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"O, I am fortune's fool!" says this Shakespeare title character after killing Tybalt |
Romeo
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There are 1,609,344 of these in a mile, but who's counting? |
millimeters
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Beer is often bottled in brown or green glass to prevent these rays from altering the taste of the beverage |
ultraviolet
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The Isthmus of Panama appears on the coat of arms of this nation, Panama's South American neighbor |
Colombia
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In the title of a Rascal Flatts song, "Life Is" this type of road |
a highway
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In 1781 at this battle site in Virginia, the British surrendered some 240 artillery pieces to George Washington's army |
Yorktown
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He wrote, "I couldn't stop at 'A Doll's House'; after Nora, I had to create Mrs. Alving" in "Ghosts" |
Ibsen
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A river in Princeton University's backyard, or a proverbial burden around one's neck |
a millstone
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In the 1670s George Ravenscroft added oxides of this element to regular glass & the type of glass we call crystal |
(Brad: What is silicon?)
lead
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This largest New World cat appears on both sides of a white shield on Guyana's coat of arms |
the jaguar
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In one version of this song, Elton John uses the phrase "it's the wheel of fortune" |
(Adriana: What is "Candle In The Wind"?)
"The Circle Of Life"
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It's the female nickname for the German Howitzer that destroyed Fort Loncin in the Siege of Liège during World War I |
"Big Bertha"
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Played on stage by Joe Morton, he has some big speeches in David Hare's play, "Stuff Happens" about the war in Iraq |
(Brad: Who is Chris Kyle?)
Colin Powell
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To make bajra roti like your Nani's, you need to start with this grain |
millet
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A drawing called a cartoon is used in the preparation of one of these, to ensure that all the colored glass pieces fit together |
a stained-glass window
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A sailing ship & the national motto, "The Love of Liberty Brought Us Here", appears on this African nation's coat of arms |
Liberia
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Ezra Koenig sang about "life & all its suffering" as lead singer of this band, not Dracula Workday but... |
Vampire Weekend
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Private John Thompson wrote, "The batteries doing us most damage were on Morris Island" during this April 1861 battle |
Fort Sumter
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In a shocking play of the 1960s, asylum inmates re-enact the death of Jean-Paul Marat, directed by this mad, bad Frenchman |
(Ken: Correct, Marat/Sade is the play.)
Marquis de Sade
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Expressed in the Book of Revelation, this -ism foresees 1,000 years of peace & prosperity heralded by the 2nd Coming of Christ |
millennialism (millenarianism)
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In the mid-1930s, this New York glass company cast the 200-inch Pyrex mirror for the Mount Palomar Telescope |
(Ken: [*] makes Pyrex, yes.)
Corning
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4 red bars representing Catalonia & 2 red cows of Béarn, France adorn its coat of arms |
Andorra
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This ordinal band sang about a "semi-charmed kind of life" in a song with a lot of doo doo doo, doo doo-doo doos |
(Brad: What is 3 (Doors Down?) (Sandee: What is Third Day?)
Third Eye Blind
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Before a decisive 1805 battle, a few extra cannons were added to this vice admiral's HMS Victory |
(Ken: Yes, before Trafalgar.)
Nelson
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Actors love playing Melissa & Andy in this epistolary play by A.R. Gurney & sometimes do so in combinations you wouldn't expect |
Love Letters
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Consisting of many small flowers & plants, it was a popular style of background for tapestries in the 15th century |
(Ken: It's called [*], a thousand flowers.)
millefleur
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In 2002 this artist was honored with a pedestrian "Bridge of Glass" for the opening of the Museum of Glass in his native Tacoma |
(Sandee: Who is Chiluly?) (Ken: No.) (Sandee: [*]!)
(Dale) Chihuly
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Including Wallachia & Moldavia the historical provinces of this country are represented on its coat of arms |
Romania
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This rapper said "life is good" with Drake & repped the "Low Life" with Abel Tesfaye |
Future
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In 1453 this city's emperor declined to buy cannons...& then saw them used against his own walls by the Turks |
Constantinople
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