START TALKING, SHAKESPEARE CHARACTER |
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QUESTIONABLE SCIENCE IN POP SONGS |
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Her first line in "Othello" is "My noble father, I do perceive here a divided duty" |
Desdemona
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Champagne is traditionally served in this tall stemmed glass that shares its name with a musical instrument |
flute
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A "timber" canine & to move in a stream |
wolf & flow
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Bregagh Road in Northern Ireland, an avenue of beech trees known locally as Dark Hedges, was used as King's Road in this HBO series |
Game of Thrones
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1972: first tenured female faculty member, Columbia Law; 1993: nominated to Supreme Court to replace Byron White |
(Connor: Who is Sandra Day O'Connor?)
Ruth Bader Ginsburg
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Poison sang, "Every rose has its" this, but "smooth touch" varieties do exist |
thorn
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Falstaff's first line in this non-history play is "Now, Master Shallow, you'll complain of me to the king?" |
The Merry Wives of Windsor
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Used to drink this alcoholic beverage, a ceramic o-choko can have two blue rings on a white base on the inside of the cup |
sake
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A distinctive style of clothing & to boast |
brag & garb
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Fashion center Carnaby Street is in this area of London with a rhyming name where mods congregated |
(Connor: What is Fleet Street?)
Soho
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SECDEF, 1989 to 1993; also 8 years of veep experience |
(Alec: Who is George H.W. Bush?) ... (Ken: That's [*], Secretary of Defense.)
Dick Cheney
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In "It's Hot (Some Like It Hot)", Jay-Z gets it wrong with the lyric "thirty-eight revolve like a sun 'round" this |
Earth
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Her first speech is "What, jealous Oberon? Fairies, skip hence. I have forsworn his bed and company" |
Titania
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It sounds like an acrobat, but it's any flat-bottomed glass with no handle or stem |
a tumbler
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Glossy & boat bottoms |
sleek & keels
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Places to chow down on this Memphis street include B.B. King's Blues Club & Jerry Lee Lewis' Cafe & Honky Tonk |
Beale Street
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441 A.D.: Beat up on Eastern Romans with bro; 445: murdered bro, became sole leader; 453: stopped living that barbarian life |
(Connor: Who is Vercingetorix?)
Attila the Hun
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Their 1977 song "Dreams" claims, "thunder only happens when it's raining"; that's not always the case |
Fleetwood Mac
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The opening line of this play is Orsino's "If music be the food of love, play on" |
(Connor: What's As You Like It?)
Twelfth Night
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It can be a small drink as well as a pear-shaped goblet that, as the name suggests, intensifies the aroma of brandy |
a snifter
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A division of a hospital & to pull back a bow string |
(Alec: What is a wing and a... oh, gosh.)
draw & ward (ward & draw)
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In 1973 West Germany set a speed limit of 62 mph on this due to the oil crisis; it was soon repealed |
the Autobahn
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1905: introduced to the Russian royal family; 1915: personal advisor to the empress; 1916: doesn't quite make it to New Year's |
Rasputin
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This group's "Speed Of Sound" says, "Planets are moving at the speed of light"; even hyper-velocity planets aren't that fast |
Coldplay
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Title character Antonio begins this play saying, "In sooth I know not why I am so sad" |
The Merchant of Venice
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Emily Dickinson wrote, "I taste a liquor never brewed-from" these ale vessels "scooped in pearl" |
(Connor: What's a stein?)
tankards
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A legal no-no & a horse gait |
(Alec: No good.)
tort & trot
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Important landmarks on this pioneer route included Chimney Rock in Nebraska & Fort Hall on the Snake River |
the Oregon Trail
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1351 B.C.: Egyptian queen 1,300 years before Cleopatra; 1912: portrait bust discovered in ruins of Amarna workshop, big hit at museum |
(Alec: Who is Tutankhamun?)
Nefertiti
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We're not sure how Adele pulled off this title trick in a 2011 song, but she definitely wanted to "let it burn" |
(Connor: What is "I [*]"?)
"Set Fire To The Rain"
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