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Elected in 1522, Adrian VI was the only Dutchman who held this high religious office |
pope
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With a reported gross of $13.5 million, her 1993/94 New Year's Concerts in Las Vegas set a U.S. record |
Barbra Streisand
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Chapter 6, verse 8 of this book says, "Noah found grace in the eyes of the Lord" |
Genesis
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Our solar system is in the Orion arm of this galaxy |
the Milky Way
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This NYC landmark figured prominently in the 1957 Cary Grant film "An Affair to Remember" |
the Empire State Building
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This author's 1841 whaling voyage inspired his 1847 adventure novel "Omoo" |
Herman Melville
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The familiar legend that this outlaw killed 21 men by the time he was 21 probably isn't true |
Billy the Kid
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It was the nickname of French fashion designer Marie Nielli Ricci |
(Bill: Who is Coco?) ... (Alex: Coco is Chanel.)
Nina (Ricci)
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This book of praises is the longest in the Bible with 150 "songs" |
the Psalms
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The moon nearest a planet in our solar system is Phobos, 5,800 miles away from this planet |
Mars
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His home in Galena, Ill., given to him after the Civil War, is now a state historic site |
U.S. Grant
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This Flaubert heroine's maiden name is Emma Rouault |
Madame Bovary
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The great military hero Alexander Nevsky took the name "Nevsky" after winning a battle at this river |
the Neva River
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She operated a riding school & studied horse training in Argentina before becoming an expert on dogs |
[Alex goes up a register and slightly hoarse for the last word of the clue.] (Alex: Tried to help you out there. [Shifts back into his impression] "Walkies! With the do-ogs!" [*].) [The end-of-round signal sounds.]
Barbara Woodhouse
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Chapter 20 of this book contains prophecies about the millennium |
(Art: What is Revelations?) [Accepted without remark]
Revelation
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Just before it was a nebula, the Crab Nebula was one of these |
(Art: What was a star?) (Alex: Be more exc... uh, be more specific.) (Art: Uh, wh--what is a, um, a giant star?) (Tove: What is a nova? A [*]?)
a supernova (or an exploding star)
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This Caribbean island's Piarco International Airport is located about 15 miles from Port of Spain |
(Bill: What is Dominican Republic?) (Tove: What is Haiti?)
Trinidad
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In an 1894 novel, Trilby leaves her fiance, Little Billee Bagot, & falls under the spell of this musician |
Svengali
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This conquistador's enemies accused him of murdering his 1st wife, Catalina Xuarez |
Cortés
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Luke begins this book where he left off in his own gospel |
the Acts of the Apostles
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For a solar eclipse to occur, the Moon must be in this phase |
new
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This Italian city's Scuola Grande di San Rocco features 56 works by Tintoretto |
(Art: What is Florence?) ... (Alex: We have less than a minute to go, Bill.)
Venice
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"The Triumph of the Egg" is a collection of short stories by this author of "Winesburg, Ohio" |
Sherwood Anderson
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Gustavus Adolphus was just 16 when he became king of this country in 1611 |
Sweden
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Chapter 1 of this book reports there were 603,550 of the children of Israel |
(Art: Uh, what is, um, Exodus?)
Numbers
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Number of stars often visible in the Pleiades, hence its "sisterly" other name |
7
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The Tossa de Mar is one of the beaches along this, Spanish for "rugged coast" |
the Costa Brava
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