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During '80s hostage crisis, dart boards bearing his face were a big seller |
Ayatollah Khomeini
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492 years ago on Aug. 3rd, he set sail across the Atlantic |
Christopher Columbus
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Game where "dribbling" is "offensive" |
basketball
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Irwin Allen's tall tale that went up in smoke |
The Towering Inferno
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They "rush in where angels fear to tread" |
fools
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Britain's first female P.M., her popularity soared after Falklands War |
Margaret Thatcher
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From early practice of pitcher facing west comes this baseball term for lefty |
(Alex: And you ran the category, but upside down!)
southpaw
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Poitier & Steiger made sparks fly in this '67 Oscar winner |
In the Heat of the Night
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Some of the badges she can earn are: Horse Lover, Dabbler & Ms. Fix-it |
(Larry: What is ... [*]?) (Alex: Yes! Oh boy, when you're hot you're hot, and Larry, you're hot.)
a Girl Scout
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Ronald Reagan was also president of this union |
the Screen Actors Guild
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Football's imaginary plane which neither team may cross until the ball is snapped |
the line of scrimmage
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The male stars tested their disguises for this '59 film by visiting studio ladies' room |
(Alex: Yes, Jack Lemmon and Tony Curtis. They must've had a lot of fun going to the ladies' rooms dressed up that way, but we'll talk about that on some other show.)
Some Like it Hot
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Hemingway wrote the book, Rogers & Parton sang the song:
"Baby, when I met you there was peace unknown..." |
[Larry bobs his head to the music.] (Alex: Oh, way to go, Larry, gettin' down! ... Have you got a question for me?)
"Islands In The Stream"
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D'Aubisson claimed Duarte fixed his election win in this country |
El Salvador
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World's fastest sport, free-fall speeds of 614 MPH have been recorded in this |
(Ed: What is high diving?)
skydiving
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Words were heated when Truffaut filmed this Bradbury novel |
Fahrenheit 451
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If the item is colored yellow & you use a red dye, the resulting color is this |
orange
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Olympic pullout was ordered by this successor to Andropov |
(Alex: The gauntlet has been thrown, Ed. Pick it up and run.) (Ed: HOT MOVIES for $500.) [laughter and applause]
Chernenko
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Russia, France & Germany entered WWI in August of this year |
(Ed: What is 1917?) ... [The end-of-round signal sounds.]
1914
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'50s middleweight champ some say was pound-for-pound the best boxer ever |
(Alex: (to Larry) Good beginning for you! Trying to blow Ed away, huh?) (Larry: Let's go WORLD LEADERS for $500.) (Alex: Whoa! All right.)
Sugar Ray Robinson
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1st movie that newlyweds Newman & Woodward made together |
(Larry: What is Cat on a Hot Tin Roof?) ... (Karen: HOT MOVIES for $100.) (Alex: All right. Let's get some sanity.)
The Long, Hot Summer
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Filing an IRS form 4868 gets you a 4-month extension from this date |
April 15
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