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THEY ALL PLAYED COUNTRY SINGERS |
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OBSERVATIONS & CELEBRATIONS |
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Every year in the 1990s, women scored higher on this S.A.T. section than on the other |
Verbal
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Beverly D'Angelo played her in "Coal Miner's Daughter" & Jessica Lange played her in "Sweet Dreams" |
Patsy Cline
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Zut! On June 22, 1815, 4 days after Waterloo, Napoleon had to do this officially for the second time |
(Ken: What is surrender?) (Laura: What is go into exile?)
abdicate
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Chinese New Year for kids is a red envelope day; they get 'em stuffed with this |
cash (money)
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This city's Globe newspaper, founded in 1872, won Pulitzers for Public Service in 1966, 1975 & 2003 |
(Laura: What is [*]?) (Alex: Say it...) (Laura: [*]?) (Alex: [*], yes.)
Boston
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A striped or mottled kitty |
a tabby
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This substance whose formula is C2H5OH affects the neocortex so you're less inhibited |
alcohol
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Annette O'Toole, seen here in the audience at "Jeopardy!", played this singer in the TV movie "Stand by Your Man" |
Tammy Wynette
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A June 1967 Encyclical affirming that priests must maintain this may have disappointed some |
celibacy
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In 2003 Christmas was celebrated during this Jewish holiday |
(Susan: What is Passover?)
Hanukkah
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When his "Arrowsmith" won for Fiction in 1926, he declined the prize |
Sinclair Lewis
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Lurid or sensational journalism is called this type |
tabloid
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In a famous 1848 case, Phineas Gage's personality was altered by damage done to his left frontal one |
lobe
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Before "The Larry Sanders Show", this actor seen here played a ruthless country singer in the 1972 film "Payday" |
Rip Torn
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This league MVP didn't talk to reporters after the 76ers lost out on the NBA crown June 15, 2001 |
(Allen) Iverson
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The Queen of England's "official" one is on the 2nd or 3rd Saturday in June |
her birthday
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Nicknamed "Black Jack", his memoir "My Experiences in the World War" won the 1932 Pulitzer Prize for History |
(Alex: Minute to go, now.)
General Pershing
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A Middle Eastern bulgur wheat salad |
tabbouleh
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He wrote & performed his own songs (& won a Best Actor Oscar) when he starred in "Tender Mercies" |
Robert Duvall
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June 10, 1985 was a cloudy day for the prosecution, as this man was acquitted of trying to kill his wife Sunny |
(Claus) von Bülow
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Buddhists celebrate 3 anniversaries of Buddha: the day of his birth, the day of his death, & the day of this |
his enlightenment
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This "seasonal" ballet earned Aaron Copland the 1945 prize for Music |
Appalachian Spring
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To arrange information in columns & rows |
tabulate
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Leonardo da Vinci supposedly had an eidetic memory, today more commonly called this type |
(Ken: I don't think I'm gonna risk much. Uh...) (Alex: What's wrong with your mind today?) [Ken smiles; the audience laughs.] (Ken: It's in the $2,000 spot; it's gonna be hard. I'll bet... $1,400.) (Alex: Interesting that you noticed that; that's true of all of our clues, of course. At the bottom, they're tougher. Here is the clue for you then...) ... (Alex: See that? You got it. Your mind's working well in THE MIND category. $15,000 for you.)
a photographic memory
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Best known as "Marcia, Marcia, Marcia" on "The Brady Bunch", she starred in the 1997 TV movie bio of Barbara Mandrell |
Maureen McCormick
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On June 28, 1914 the Kaiser's yacht race was interrupted by news from this Balkan city |
(Alex: You have to be lucky as well as good. You demonstrated how good you are, and now you found the second Daily Double, and you have $21,000.) (Ken: I'll be a little more confident this time and wager... $4,000.) ... (Alex: [*], yes; the death, the--the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand. Select again.)
Sarajevo
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When giving your pennies to UNICEF on Halloween, hold one back for this "Guy" 5 days later (if you're British...) |
Guy Fawkes
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Margaret Edson won the 1999 award for Drama for this 3-letter heartbreaking play about a dying woman |
Wit
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An Evangelical place of worship |
a tabernacle
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