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In this 1987 novel by Stephen King, a historical romance writer is tortured by Annie Wilkes |
(Staci: What is Bag of Bones?)
Misery
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25 years ago, NASA's Chandra X-Ray Observatory was launched into space aboard the Columbia, this type of craft |
a space shuttle
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"A Discovery of Witches" is the story of Diana Bishop, a witch who falls for Matthew, one of these bloodsucking fiends |
a vampire
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Something that's done very quickly is done in "two shakes of" this |
a lamb's tail
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The United Kingdom was created by uniting these 2 kingdoms |
England & Scotland
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It follows "come" in a famous instruction to Mr. Watson, & means "come" by itself when said to a pet |
here
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This "Count" is the main antagonist of the "A Series of Unfortunate Events" books |
(Alan: Who is Lemony Snicket?) ... (Ken: He's the author but the villain is [*].)
Count Olaf
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Navstar 1 was the first satellite equipped with this technology; it's now in smartphones & dog collars |
GPS
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Ricky Gervais co-created this sitcom on which he played David Brent, manager of a branch of a paper company |
The Office
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A letter to Abraham Lincoln by Sarah Hale, the writer of "Mary Had A Little Lamb", was a big factor in creating this natl. holiday |
Thanksgiving
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In 2024 Frederik X became king of this Scandinavian country after his mother abdicated |
(Drew: What is Sweden?) (Alan: What is the Netherlands?) (Staci: What is Norway?) ... [Laughter] (Ken: You were all around it.)
Denmark
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Ladies & gentlemen, we're on our final this into Youngstown, meaning the plane is lined up with the runway |
approach
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In this 2014 novel later made into a show with Penn Badgley, Joe Goldberg obsesses over Guinevere Beck |
You
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In 2018 a Falcon rocket with a dummy payload put a Roadster from this company up in space |
Tesla
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Well known to U.S. TV audiences for a different role, this actor is seen here when he was half of the Britcom "Jeeves and Wooster" |
Hugh Laurie
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Upon joining this fraternal lodge, members are presented with a white lambskin apron, a symbol of innocence |
the Freemasons
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In the 3rd century the Wu Kingdom had its capital at this no-longer capital that sometimes has "King" in its English name |
(Drew: What is Peking?) (Alan: What is Beijing?) ... (Ken: No longer capital is Nanjing or [*].)
Nanking
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In "The Birdcage" Nathan Lane rhymes Schnecken, a pastry, with this verb meaning to say "come here" |
beckon
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In an 1886 work a doctor worries that this villainous alter ego will destroy his written confession |
(Drew: What is, uh, Doctor Jekyll and [*]?) (Ken: Uh, yes, we'll take that, [*] is the alter ego.)
Mr. Hyde
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The weather satellite GOES-16 was launched in 2016 by NOAA, short for this administration |
(Alan: What is the National Oceanic... um...)
the National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration
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Once Robb Stark on "Game of Thrones", Richard Madden moved on to this title character assigned to protect a politician |
the Bodyguard
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In "Barrack-Room Ballads", this British novelist & poet wrote, "We're poor little lambs who've lost our way" |
Kipling
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The unification of Italy put an end to the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies, actually Sicily & a kingdom named for this mainland city |
Naples
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If you do this 2-word phrase "for" Ken, you come to support me; if you do this 2-word phrase Ken, you make me look bad |
show up for someone or to show them up
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John Claggart is the mean old master-at-arms aboard the Indomitable in this Herman Melville tale |
Billy Budd
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In 2022 this new telescope captured an image of Maisie's Galaxy, formed just 390 million years after the Big Bang |
the James Webb Space Telescope
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On this series Helen Mirren played Jane Tennison, the first female detective chief inspector in the London police |
Prime Suspect
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Since the 4th century, artwork of this saint of Rome has shown her with a lamb |
St. Agnes
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Nigeria wants the return of the sculptures named for an African kingdom & known by the alliterative name these bronzes |
Benin
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This word from Latin for "to hang" can replace "coming", especially when what's coming isn't good |
(Drew: What is impent?)
impend (impending)
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