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He was named after King Richard the Lion-hearted |
Nixon
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Alexandre Dumas, pere wrote a play about this emperor, whom his father had served as a general |
Napoleon
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What an optometrist might make of himself by wearing a lampshade at a party |
a spectacle
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Jesus said to the adulteress, "neither do I condemn thee: go, &..." do this |
sin no more
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Saint-Pierre & Miquelon are all that's left of this country's colonial empire in Canada |
France
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This famous NBC news team 1st worked together at the 1956 Republican Covention |
[ERRATUM: "Convention" was misspelled in the clue as shown.] [The end-of-round signal sounds.]
Huntley & Brinkley
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It's who party boss Mark Hanna meant when he said, "Now look, that damned cowboy is President" |
Teddy Roosevelt
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D. Sutherland was Humbert Humbert in play based on this book, which stopped humming after 12 performances |
Lolita
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An official place to live, or an official period of training for a medical specialist |
a residence
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Trying graciously to refuse the job, he told God, "I am slow of speech, & of a slow tongue" |
Moses
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Largest of the Greater Antilles, this island's people call it "the pearl of the Antilles" |
Cuba
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During the 1968-69 season, this comedian's Christmas special got a higher rating than the Super Bowl |
Bob Hope
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The S.S. Mayaguez was seized by Cambodia but recaptured by U.S. Marines during his administration |
Gerald Ford
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1 of 2 Greek dramatists who electrified audiences with plays called "Electra" circa 413 B.C. |
Sophocles (or Euripides)
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A type of dramatic monologue |
(Isaac: Monologue. What is a monologue?)
soliloquy
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The women of Israel said he "hath slain... his ten thousands" when he'd only killed 1 person |
(Alex: [before Sandy's wager] We've got less than a minute to go.) ... (Sandy: Who was Samson?) (Alex: Oh, no. Who was [*]? The one person he had killed, of course...) (Sandy: Goliath.) (Alex: ...was Goliath.)
David
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While Taiwan is the island's Chinese name, Portuguese explorers called it this |
Formosa
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In October 1976, she became the 1st network news anchorwoman |
Barbara Walters
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After killing Pres. Garfield, Charles Guiteau wrote to this man, "I presume you appreciate it" |
Chester Arthur
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The English comedy of manners flourished during this era, while Charles II reigned |
Restoration
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From Latin "to check", it's a formal censure |
(Sandy: What's sinecure?)
a reprimand
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He wrote Timothy, "We brought nothing into this world, & it is certain we can carry nothing out" |
Paul
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At 90%, this smallest Australian state has the highest % of Australian-born people |
Tasmania
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From 1950-53, this post-WWII economic policy was featured in a weekly prime time show |
the Marshall Plan
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In 1848 he became the last slaveholder to be elected president |
(Mary Ellen: Who was Fillmore?)
Zachary Taylor
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A sailor doll laughs maniacally & Milo dies saying, "Game, set & match!" at end of this mystery |
Sleuth
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A northern grouse with feathered feet; the 1st letter, a "P", is silent |
a ptarmigan
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These islands were the only British territory occupied by the Germans in WWII |
(Alex: Isaac, I don't think I can accept that from you because Jersey is merely one of the four [*] along with Guernsey, Alderney, Sauk, and there are some other minor islands as well.)
Channel Islands
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Kennedy's FCC chairman who gave the famous "Vast Wasteland" speech in 1961 |
Newton Minow
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