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FIRST LADY MICHELLE OBAMA |
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One of the products of the peace conference held in this city in 1919 was the Covenant of the League of Nations |
Paris
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1986: "Bueller...?" |
Ferris Bueller's Day Off
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Early myth says this "mighty" goddess rose full-grown from sea foam |
Aphrodite
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She dedicated "Jane Eyre" to fellow author William Makepeace Thackeray |
(Austin: Who is Austen?) (Marjorie: Who is Blon--Brontë? Elizabeth... Elizabeth Brontë.) (David: Who is Emily Brontë?)
Charlotte Brontë
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"The best laid plans of ____ and men" |
mice
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(First Lady Michelle Obama presents the clue.) Campaigning in 2008, I learned about problems of military families from jobs & education to wellness; later, I began the Joining Forces initiative to highlight the issues along with this woman whose son is in the Delaware Army National Guard |
(Jill) Biden
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During the League's history, 3 men had this hyphenated title: Eric Drummond, Joseph Avenol & Sean Lester |
secretary-general
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1982: "Khaaaaaaaan!" |
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
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This god was also a guide to the Underworld & for travelers; now, his name adorns expensive scarves |
Hermes
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Edmund Clerihew Bentley once rhymed, "the novels of" this author "are the ones to get lost in" |
Jane Austen
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"The old ____ ____, she ain't what she used to be" |
gray mare
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(First Lady Michelle Obama presents the clue.) We've tried to increase the number of visitors to the White House, make it more open & ensure that it's truly this house, a term used since the Jefferson Administration to show to whom it really belongs |
the people's house
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In a rare success, the League decided in 1921 that the Aland Islands belonged to this country, not Sweden |
(Marjorie: What is Norway?)
Finland
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1978: "Toga!" |
Animal House
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Honey, its twins! These 2 guys were often called the Dioscuri, meaning "the sons of Zeus" (but one may have had another dad) |
Castor & Pollux
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Samuel Johnson gave this "philosophical" name to a group of 17th c. poets that included John Donne |
the metaphysical poets
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"Nervous as a long-tailed ____ in a room full of rocking chairs" |
a cat
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(First Lady Michelle Obama presents the clue.) Speaking on opening night of the 2008 Democratic Convention, I noted that our meeting marked the 88th anniversary of women's suffrage & the 45th of this immortal & profoundly American speech |
(Alex: Say something.) (Marjorie: Martin Luther King's speech on the Washington Monument? Or...) (Alex: Oh, gosh. [*], [*] speech. You were so close. Sorry we can't give it to you, though.)
"I Have a Dream"
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The League dug freshwater wells in the Third World & tried to eradicate this, aka Hansen's disease |
(Marjorie: What is cholera?)
leprosy
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1975: "Attica!" |
Dog Day Afternoon
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This goddess represented strategic war planning over the raw violence of war; that's using your head, Zeus! |
Athena
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Last name of Wilkie, whose writing formula was "make 'em laugh, make 'em cry, make 'em wait" |
Collins
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"One ____ does not make a summer" |
swallow
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After WWI the League "mandated" that Great Britain take charge of lands east & west of this river |
the Jordan
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1984: "Wolverines!" |
Red Dawn
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Zeus & Danae's boy, he beheaded a Gorgon & wed Andromeda |
Perseus
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He was the "venerable" early scholar who wrote "The Ecclesiastical History of the English People" |
the Venerable Bede
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"Strain at a gnat and swallow a ____" |
camel
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(First Lady Michelle Obama presents the clue.) One of the happiest times of my life was founding the Chicago branch of Public Allies, which develops young leaders; it was one of the 1st efforts under this federal volunteerism program created in 1993 |
AmeriCorps
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