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Lord Burghley convinced Elizabeth I to execute this rival for the throne |
Mary, Queen of Scots
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In 2002 this "Big Fat" success became the highest-grossing film never to have a No. 1 weekend at the box office |
My Big Fat Greek Wedding
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Mary McCarthy famously said of Lillian Hellman, "Every word she writes is a lie, including and" & this one |
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Of your 10 fingers, the 2 not normally used in playing the harp |
pinkies
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He beat Goldwater in 1964 |
Lyndon B. Johnson
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In 1613 Samuel de Champlain visited the site of this future North American capital |
Ottawa
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(Cheryl of the Clue Crew in London with Parliament in the background) As a tourist, I can visit the gallery, but since 1642 no British monarch has been allowed into this house of Parliament |
House of Commons
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This 1987 Danny DeVito-Richard Dreyfuss film about aluminum siding salesmen was set in 1963 Baltimore |
Tin Men
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This novelist & author of "Advertisements for Myself" celebrated his 80th birthday on Jan. 31, 2003 |
Norman Mailer
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The orchestral harp has 7 double-action ones, each controlling one string in every octave |
pedals
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He's the "Very Interesting" comedian seen here |
Arte Johnson
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Siwa & Bahriyah are 2 well-known examples of these green, fertile areas found in the Sahara |
oases (oasis)
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Britain signed its first agreement with France to build this in 1875 |
the "Chunnel"
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(Hi, I'm Leonard Maltin) In this 1990 Martin Scorsese-directed film based on the book "Wiseguy", Scorsese's mother plays Joe Pesci's mom |
Goodfellas
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In 1913 he published his first book of poems as well as "Sons and Lovers" |
D.H. Lawrence
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The concert grand harp has this many strings, 3 more than half the number of keys on a piano |
47
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As a senator in March 1861, this future vice president branded the secessionists traitors |
Andrew Johnson
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The Pacific species of this animal can have an arm span more than 20 feet long |
octopus
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Shire known for its gypsum &, with Mr. Hood, its Rob-some |
(Ed: What is Sherwood?)
Nottinghamshire
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In this 2001 film, Kevin Spacey's character Prot insisted that he was from a planet 1,000 light years from Earth |
K-Pax
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Tennyson used this rhyme scheme for "In Memoriam", quoted here I held it truth with him who sings, to one clear harp in diverse tones, that men may rise on stepping stones, of their dead selves to higher things |
(Ed: What is iambic pentameter?)
abba
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In his autobiography, this movie harpist said, "I couldn't read a note of music" |
Harpo Marx
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This "King of the Delta Blues Singers" wrote classics like "Sweet Home Chicago" before dying young in 1938 |
Robert Johnson
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This author wrote, "He had won the victory over himself. He loved Big Brother" |
George Orwell
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The new flag this king introduced in 1606 combined the crosses of Saints Andrew & George |
(Erika: What is the Union Jack?)
James I (also known as James VI of Scotland)
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Madonna was set to play violin teacher Roberta Guaspari in "Music of the Heart", but this lady got the role |
(Erika: Who is Gloria Estefan?)
Meryl Streep
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(Jimmy of the Clue Crew in Oahu, Hawaii) When this Scottish-born author took refuge in Samoa, he was known as Tusitala, or "story-teller" |
Robert Louis Stevenson
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It's the Italian term for running your finger quickly up or down the keys of a piano or the strings of a harp |
(Ed: What is arpeggio?)
glissando
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Winning the silver medal in the decathlon in 1956, he came back to win the gold in 1960 |
Rafer Johnson
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Magnetite is an important one of iron |
ore/oxide
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