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Debussy's "Suite Bergamasque" for piano contains this celebrated "lunar" tune |
"Clair de Lune"
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Character who is "A squeezing, wrenching, scraping, clutching, covetous old sinner!" |
Ebenezer Scrooge
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Robert De Niro, 1980 |
Jake LaMotta
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An important part of services, they include "O for a Thousand Tongues to Sing" |
hymns
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You're on the money if you know she's the historic interpreter depicted here |
Sacajawea
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(Sarah, with the rest of the Clue Crew, reports while driving a bumper car) It's a 2-word alliterative term for the aggressive behavior displayed by angry drivers |
road rage
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"Black, Brown and Beige" is a 1943 suite by this "noble" jazz bandleader |
Duke Ellington
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This novel was based in part on Thomas Carlyle's history of the French Revolution |
(Jim: [no response]) (Alex: Too much time!)
A Tale of Two Cities
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Sly Stallone, 1976 |
Rocky Balboa
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A believer's faith is confirmed by witness of this element of the trinity, symbolized by a flame |
holy spirit
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She's the famous American folk artist seen here |
Grandma Moses</em>
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Often applied to Howard Stern, this rhyming term describes a DJ who's often offensive & controversial |
shock jock
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Tchaikovsky simultaneously composed early sketches for the "Pathetique " symphony & this lively ballet suite |
The Nutcracker Suite
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Dickens' 13th novel, it made its world debut in the USA's Harper's Weekly, which had high hopes for it |
(Alex: Less than a minute.)
Great Expectations
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Methodism began as part of this Christian church, but split from it in the late 1700s |
[The end-of-round signal sounds.]
the Anglican Church (Church of England)
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No one ever said this Revolutionary War-era woman seen here couldn't fill her husband's shoes |
(Amy: Who is Molly Pritchard?)
Molly Pitcher
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7-letter synonym listed by the American Heritage Dictionary for African American vernacular English |
ebonics
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Not to tell tales out of school, but the symphonic suite heard here is named for this teller of tales |
Scheherazade
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Dickens' first installment of this novel was published in April 1870; he died while working on part 6 |
(George: What is "Oliver Twist?")
The Mystery of Edwin Drood
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Paul Newman, 1956 |
Rocky Graziano
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In the 1950s this 2-time Wimbledon winner seen here dominated women's tennis |
Althea Gibson
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This verb meaning to die was further popularized by a 1990 Julia Roberts-Kiefer Sutherland film |
flatline
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He got around: he wrote suites for Mississippi, Hollywood, New England &, of course, the Grand Canyon |
Ferde Grofe
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The first play from this book, done while the story was still a serial, had a happy ending with Nell still alive |
The Old Curiosity Shop
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Marlon Brando, 1954 |
(George: Who is Terry O'Neil?)
Terry Malloy
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She's the courageous schoolteacher shown here |
Christa McAuliffe
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From the Latin for "hear" & the Greek for "loving", it's a CD & stereo equipment buff |
audiophile
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