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In 2019 Greta Gerwig directed an adaptation of this Louisa May Alcott novel |
Little Women
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Just 5 islands but worth a visit, the Tremiti Archipelago is off Italy's "Heel", in this sea |
(Adam: What is the Mediterranean?) (Ken: Can you be more specific?)
the Adriatic
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Though he was born in Africa, the plays of Terence were long considered to be models of this language & were used to teach it |
Latin
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A Greek myth gives us this anatomical term for a vulnerable point |
(Ken: In the nick of time, yes.)
Achilles' heel
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A rental contract & an artist's canvas supporter |
lease & easel
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This great Sioux leader often wore tinted-glass goggles, as in the 1881 portrait seen here |
Sitting Bull
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Quincy Jones produced a 2023 movie musical & a 1985 film both based on this novel |
(Adam: What is The Wizard of Oz?)
The Color Purple
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This archipelago about 60 miles off the coast of Morocco is Spain's southernmost autonomous community |
(Adam: What... is... Gibraltar?)
the Canary Islands
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In Euripides' play about this beauty, only her phantom runs off to Troy; the real her waits faithfully for her husband's return |
Helen
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The eponymous man's 1889 formulation of this dictum: "One must never place a loaded rifle on the stage if it isn't going to go off" |
(Ryan: Who is Chekhov?)
Chekhov's gun
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A male duck & collected the leaves |
drake & raked
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To show Columbus wasn't first across the Atlantic, in 1893, a Viking ship replica sailed from Norway to a big party in this city |
(Ken: What is [*]? The Columbian Expo there.)
Chicago
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Writer Stephenie Meyer pictured Henry Cavill & Emily Browning in these 2 "Twilight" roles |
Edward & Bella
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The Lucayan Archipelago consists of the Turks & Caicos Islands & this British Commonwealth nation to the northwest |
the Bahamas
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In Sophocles' "Trachinian Women", this semi-divine hero sends his mistress to live with his wife, & bad stuff happens |
Hercules
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A structure of ropes & wooden steps for ascending a ship's rigging, or something that appears in Genesis 28:12 |
(Adam: I don't like the category, but I kinda have to do it, so I'll go all in.) ... (Adam: Uh... what is... a mast?)
Jacob's ladder
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A Spanish cattle farm & what holds a ship in place |
anchor & rancho
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The Place Vendôme was the site of many street barricades set up during the 1871 revolt known as the Paris this |
Commune
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Loosely based on a Martin Amis novel, this film set just outside of Auschwitz won the Best Intl. Feature Oscar in 2024 |
The Zone of Interest
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The world's largest number of giant tortoises is found on Aldabra Atoll in this nation N.E. of Madagascar |
(the) Seychelle(s)
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This word for a tragedian or other actor comes from the name of the man said to be Greek tragedy's first actor |
(Ken: From Thespis, right.)
thespian
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Named for a Frenchman, it's the argument that you should gamble on the belief in God, as the potential upside is so big |
Pascal's wager
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One from Earth & word to describe a wandering knight |
Terran & errant
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In the 1880s, daring New Yorkers rode of these early cycles named for the resemblance of the wheels to two old British coins |
a penny-farthing
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This Mexican auteur, who won an Oscar for "Gravity", directed "Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban" |
Alfonso Cuarón
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The world's largest archipelago, it contains thousands of islands including those of the Philippines & Indonesia |
the Malay Archipelago
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In a play by Aeschylus, Eteocles defends this city against the forces of Polyneices & 6 other chieftains |
(Ken: Those are the seven against [*].)
Thebes
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A British actor named Simon Prebble gave the motion law-demonstrating science toy seen here this name |
Newton's cradle
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Above an intended pitch musically & the instruments that might attempt it |
(Ken: Less than a minute, Adam.)
sharp & harps
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