael solve a 40-year-old crime |
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
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"I wanna be the very best, like no one ever was, to catch them is my real test, to train them is my cause" |
Pokémon
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Ulster & Wexford, 1798: One of many called by this national adjective |
the Irish Rebellion
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Brutalism influenced the design of this D.C. building, named for a long-serving law enforcement official |
the Hoover Building
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Similes, metaphors & personification, for example |
figures of speech
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A substitute master of ceremonies for a TV talk show |
(Ken: Here's a phrase we haven't heard on this set for a while, [*].)
guest host
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"Faceless Killers" was book No. 1 in the series about this soul-searching police inspector played on TV by Kenneth Branagh |
Wallander
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"Long tails and ears for hats" |
Josie and the Pussycats
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Virginia, 1676: A "hammy" colonist & his followers versus Native Americans & the governor |
Bacon's Rebellion
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Architect Oscar Niemeyer was an exponent of modern design in South America, like his own work designing this capital city |
Brasilia
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Made from gypsum, this white powder mixed with water is used in sculpture to make molds & casts |
plaster of Paris
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It's the oxymoronic name for the comparatively small instrument seen here |
a baby grand
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Early works by this Norwegian playwright include the tragedy "Catiline", published under a pseudonym in 1850 |
Ibsen
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"We're zany to the max, there's baloney in our slacks" |
Animaniacs
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Virginia, 1831: Led by this man, it was the bloodiest in the history of American slavery |
(Ken: Yes, history professor did very well there.) [Applause]
Nat Turner's Rebellion
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High-tech architecture is on view with this Paris landmark |
the Centre Pompidou
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As seen on the map, this island lies between England & Ireland, & about 20 miles south of Scotland |
(Ed: What is the Isle of Wight?)
the Isle of Man
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"People talking without speaking" is from this Simon & Garfunkel song |
"The Sound Of Silence"
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