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    | This "Iliad" poet often refers to "The Wine-Dark Sea" | Homer 
 
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    | 1997: "Titanic" sank his competition
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 James Cameron
 
 
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    | An NSA career in electrical engineering may include designing these, aka aerials | (Penny: What are drones?) 
 antennas
 
 
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    | Not now, but possibly in a while | later 
 
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    | In 1830 Daniel O'Connell became the first Catholic Irishman in modern times to serve in this British government body | the Parliament 
 
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    | One of this country's big attractions, the "Emerald Buddha" was in a Chiang Mai temple before it went to the capital | Thailand 
 
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    | Adventures in this 1870 novel include traveling under the polar ice cap & the discovery of Atlantis | Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea 
 
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    | 1990: "Dances with Wolves" had him dancing with trophy
 | Kevin Costner 
 
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    | You can make invisible ink by mixing 2 oz. of water with 1 oz. of this original Arm & Hammer kitchen product | baking soda 
 
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    | What a deer has where a bull has a horn | an antler 
 
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    | A printer by trade, Arthur Griffith negotiated a 1921 treaty with the British & founded this Irish-named political party | Sinn Féin 
 
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    | Green Lake Park is one reason "The Emerald City" is a nickname for this West Coast city | Seattle 
 
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    | This fictional captain created by C.S. Forester was inspired by Horatio Nelson & Thomas Cochrane | (Horatio) Hornblower 
 
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    | 2003: Here's the thing--"The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King" got him the bling
 | Peter Jackson 
 
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    | Facial recognition technology had a great testing ground as casinos used it to spot these alliterative gamblers | card counters 
 
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    | Adjective meaning forever lasting & changeless | eternal 
 
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    | At Clontarf in 1014, King Brian Boru led the Irish to victory against these invaders but died at the battle | the Vikings 
 
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    | The emerald is an appropriate birthstone for this author who created an emerald city of literature | Frank Baum 
 
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    | In this Jack London novel, Wolf Larsen is the captain of the Ghost, once a private yacht | The Sea-Wolf 
 
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    | 1992: "Unforgiven" won him a statue with no apologies
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    | A quick explosion found before "of speed"; before "transmission", it's a message encoded by playing it at high speed | "burst" 
 
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    | A branch of the Defense Department | the Army 
 
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    | Perhaps an opportunistic co-opting of a pagan goddess, she is the second-most prominent Irish saint | (Saint) Brigid 
 
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    | Since the arrival of the conquistadors, this South American country has been the mecca for emeralds | Colombia 
 
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    | Patrick O'Brian's first novel about Captain Aubrey & surgeon Stephen Maturin, it's set in the Napoleonic Wars | Master and Commander 
 
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    | 2012: "Life of Pi" was his second win, not his 3.14th
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 (Alex: You're at $5,800 and in the lead after just one category.)
 (Kristen: All right.  Hopefully let's keep it going.  Let's try IRISH HISTORY for $400.)
 
 Ang Lee
 
 
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    | A hub of cyberspying on U.S. institutions is the Shanghai base of P.L.A. Unit 61398, P.L.A. short for this | People's Liberation Army 
 
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    | A song or poem expressing deep grief | a lament 
 
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    | A 1990s economic upsurge that turned out to be basically a bubble got Ireland the nickname "Celtic" this beast | Tiger 
 
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    | The firm formed when he married Estelle Arpels created a 150-carat engraved emerald for the Shah's wife | Van Cleef 
 
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