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    | This South American river drains about 5% of the Earth's total land area | 
    the Amazon
 
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    | Rudolph Valentino played a desert prince in this 1921 film in which he received second billing | 
    The Sheik
 
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    caffeine
 
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    the Bounty
 
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    Mardi Gras
 
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    his hat
 
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    the Avon
 
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    | The Beverly Hills home of this cowboy star of "Twisted Trails" had a neon "TM" on the roof | 
    Tom Mix
 
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    a blood clot
 
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    | Umberto Eco's novel "Il Nome Della Rosa" was published under this title in English | 
    The Name of the Rose
 
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    | Some conservative Muslims oppose celebrating Mawlid an-Nabi, the birthday of this prophet | 
    Muhammad
 
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    | This "canine" term means to pursue relentlessly, like a hunting dog | 
    to hound
 
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    | The Adige River begins in the Alps & enters this sea about 15 miles south of Venice | 
    (Dolores: What is the Aegean?)
  the Adriatic
 
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    | This 1925 Lon Chaney movie, in which he played a disfigured composer, had several scenes in color | 
    Phantom of the Opera
 
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    an earache
 
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    | Though he lived until 1961, he didn't complete another novel until after 1934's "The Thin Man" | 
    (Judy: Graham Greene?)
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    Veterans Day
 
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    | In England this kind of "tea" is a substantial meal, served around 6 o'clock | 
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    China
 
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    | In 1942 Charlie Chaplin added his spoken narration to this 1925 film set in Alaska | 
    The Gold Rush
 
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    | About 1 out of every 4 sports injuries involves this joint that acts as a lever & shock absorber | 
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    | His novel "Far From the Madding Crowd" was first published as a serial in Cornhill Magazine | 
    Thomas Hardy
 
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    | Presidents' Day combines George Washington's birthday, February 22,  with this date, Abraham Lincoln's | 
    (Dolores: What is, uh, February 16th?)
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    | This Central American country has no active volcanoes, though its neighbors do | 
    Honduras
 
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    | This river joins the Monongahela at Pittsburgh to form the Ohio | 
    (David: What is the Susquehanna?)
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    | This "Birth of a Nation" director wrote some screenplays under the pseudonym Irene Sinclair | 
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    | This condition that often afflicts the elderly is also known as degenerative joint disease | 
    (Alex: Well done in that medicine category!) [Applause]
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    | With Sigmund Freud, this physicist wrote "Why War?", published by The League of Nations | 
    (Albert) Einstein
 
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    | Since 1978 these relatives have been honored with a national holiday, the Sunday after Labor Day | 
    grandparents
 
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    | This word that refers to affected dramatic behavior is of Etruscan origin | 
    histrionic
 
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