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    Kurt Waldheim
 
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    | In 2000 Marla Maples auctioned off for $110,000 the engagement ring she got from this ex | 
    Donald Trump
 
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    | Anya Seton's novel "Katherine" is based on John of Gaunt's affair with this "Canterbury Tales"-spinner's sister-in-law | 
    Geoffrey Chaucer
 
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    "Hi Mom!", "Bang the Drum Slowly",  "Cape Fear" | 
    (Ryan: Who is Gregory Peck?)
  Robert De Niro
 
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    7-Up
 
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    concave
 
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    | We wonder "How Does It Feel" to own this rock legend's boyhood home in Duluth, Minn.; it sold on eBay for $82,000 | 
    Bob Dylan
 
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    | Reading this 1961 novel by Irving Stone might inspire you to paint your ceiling | 
    The Agony and the Ecstasy
 
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    "Deathrace 2000", "Over the Top", "Stop!  Or My Mom Will Shoot" | 
    Sylvester Stallone
 
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    | He made M'm! M'm! Good! when he joined a Camden, N.J. canning company in 1869; he later took it over | 
    Joseph Campbell
 
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    peddler
 
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    | One of the six principal organs of the U.N. is this special 15-country council | 
    Security Council
 
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    | Her head went on the block in 1587 & in 2001 a wee bit of her royal hair was on the block, going for $2,700 | 
    (Michelle: [No response])
  Mary, Queen of Scots
 
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    | Wild Bill Hickok turns up in "Boone's Lick", a 2000 novel by this "Lonesome Dove" author | 
    Larry McMurtry
 
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    "The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane", "Freaky Friday", "Maverick" | 
    Jodie Foster
 
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    (Ryan: What is Goodyear?)
  Allstate
 
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    handicap
 
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    | Sotheby's could have said, "Show me the millions" when it auctioned off one of this artist's "Haystacks" in 2001 | 
    Claude Monet
 
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    | "Gates of Fire" is an epic novel about this battle lost by the Spartans in 480 B.C. | 
    (Michael: What is the Battle of Thermopolis?)
  Thermopylae
 
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    "Ambush at Cimarron Pass", "Kelly's Heroes", "City Heat" | 
    Clint Eastwood
 
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    the Pony Express
 
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    farthing
 
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    | (Cheryl of the Clue Crew is outside the U.N. building.)  It's the U.N. goal & the reference from Isaiah expressed by the U.N. headquarters statue seen here | 
    (Michael: What is beating plowshares into swords?) (Alex: Michael, you got it backwards; the U.N.'s about peace, not the other way around!)
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    Gerardus Mercator
 
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    | Set during the last days of the Civil War, this debut novel by Charles Frazier is often compared to the "Odyssey" | 
    Cold Mountain
 
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    "Grease 2", "Amazon Women on the Moon", "The Fabulous Baker Boys" | 
    (Alex: And we have a minute to go now.)
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    | This athletic shoe company's internet store is located at catshack.com | 
    Puma
 
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    (Michael: What is to divvy up?)
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