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150 YEARS OF THE 92nd STREET Y |
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Who knows how long this country would have stayed heathen if not for the Christianizing of its 10th c. King Olaf Tryggvason |
Norway
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You might have to perform with some real dummies if you seek this stage job perfected by Edgar Bergen |
ventriloquist
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In shades of blue, it follows ultra & aqua |
marine
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Durban, South Africa was once named Port Natal; Natal is Portuguese for this holiday |
Christmas
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Ciarán Hinds & Richard Coyle have portrayed Aberforth, a brother of this Hogwarts honcho |
Dumbledore
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In 1883 it was still the 42nd St. Y & at a further downtown branch, this poet taught immigrants the year she wrote "The New Colossus" |
(Emma) Lazarus
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Far ahead of Europe, China developed this advance in communications; the Diamond Sutra of 868 A.D. is an example of it |
(Emily: What is movable type printing?) ... (Ken: You were a little too specific, Emily, just [*] in their case.)
woodblock printing
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It's what you're doing when you're speaking aloud to no one else in particular on stage |
soliloquizing
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A lovely shade of blue is named for these objects seen here |
robin's eggs
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One activity if, you're in Gurue in northern Mozambique is a hike to the Cascata, this feature, a good place to cool off |
a waterfall
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John C. Reilly & Will Ferrell bond over their love for John Stamos in this 2008 film |
Step Brothers
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Elie Wiesel's more than 180 lectures at the Y began in the mid-'60s, reporting on Jews unable to leave here |
the Soviet Union
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In 1043 this lady & her husband Leofric, Earl of Mercia, founded a monastery in Coventry |
Lady Godiva
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It's another name for a bachelor's degree |
a baccalaureate
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Some call it a bachelor's button, others call it this, also a shade of blue |
a cornflower
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Named for an earl, not a duke, this major New Zealand port has the country's largest concentration of Maori |
(Yogesh: Uh, where is Wellington?)
Auckland
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After 2 brothers are killed in Normandy & one brother in New Guinea, a rescue mission goes to save the 4th brother in this film |
(David: They all die except for him...) (Ken: Spoiler.)
Saving Private Ryan
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In his U.S. reading debut, in June 1966, this S. Amer. poet said his country was in full winter but his welcome was like spring |
(Emily: [Selecting the next clue] I don't know if there's enough left on here, but let's go.)
(Pablo) Neruda
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The Lombard League, an alliance of Italian cities, was founded in 1167 to defend against this red-bearded Holy Roman Emperor |
Barbarossa
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If you register a domain name solely with the intention of selling it for profit, sit down, you're this type of intruder |
(David: What's a squatter?)
a cybersquatter
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In his "Great Waves" print, Hokusai used this imported blue pigment first made in Germany |
(Emily: What is cobalt?)
Prussian blue
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Ready for some golf? Head to this very remote South Atlantic island & its 9-hole Longwood golf course |
St. Helena
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Nicolas Cage got one Oscar nomination for 2 roles when he played brothers Charlie & Donald Kaufman in this 2002 film |
Adaptation
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In 1948 this actor-singer of Caribbean heritage made his Off-Broadway debut at the Y in a play about Sojourner Truth |
Belafonte
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Not Peter the Apostle nor Peter the Great but this preacher led the People's Crusade in filthy garments & riding a donkey |
Peter the Hermit
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The international museum for this in Maine has exhibits on Bigfoot & the Loch Ness Monster |
(Emily: [Counting on fingers] What is... uh, ichthyology?)
cryptozoology
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In 1999 Pantone named this peaceful 8-letter shade of sky blue its first color of the year & of the millennium |
cerulean
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New Britain is the largest island in this German-named archipelago in the southwest Pacific |
the Bismarck Archipelago
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In "The Kissing Booth", Elle Evans may be best friends with Lee but gets her smooch on with his bro Noah, played by this actor |
Elordi
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"Revelations", a signature work that this choreographer set to spirituals had its world premiere at the Y in 1960 |
Alvin Ailey
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