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20th CENTURY PERSONALITIES |
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The Swiss National Museum is in this largest city, not the capital |
(Larry: What is Geneva?)
Zurich
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He worked provisioning the Spanish Armada long before writing "Don Quixote" |
Cervantes
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A large moon crater is named for this cosmonaut who was the first man in space |
Yuri Gagarin
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Wieland Wagner, grandson of this composer, was a great-grandson of Franz Liszt |
Richard Wagner
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It's the pounding & grinding tool that you expect to see in a mortar |
a pestle
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The first one met in 1774 & demanded repeal of the Intolerable Acts |
the Continental Congress
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The name of this Scottish city on the Clyde means either "Green Glen" or "Dear Green Spot" |
Glasgow
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This hero first appeared in J.M. Barrie's "The Little White Bird" |
Peter Pan
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Once an aide to Gen. MacArthur, he became Pres. Reagan's first Sec'y of State in 1981 |
(Larry: [*]. Who is [*]?)
Alexander Haig
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William Walton wrote pieces for the coronation of George VI in 1937 & hers in 1953 |
Queen Elizabeth II
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A color, or a verb meaning to put ashore on a desolate island |
maroon
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2 days after this president's heart attack Sept. 24, 1955, the N.Y. Stock Exchange lost $14 billion |
Eisenhower
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Lee Kuan Yew was prime minister of this Asian city-state from its independence in 1965 to 1990 |
Singapore
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Jody Tiflin gets a red colt named Gabilan in a 1933 work by this author |
(Paul: Um... who is Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings?)
John Steinbeck
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A native of Northern Ireland, he's been called "The Man with the Golden Flute" |
James Galway
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This composer's last name means "beet garden" in Dutch |
(Alex: [Calling on Larry] Be--Larry?)
Ludwig van Beethoven
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Despite its name, it's not a little wolf but a fur-bearing relative of the badger |
(Larry: What is the fox?)
the wolverine
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At his peak in 1868, he had contractors in NYC pad their bills 85%, the proceeds going to his gang |
Boss Tweed
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About 350,000 Allied troops were evacuated from this city on the Strait of Dover in 1940 |
Dunkirk
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She borrowed the title of her "Ship of Fools" from a 15th century poem, "Das Narrenschiff" |
(Melissa: Who is Mansfield?)
Katherine Anne Porter
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At age 73 this developer of the first atomic-powered submarine was made a full admiral |
(Larry: Who is Hiram Rickover?) (Alex: Yes.) (Larry: 20th CENTURY PERSONALITIES for $1000.) (Alex: Wait a second. Before you--all right, I'll read this.) [Reversed after clue 24.]
Hyman Rickover
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He has written a symphony & a violin concerto as well as music for "Star Wars" & "Jaws" |
(John) Williams
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It's a person involved in extortion, not someone who sells tennis equipment |
(Alex: Cute clue--not fast enough, Larry.)
a racketeer
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In 1853 he was sent to buy land south of the Rio Grande but came back with a different purchase |
(James) Gadsden
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This city is Russia's largest Pacific port and capital of its maritime territory |
Vladivostok
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He wrote "Stage Door" with Edna Ferber & "You Can't Take It with You" with Moss Hart |
[Paul attempted to ring in, but was too late.]
George S. Kaufman
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He resigned as head of the AFL-CIO in 1979 & died two months later |
(Alex: And Larry, I think I'm going to have to penalize you, because I think you said "Hiram Rickover"--am I correct on that?--...) ... (Alex: We've got a minute to go.)
George Meany
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Ottorino Respighi wrote symphonic poems about "The Pines" & "The Fountains" of this city |
Rome
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By definition, a person who is "piscivorous" eats this |
(Melissa: [Without ringing in] Oh, what is [*]?) (Alex: Wait--you have to ring in.) [Melissa just barely beats Larry on the signaling device.]
fish
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During the 1830s & '40s he reformed the educational system in Massachusetts |
(Melissa: Who is Dewey?)
Horace Mann
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