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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.]
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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.]
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    | "Nobody Does It Better" (1977) | 
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    | This 1925 classic "captures all the romance and glitter of the Jazz Age" | 
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    | Symbols of mystery, they're the mysterious doubles of the people who cast them | 
    (Bethany: What are doppelgangers?)
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    | See Spot. See Spot compete in this premier dog show at Madison Square Garden in February 2001. Preen, Spot, preen! | 
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    | He wrote, "You're the Nile, you're the Tower of Pisa, you're the smile on the Mona Lisa" | 
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    "Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas" (1944) | 
    (Jeff: What is... oh my gosh, my kids are gonna kill me!)
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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.)
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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 | 
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    | The University of Haiti is located in this capital | 
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