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On May 21, 1932, 5 years to the day after Lindbergh, she became the second to fly solo & nonstop across the Atlantic |
(Amelia) Earhart
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During this "Show" seen by many on February 3, 2002, U2's Bono flashed his jacket's American flag lining |
the Super Bowl Halftime Show
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While repeating his wedding vows in the 4th season finale of "Friends", Ross mistakenly said her name instead of fiancée Emily's |
Rachel
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In Dan Simmons' novel "Drood", Wilkie Collins meets the perplexing title character while traveling with this author in 1865 |
Charles Dickens
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A labyrinth fad |
(Sharon: [*].) ... (Ken: [To Sharon] Don't forget your phrasing.)
a maze craze
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Not Mr. Fortune, but this flamboyant publisher of a major business magazine is seen here |
(Malcolm) Forbes
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Eng was half of the conjoined twosome who in the 19th century were billed as this pair |
(Katie: Who are Chang and Eng?) (Ken: Can you be more specific?) (Katie: Chang is the other...)
Siamese Twins
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Oddly, Little Red Riding Hood & the Big Bad Wolf appear in the wedding scene of this Tchaikovsky fairy tale ballet |
(Katie: What is Swan Lake?)
Sleeping Beauty
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In its Season 5 mid-season finale, Agent Hank Schrader discovered that his brother-in-law was actually the drug lord Heisenberg |
(Ken: Yeah, spoilers.)
Breaking Bad
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In Ellen Meister's "Dorothy Parker Drank Here", the plucky title scribe literally & wittily haunts the halls of this hotel |
the Algonquin
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A random cursory look |
(Katie: What is an askance glance?)
a chance glance
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Mario Savio led the 1964 free speech protests at this California univ. & protested Sonoma State fee hikes late in his life in 1996 |
the University of California at Berkeley
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Abe Lincoln once declared that the U.S. government "cannot endure, permanently half" this & "half" this |
half slave & half free
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Temps de poisson, a jump in which the legs are together with crossed feet & back arched, means "time of" this animal |
fish
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Season one of this series ended with Jack & Locke looking into the hatch that Locke had just blown open |
Lost
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Part of "Becoming George Sand" details her relationship with this equally brilliant composer |
Chopin
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A flying feudal man-at-arms tethered & held by a child, hopefully, on a windy day |
a knight kite
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The 2nd Armored, "Hell on Wheels", was the 1st army division commanded by father & son: this Gen. in 1940 & George S. IV in 1975 |
Patton
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This armored military vehicle looks like a tank with front wheels |
a half-track
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In this 1912 ballet the title satyr-like character is tantalized by the scarf of a lovely nymph |
(Sharon: What is Afternoon of the Faun?)
The Afternoon of a Faun
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This Apple TV+ show employed a time jump to 2003 & the reveal that a NASA director was now in... Russia |
For All Mankind
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"Vanessa and Her Sister" by Priya Parmar refers to Vanessa Bell & this literary sibling |
Virginia Woolf
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Mallet noise |
hammer clamor
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Brought back to his place in history by a 2023 movie, he was the main organizer of the March on Washington |
(Ken: There's a new biopic of [*].)
Bayard Rustin
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Thomas Hardy rhymed war is odd: "You shoot a fellow down / You'd treat if met where any bar is, / Or help to" this fractional coin |
(Katie: What is a ha'penny?)
half a crown
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In a comic ballet Coppélia is a life-sized one of these created by mad doctor Coppélius |
(Katie: What is a puppet?)
a doll
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When Picard is assimilated by the Borg at the end of Season 3 of "Star Trek: TNG", this 1st officer gives the order to fire at him |
Riker
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This Nobel-winning Mexican poet is a character in the meta-graphic novel "Fantomas Versus the Multinational Vampires" |
(Katie: Who is Pablo Neruda?) ... (Ken: Neruda's Chilean, sadly, this is [*].)
Octavio Paz
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A false taipan |
(Katie: What is, um...)
a fake snake
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