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England's monetary system no longer uses the penny; the smallest denomination is now called this |
New Pence
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Richard Horowitz, a timpanist with the Met, makes these sticks that a conductor uses |
[Linda selected the first clue.]
batons
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"Today" Show weatherman Willard Scott was the 1st to play this clown for McDonald's |
Ronald McDonald
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The Bible says this wise king had a throne of ivory overlaid with gold & decorated with lions |
Solomon
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This receiving station for immigrants in New York Bay opened January 1, 1892 |
Ellis Island
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Jay Gatsby lived at West Egg on this, New York's largest island |
Long Island
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This mild interjection is from a contraction of "God Blind Me!" |
"Blimey!"
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Indian-born music director of the Israel Philharmonic, he also conducts the New York Philharmonic |
Zubin Mehta
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This movie star left his wife down under for actress Linda Kozlowski |
(L: Who is Paul Hobsey?)
Paul Hogan
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The French word for "chair", it can be followed by "courante", "volante" or "longue" |
chaise
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On March 3, 1847 Congress authorized the 1st ones of these, & with adhesive backs to boot |
Postage Stamps
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While on Jackson's Island, he met Jim, Miss Watson's runaway slave |
Huck Finn
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British TV's "Steptoe & Son" was about a rag-and-bone man; U.S. equivalent "Sanford & Son", was about this |
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Junk Dealers
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A Ft. Worth piano contest is named for this winner of the 1958 Int'l Tchaikovsky Competition |
Van Cliburn
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A Yankee broadcaster for 18 yrs., this former Cardinal player became president of the N.L. in 1989 |
Bill White
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Rustic style of American furniture named for mountains in upstate New York |
Adirondack
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In December 1962, this country agreed to let 1,113 POWs go in exchange for over $50 mil. in U.S. supplies |
(D: What is Korea?)
Cuba
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Norman Mailer novel in which a platoon invades the Japanese-held island of Anopopei |
"The Naked and the Dead"
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For the 1991-2 bicentennial of this composer's death, 800 of his works will be performed at Lincoln Center |
(N: Who is Beethoven?)
W.A. Mozart
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The Kennedy who announced he & wife Sheila would separate & he would not run for Mass. governor in 1990 |
(N: Who is Joseph Kennedy Jr.?)
Joseph Kennedy II
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The practice of weaving long strips of rattan or other material to make seats, backs of chairs, etc. |
(D: What is wicker?)
Caning
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An 1886 labor rally in this city's Haymarket Square turned into a riot |
Chicago
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A coral island, probably in the South China Sea, was the setting for this book by William Golding |
"Lord of the Flies"
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If Beethoven rolled over in his grave, he'd find this composer of the Incidental Music to Rosamunde |
Franz Schubert
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The books "In God's Name" & "A Thief in the Night" investigated his 1978 death |
Pope John Paul I (Albino Luciani)
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He popularized his furniture style in his 1754 book "The Gentleman & Cabinetmaker's Director" |
(Alex: Minute left in this round.)
Thomas Chippendale
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A presidential order got her released from jail February 1, 1979 |
Patricia Hearst
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William LeGrand & his servant found buried treasure on Sullivan's Island in this 19th C. detective story |
"The Gold Bug"
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