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| DICK & JANE & SPOT HODGEPODGE |
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| In 1989 Bertram Lee & Peter Bynoe became the first black owners of a major sports franchise, this city's NBA Nuggets |
Denver
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| "Springtime for Hitler" (a '60s classic) |
(Jeff: What is The Producer?) (Alex: Yes--no!) (Bethany: What are [*]?) (Alex: [*]. Plural. Yes.) [Jeff was eventually given credit for his response, as the judges ruled that he did in fact add an "S" on the end.]
The Producers
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| The N.Y. Times said his "Ragtime" "reflects all that is most significant and dramatic in America's last hundred years" |
E.L. Doctorow
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| This animal, the symbol of a major political party, is a symbol of stubbornness |
donkey
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| See Dick. See Dick "Be all he can be" in this branch of the military. Serve, Dick, serve! |
the Army
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| Food staple of Goldilocks |
porridge
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| (Hi. I'm Martin Luther King III.) In 1955, my father led a bus boycott in Montgomery after this woman was arrested for refusing to give up her seat |
Rosa Parks
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| "If I Were King Of The Forest" (1939) |
The Wizard of Oz
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| Time said "The Pelican Brief" "is as close to its predecessor", this Grisham book, as can be without photocopying it |
The Firm
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| Autumn can symbolize a waning life & this season can symbolize new beginnings or birth |
Spring
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| See Spot. See Spot sub for Eddie, played by Moose the dog, on this "psychological" sitcom. Act, Spot, act! |
Frasier
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| These rodents are born with soft fur in addition to their quills, which harden within hours |
porcupines
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| In 1957 it became the USA's first major city with a black majority |
Washington, D.C.
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| "Mean Green Mother From Outer Space" (1986) |
The Little Shop of Horrors
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| It "is remembered as a stomach-turning expose of unsanitary conditions...in the meat-packing industry" |
The Jungle
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| It symbolizes imprisonment & Maya Angelou knows "why" it "sings" |
the caged bird
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| See Dick. See Dick leap off a bridge using a long elastic cord, doing this sport. You're crazy, Dick! Crazy! |
bungee jumping
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| Please, tell us this Spanish way of saying "Please" |
por favor
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| In the 1940s CORE pioneered sit-ins & also used these protests whose name in show biz means "substitutes" |
[The end-of-round signal sounds.]
stand-in
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| "Nobody Does It Better" (1977) |
The Spy Who Loved Me
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| This 1925 classic "captures all the romance and glitter of the Jazz Age" |
The Great Gatsby
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| Symbols of mystery, they're the mysterious doubles of the people who cast them |
(Bethany: What are doppelgangers?)
shadows
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| See Spot. See Spot compete in this premier dog show at Madison Square Garden in February 2001. Preen, Spot, preen! |
the Westminster Dog Show
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| He wrote, "You're the Nile, you're the Tower of Pisa, you're the smile on the Mona Lisa" |
Cole Porter
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"Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas" (1944) |
(Jeff: What is... oh my gosh, my kids are gonna kill me!)
Meet Me In St. Louis
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| A contemporary review said an 1847 novel by this woman should have been called "Withering Heights" |
(Bethany: Who is Bronte?) (Alex: Which one?) (Bethany: Charlotte?) (Alex: No.)
Emily Bronte
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| As a sapphire is a symbol of this, Cher could have called her daughter Sapphire instead of the name she chose |
Chastity
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| The University of Haiti is located in this capital |
Port-au-Prince
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