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With Mary Baker Eddy presiding at an 1879 meeting in Lynn, Mass., this movement voted to become a church |
(Paul: Which is Church of Religious Science?)
Christian Science
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'20s idol born R. Alfonzo Raffaeli Pierre Filibert di Valentina d'Antonguolla or something like that |
[Alex read the "R." as "R". The R. stood for Rodolpho.] (Aaron: Who is Valentino?) (Alex: Be more specific.)
Rudolph Valentino
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Parler, meaning "to talk", gave rise to this word for a type of legislature |
parliament
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When it's used to play folk music, a violin is popularly called this |
a fiddle
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His 1st line in "The Merry Wives of Windsor" is "Now, Master Shallow; you'll complain of me to the king?" |
Falstaff
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In this country 100 lepta will get you 1 drachma |
[Gayle selected the first clue.]
Greece
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The academy Dr. John Phillips founded in this New Hampshire town in 1781 was opened to girls in 1970 |
Exeter
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On March 19, 1920 the Senate voted 49-35 to join it, but a 2/3 majority was required |
the League of Nations
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This tropical bird's name is probably derived from the name Pierre |
a parrot
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Though resembling a piano, the strings on this old keyboard instrument are plucked rather than struck |
a harpsichord
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The man who brags, "I am he am born to tame you, Kate" |
Petruchio
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Worth about 5 to the U.S. dollar, the yuan is the basic monetary unit of this country |
China
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Its state tree is the white, not the charter, oak |
Connecticut
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This New York City section became Bohemia for Theodore Dreiser, Willa Cather & Sherwood Anderson |
(Paul: What's SoHo?) [The end-of-round signal sounds.]
Greenwich Village
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The name of this glassy material comes from Latin meaning "stone of obsius" |
obsidian
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The Sousaphone is basically the same as this instrument but coiled in a circle |
a tuba
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Of Flute, Oboe or Piccolo, the one who's a character in "A Midsummer Night's Dream" |
(Aaron: Who is Piccolo?) (Paul: Who is Oboe?)
Flute
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From Russian for "lance", this small coin originally showed the czar with a lance |
a kopeck
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Published by Benjamin Harris around 1690, it began "A--In Adam's fall, We sinned all" |
[NOTE: Also known as The New England Primer]
the Little Bible of New England
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This golden horse's name comes from Spanish meaning "like a dove" |
palomino
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Among orchestral drums, they're the only type tuned to specific pitches |
timpani
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Prospero calls this sprite "My tricksy spirit!" |
(Gayle: Who--who is Oberon?)
Ariel
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1 of 5 Middle Eastern countries whose monetary unit is the rial |
Saudi Arabia (or Iran, Oman, Yemen or Qatar)
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The 2 men chosen to warn the Patriots at Lexington the British were coming were Paul Revere & him |
(William) Dawes
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Type of government whose name is derived from the Latin for "bundle" |
(Aaron: What is a junta?) (Gayle: What is a Bund?) ... (Alex: The bundle referred to here in this clue was the bundle that represented the bundle that represented the symbol for the [*] Party in Italy.)
fascist
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As it's nearly 16 feet long, this lowest-sounding woodwind is folded into three sections |
a contrabassoon
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The playwright George Wilkins may have collaborated on this play about a prince of Tyre |
Pericles, Prince of Tyre
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This country that became independent in March 1990 still uses the South African rand |
(Aaron: What is Nabib--[*]?)
Namibia
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