FROM THEIR NEW YORK TIMES OBITUARY |
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1968: "Overcame blindness and deafness to become a symbol of the indomitable human spirit" |
Helen Keller
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At the beginning of a Johanna Spyri story, this Swiss miss is taken by her aunt to live with her grumpy grandfather |
Heidi
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The "ants go marching" rhyme took this double-talk phrase from the Civil War song "When Johnny Comes Marching Home" |
hurrah, hurrah
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Britney Spears played a receptionist obsessed with Ted but who settles for Barney on this sitcom |
How I Met Your Mother
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At a 2024 auction, this type of hat worn by Harrison Ford in "Indiana Jones & the Temple of Doom" made $630,000... vanish! |
a fedora
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Rep. Louis Ludlow lent his name to a 1930s amendment that would require a national referendum to approve a declaration of this |
war
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1947: "Struck a cruel blow shortly before his 80th birthday by the death of his only son, Edsel" |
(Henry) Ford
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She's the smallest of a dozen girls who attend a convent school in Paris; her further adventures take her to London |
Madeline
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A kids' song doesn't take place in a "papaya patch" but in a patch of this similar-sounding fruit |
the pawpaw (patch)
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She won an Emmy for her guest appearance as the alcoholic mother of Carmy & Sugar on "The Bear" |
(Ken: Yeah, unforgettable in that part.)
Jamie Lee Curtis
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Created in the late 1800s for outdoor fun like sailing, it's the hat here & kazaam!--now it's a puppy |
a boater
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Rarely or never enforced, the Reed Amendment says if you renounce this for tax avoidance reasons, you can't return to America |
citizenship
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1901: "The end of this splendid career came in a simply furnished room in Osborne House. This most respected of all women" |
Queen Victoria
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Last name Trotter, the title kid of this Roald Dahl favorite is orphaned when his parents are eaten by a rhino |
(Melanie: Who is James?) [Ken does not rule.] (Melanie: And the Giant Peach?) (Ken: Yes, we needed the book.)
James and the Giant Peach
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Philosopher Sidney Morgenbesser's repetitively slangy reply on hearing a double positive can never equal a negative |
(Josh: What is yeah, sure.)
yeah, yeah
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An episode of "The Last of Us" showed the 20-year relationship of Frank (Murray Bartlett) & Bill (this actor) |
(Nick) Offerman
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That's not a hat, that's a knife! & now it's a hat named for this region & worn by none other than Crocodile Dundee himself! |
an Outback hat
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1950's Lodge-Gossett Amendment would have reformed this quadrennial body to make it account for the popular vote; it failed in the House |
the electoral college
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1926: "Began her career at 16 years and performed wonderful shooting feat at 62" |
Annie Oakley
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He wrote & illustrated the tiny 4-volume "Nutshell Library", which includes "Chicken Soup with Rice" |
Sendak
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It was applied to a 1940s "kid" who romanced older women; today it means out-there or new agey |
woo-woo
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"Fred Claus" on film, he played Freddy Funkhouser on "Curb Your Enthusiasm" |
Vince Vaughn
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A 1906 pic of Teddy Roosevelt abroad & wearing this hat made it famous, & bam! Here's Ted! Oh no; Ted died in 1919 & doesn't look great |
a Panama hat
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The Platt Amendment of 1901 let the U.S. intervene in this nearby island, whose govt. was briefly called the Platt Amendment Republic |
Cuba
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1977: "Dead of heart attack in Paris"; "most exciting opera singer of her time" |
(Josh: Who is Melba?)
Maria Callas
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Pigs & cows feature in her classics like "Barnyard Dance" & "Moo, Baa, La La La!" |
(Sandra) Boynton
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Possibly meaningless repetition is big in "Waiting for Godot", down to the double-talk nicknames of Vladimir (Didi) & Estragon (this) |
Gogo
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This star of the O.G. "Shaft" guest starred as 2 different characters on "The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air" |
(Ken: [*] was the original Shaft.)
Richard Roundtree
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The future Edward VII made this soft-felt hat popular, & presto! It's now in a spa in the same-named "Bad" German city! |
(John: What's Baden-Baden?) ... (Ken: Different city here--Bad [*], what is [*]?)
a Homburg
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High federal debt numbers have inspired many of these alliterative amendments, like one from Rep. Jodey Arrington in 2024 |
a balanced budget amendment
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