A FEW WORDS FROM WORDSWORTH |
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"...Nothing can bring back the hour of" this "In the grass, of glory in the flower" |
Splendor
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In February the Senate approved Anthony Kennedy's appointment to this body, & he's still there |
The Supreme Court
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In a new series at Marvel, his daughter May has taken up his crime-fighting ways as "Spider-Girl" |
Spider-Man
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"The Lair of the White Worm" & "Dracula" were written by this Dubliner |
(Alex: With a minute to go.)
Bram Stoker
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In 1743 he founded the American Philosophical Society |
Benjamin Franklin
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In this province, Medicine Hat, as well as Calgary, hold annual stampedes |
Alberta
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Wordsworth called it "This sea-side town, under the white cliff's battlemented crown" |
Dover
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This Edmonton Oiler was traded to the L.A. Kings with Mike Krushelnyski & Marty McSorley |
Wayne Gretzky
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Captain Marvel's looks were based on this movie star's; this was way before his "My Three Sons" days |
Fred MacMurray
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In "A Modest Proposal", this Dublin satirist suggested poor Irish children be sold as food |
Jonathan Swift
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John D. Rockefeller III organized it in the late '50s to give the Met & NY Philharmonic a home |
Lincoln Center
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You'll never rest on Everest if you've got this fear of heights |
Acrophobia
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Wordsworth saw these golden flowers "Beneath the trees, fluttering and dancing in the breeze" |
Daffodils
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On Broadway, "Carrie" & "Chess" closed quickly, but this musical with Michael Crawford was a hit |
Phantom Of The Opera
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Dublin-born Brenda Fricker won an Oscar for playing Daniel Day-Lewis' mother in this 1989 film |
My Left Foot
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Thomas Green Clemson left most of his estate to this state to establish a college |
(Doug: What is Clemson University?) ... (Alex: We were going for the state.)
South Carolina
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"Hand That Rocks The Cradle" actress Sciorra |
Annabella
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A poem about her ends with the words "Ere the tired head of Scotland's queen reposed upon the block!" |
[The end-of-round signal sounds.]
Mary, Queen of Scots
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Size 6B, this pair of movie memorabilia items sold for $165,000 at auction in June 1988 |
The ruby slippers from The Wizard Of Oz
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Created in 1933, this title character is a caveman from the kingdom of Moo |
Alley Oop
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This Dublin native entered Paris as the commander of the victorious British troops in July 1815 |
Duke of Wellington
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Though separate, the Institute For Advanced Study has close ties with this neighboring Ivy League university |
(Doug: What is Harvard?)
Princeton
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The first encyclopedia published in the United States was titled "The Encyclopedia" this |
Americana
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On March 16 this rear admiral was indicted for his role in the Iran/Contra affair |
John Poindexter
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It's the special power of Sue Richards of the Fantastic Four |
Ability to become invisible
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He's the Dublin-born bishop & scholar who placed the creation in the year 4004 B.C. |
(Alex: And he was wrong!)
Bishop James Usher
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A condemnation, akin to excommunication, it's come to mean anything one despises |
Anathema
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