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In the names of hummingbirds, this body part might be a "blue-" or "ruby-" |
Throat
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Before hitting "The Beach", he played Meryl Streep's son in 1996's "Marvin's Room" |
Leonardo DiCaprio
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Both Henry III & Henry IV were removed from office by this method |
(C: What is the guillotine?) (D: What is execution?)
Assassination (victims of stabbing)
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These colorful imports from the islands were perfect to top off Bermuda shorts |
Hawaiian shirts
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Ice cream portion, or breaking news story (5) |
Scoop
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There are now 3 bridges over this river that link Brownsville with Matamoros, Mexico |
Rio Grande
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Kelp is a visible example of these; spirogyra is a microscopic one |
Algae
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Streep suspects unsafe working conditions at the Kerr-McGee nuclear plant in this 1983 film bio |
Silkwood
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He married a Polish princess, lost Canada to the English & made a Pompadour center of his life |
Louis XV
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Ferragamo introduced these floor-scarring shoes whose name comes from the Italian for "dagger" |
Stiletto heels
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Racquet game, or gourd-shaped veggie (6) |
(less than a minute to go...)
Squash
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When a maple tree loses its keys, it loses these |
(R: What are leaves?)
Seeds
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Streep won an Oscar for playing this title role seen here: "The time I left I felt that there was nothing terribly wrong with me & that my son would be better off without me" |
Kramer vs. Kramer
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In 1995 Jacques Chirac became president of this current numerical republic |
Fifth Republic
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This polyester fiber from Du Pont made men's trousers "Neater... more comfortable... with less care" |
(Doug: What is rayon?)
Dacron
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Lustrous last name of actor Martin (5) |
Sheen
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The Battle of Palmito Ranch near Brownsville was fought a month after this war ended |
(R: What is the Mexican War?) (buzzer sounds)
Civil War
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Although shaped like the bottom of a shoe, this protozoan doesn't walk, but swims by shaking its cilia |
Paramecium
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Streep mastered a Danish accent, but Robert Redford's British accent was vetoed for this 1985 Oscar winner |
Out Of Africa
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On July 17, 1429, with a little help from Joan of Arc, the seventh king of this name was crowned at Reims |
(C: What is Henry?) (R: What is Louis?)
Charles VII (the Dauphin Charles)
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Found in a 1955 Sloan Wilson novel title, it was the uniform of the businessman |
(Alex: And there was a man in it, in that suit.)
A grey flannel suit
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It precedes Club & Leone (6) |
Sierra
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Brownsville is the gateway to this popular spring break destination located on a barrier reef |
Padre Island
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This high-altitude resident of the Rockies is North America's closest relative of the true antelopes |
Rocky Mountain goat
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What was Meryl Streep thinking, stealing Ed Begley Jr. away from Roseanne in this 1989 comedy? |
She-Devil
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Louis, the nephew of this ruler of France, was the only ruler of the Second Republic |
Napoleon Bonaparte
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The formless chemise dubbed this by Balenciaga & Givenchy was popular in 1957 |
Sack dress
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Sultan's wife, or seedless raisin (7) |
Sultana
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This general & future pres. founded a fort on the city's site in 1846 |
Zachary Taylor
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