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In 1900 this engineer died trying to keep the Cannonball Express from a collision |
Casey Jones
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Uncle Sam said, "I want you" & he said, "Mr. Watson, come here, I want you" |
(Steve: Who is Sherlock Holmes?)
Alexander Graham Bell
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They're the 2 official colors of Canada |
red and white
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This drama about a boy obsessed with horses won the 1975 Tony award for best play |
Equus
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One of the elements whose abbreviation is found in the name of the singing group Sha Na Na |
[Elizabeth selected the first clue.]
sodium
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In "Rain Man" Dustin Hoffman's character suffered from this disorder |
(Alex: [*]. Autistic savant, yes.)
autism
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In 1900 this man was on the team that won the 1st international lawn tennis trophy that bears his name |
(Dwight) Davis
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Ben Jonson called Shakespeare the "Sweet Swan of" this river |
the Avon
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The 2nd-longest river in Canada, it shares its name with a territory |
the Yukon
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She's the subject of J.N. Barker's 1808 drama, "The Indian Princess" |
Pocahontas
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The element abbreviated Am was named after this land |
(Alex: Yes, americium.)
America
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This test uses 10 inkblots in the study of personality disorders |
the Rorschach test
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The Chinese secret society, "The Righteous and Harmonious Fists", was commonly called this |
the Boxers
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Thomas Gray & Thomas Hardy described it as "madding", not "maddening" |
a crowd
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What was once Upper Canada is now Ontario & Lower Canada, this province |
Quebec
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The 1918 play "Exiles" was the only drama by this Irish novelist |
James Joyce
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The atomic number of this element, abbreviated Pt, isn't 109, it's 78 |
platinum
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The Academic American Ency. says this 1900 major work by Freud earned him only $209 in royalties |
The Interpretation of Dreams
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Composer who, in 1899, wrote the following, one of his best-known pieces: |
(Alex: The "Maple Leaf Rag", by [*] is correct.)
Scott Joplin
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When Nelson said "I really do not see the signal!" he had done this with the telescope |
(Alex: You are correct, and we have less than a minute to go.)
put it to his blind eye
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First name of 3 of Canada's first 4 P.M.s; the next one to have it was Mr. Diefenbaker |
John
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In 1962 William Inge reworked this Pulitzer Prize-winning play of his & called it "Summer Brave" |
Picnic
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Tellurium was named after the Earth & selenium after this |
the Moon
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In psychoanalytic theory, this part of the personality represents the conscience |
(Elizabeth: What is the ego?) (Chip: What is the id?)
the superego
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This ideal "girl" was popularized in an 1899 book of sketches called "The Education of Mr. Pipp" |
the Gibson Girl
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Tennyson wrote "Man is the hunter;" this "is his game" |
(Steve: Seemed obvious.) (Elizabeth: Great. Where is he now?) (Alex: You're right. Where is he now?)
woman
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This western province is Canada's top producer of timber products & molybdenum |
British Columbia
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This Kaufman & Hart comedy about a madcap family won a 1937 Pulitzer Prize |
You Can't Take It with You
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Used in some camping lanterns, it was named after the Norse god of thunder |
thorium
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In the 1940s this American behaviorist designed his first "baby box" |
(B.F.) Skinner
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