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By any means necessary, tell us the name of this black leader seen here |
Malcolm X
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The statue's total weight of 225 tons is made up of about 125 tons of steel & about 90 tons of this metal |
copper
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"In the Eye of the Storm" chronicles the life of this American general who led Operation Desert Storm |
(Trevor: Who is Powell?)
Norman Schwarzkopf
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A preliminary contest; when preceded by "dead", it's a tie |
heat
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The title of Schumann's "Kinderscenen" means "scenes from" this period of life, perhaps his happiest |
(Alex: And we have less than a minute now.)
childhood
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A group of goats or sheep (5) |
flock
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This boxing hall of famer seen here "bombed" many an opponent |
Joe Louis
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The American Museum of this was opened in the base of the statue in 1972 |
Immigration
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This "Little" children's classic begins "Chug, chug, chug. Puff, puff, puff. Ding-dong, ding-dong" |
"The Little Engine That Could"
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In 4 glorious days in 1841, Schumann wrote his first symphony, named for this joyous season |
spring
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Like a brother (9) |
fraternal
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She's the "Caged" poet seen here |
Maya Angelou
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This N.Y. World publisher's fundraising efforts to build the base should have won him a prize |
Joseph Pulitzer
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The novel that inspired "Blade Runner" was titled "Do Androids Dream of" these |
Electric Sheep
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It's a swimming race in which each of the contestants does a different stroke each quarter |
individual medley
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Robert's demons were at bay during 6 years in this Saxony city that was firebombed in 1945 |
Dresden
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A Boeing's body (8) |
fuselage
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He started "warming the bench" in 1967 |
Thurgood Marshall
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The statue & torch were shipped from this city in France where another famous lady was torched |
Rouen
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Name shared by a Shakespearean play-within-a-play & a long-running Agatha Christie play that premiered in 1952 |
The Mousetrap
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A reprise is an attack done in fencing after a brief return to this position |
en garde
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Pathetic & deranged, on February 27, 1854 Schumann attempted suicide by leaping into this river |
the Rhine
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Cynical cinema style of the '40s (4,4) |
film noir
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In 1972 this woman's place was in the House; the House of Representatives |
Barbara Jordan
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This Flemish man once owned the island on which the statue sits |
Isaac Bedloe
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(Hi, I'm Leif Garrett.) In 1983 I appeared with Matt Dillon & C. Thomas Howell in this film adaptation of a bestselling S.E. Hinton novel |
The Outsiders
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Unless there's a puck in this area in front of a hockey net, attacking players aren't allowed in it |
the crease
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Robert Schumann died age 46 in an asylum near Bonn, the city where this musical titan was born in 1770 |
Ludwig van Beethoven
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British bad "Guy" (6) |
Fawkes
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