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In the 1950s, Chester Himes moved to Paris, where he wrote murder mysteries like "Cotton Comes to" here |
Harlem
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1951: "I've always depended on the kindness of strangers" |
(Srinivas: Uh, what is...)
A Streetcar Named Desire
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1669 & 1852 were bad years to plan a vacation to this Sicilian mountain |
Etna
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Keith Hernandez knows that lefties at this position have an advantage in starting a 3-6-3 double play |
first base
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Aka a redbird & protected by law, this bird may have up to 4 broods from April to August each year |
a cardinal
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"George Eliot" is one of these -nyms; her autonym is Mary Ann Evans |
a pseudonym
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Audiotaped interviews of this black Muslim leader became Alex Haley's 1965 "Autobiography" of him |
Malcolm X
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1976: "Follow the money" |
All the President's Men
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It's a cheesemaking city on the Ijsselmeer |
Edam
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Adolf Menzel painted in oils with his right hand but used his left for work in this H2O-soluble medium |
watercolor
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The ruby-throated one of these can migrate 500 miles while burning off only slightly more than one gram of fat |
a hummingbird
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Of "Bouillabaisse", "Bucharest", or "Bourke-White", the one that's a toponym |
(Alex: Yes, place.)
Bucharest
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In 1977 her "Song of Solomon" became the first Book-of-the-Month Club selection by a black author in 37 years |
Toni Morrison
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1980: "Looks like I picked the wrong week to quit sniffing glue" |
(Ben: What is Caddyshack?)
Airplane!
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This country borders Guatemala & Honduras |
(Alison: What is Ecuador?) ... (Alex: Yes, Central America.)
El Salvador
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A left-handed Windows user can switch the mouse so he right-clicks to select & left-clicks to bring up this type of list |
a menu
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Pochards, perching, stiff-tailed & dabbling are types of these birds |
(Ben: What are warblers?)
ducks
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A tautonym is a taxonomic designation, like "Gorilla gorilla", in which these 2 classifications are the same |
genus & species
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In 1975 an Oklahoma City library was named for this "Invisible Man" author who was born in the city in 1914 |
Ralph Ellison
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1992: "Anyone want to see second prize? Second prize's a set of steak knives. Third prize is yer fired" |
Glengarry Glen Ross
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Stand tall in Tallinn, this nation's capital |
Estonia
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The book "Uncommon Sound" focuses on left-handed players of this instrument, like Elliot Easton |
the guitar
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There are about 60 species of this wading bird; Asia has a purple one & America, a great blue |
a heron
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Capitonyms like "job", "herb" & "august" change meaning & this when the first letter is capitalized |
(Srinivas: Um, what is, uh, proper name or not?)
pronunciation
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Her fourth novel, "The Temple of My Familiar", featured several characters from "The Color Purple" |
Alice Walker
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1981: "You go in, find the President and bring him out in 24 hours and you're a free man" |
(Alex: You got it! Good for you.)
Escape from New York
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These 2 countries in east Africa border each other |
Eritrea & Ethiopia
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Lefties who smudge what they write may prefer right-to-left languages like this one used in Qom & Tabriz |
(Srinivas: What is Arabic?) (Alex: No, sorry. What is [*]. ([*]). So you're tied once again with Ben for the lead.) (Srinivas: All right. Uh, just for that, GIVING YOU THE BIRD for $400.) [Laughter] (Alex: Hey, easy.)
Farsi (Persian)
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The gray type of this bird was introduced to North America in 1889; come on, get happy! |
(Srinavas: Um... what is a penguin? That's not gonna work.) ... (Alex: What is the [*]. "Come On, Get Happy" was the theme to The [*] Family. A minute to deal with the last category.) (Srinivas: Before my time.)
the partridge
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From the Greek for "outside", it's a place name used by foreigners that differs from the name used by the natives |
an exonym
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