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This "Speed" star was born in Beirut, Lebanon to an English mother & a Chinese-Hawaiian father |
Keanu Reeves
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His "Eroica" symphony was dedicated to his patron Prince Lobkowitz, not Napoleon as first intended |
Beethoven
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"These Friends of Mine" was the original title of this DeGeneres sitcom |
Ellen
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The Dogon supposedly have remarkable knowledge in this field, including the existence of Sirius B |
Astronomy
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Jonson's quills |
Ben's pens
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The conspirators against this man were wounded by each other while they stabbed at him |
Julius Caesar
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Quelle Surprise! Yo-Yo Ma & Kathie Lee Gifford were both born in this city |
Paris
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1742 oratorio featuring such choruses as "And he shall purify" & "He hath borne our griefs" |
The Messiah
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FOX show that boosted the careers of the Wayans Family, Jamie Foxx & Jim Carrey |
In Living Color
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Quarried from the desert, it's been used as currency by Ethiopians, presumably not in shakers |
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Geoffrey's cup holders |
Chaucer's saucers
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This ruler's public dress, halfway between Persian & Macedonian, ticked off the Macedonians |
[The end-of-round signal sounds.]
Alexander the Great
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TV's Alice Kramden, she was born in Wu Chang, China |
Audrey Meadows
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After writing this 1829 opera, Rossini wrote less than a half dozen more works the last 39 years of his life |
(Anne: What is "The Barber of Seville?")
William Tell
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For the Flintstones, it's Barney Rubble; for the Simpsons, it's the sanctimonious Ned Flanders |
Neighbors
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The Mbuti of the Congo are the best-known group of these short statured people |
Pygmies
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Robert's expenses |
Frost's costs
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Antony liked to wear his tunic low on his hips as he fancied himself looking like & related to this strong demi-god |
Hercules
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Famous sons of this Minnesota city where Bob Dylan grew up are Vincent Bugliosi & Roger Maris |
(Anne: What is St. Paul?) (Ross: What is Minneapolis?)
Hibbing
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From 1933 to 1935, he served as president of Germany's Reichmusikkammer, or chamber of state music |
(Ross: Who is Ata Klemperer?)
Richard Strauss
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This "All in the Family" producer also developed "All's Fair", about lovers with political differences |
Norman Lear
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Numbering roughly 5 million, they're the descendants of early Egyptian Christians |
(Adriana: Who are the Sudanese?) ... (Alex: We have about a minute left.)
Copts (the Coptic Church)
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Hughes' sneakers |
Ted's Keds
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Plutarch drew a parallel between Poplicola & this famous lawgiver |
(Anne: Who is Cato?)
Solon
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This glamourous blonde star of 1936's "My Man Godfrey" was born Jane Alice Peters in Fort Wayne, Indiana |
Carole Lombard
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It's the von Suppe "military" overture heard here |
The Light Cavalry Overture
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Hail! In the '50s Mel Brooks, Woody Allen & Neil Simon all wrote for "Your Show Of Shows", starring this man |
Sid Caesar
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Mount Kenya is in the heart of the homeland of this largest ethnic group in Kenya |
Kikuyu
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Edmund's incense burners |
Spencer's censers
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