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WHAT A BROADWAY CHARACTER! |
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& NEVER THE TWAINS SHALL MEET |
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March 29, 1792: King Gustav III of this nation is assassinated at a masquerade ball |
(Marlene: What is Austria?)
Sweden
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The verdict is in: a dozen unnamed & notably indignant jurors gave this drama its title |
Twelve Angry Men
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An inlet or cove, or to equip with weapons |
arm
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Shania Twain was born on Aug. 28, 1965 in Windsor, Canada; Mark Twain, on Nov. 30, 1835 in this state |
Missouri
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Of first, second or third degree, murder by poison usually falls under this designation |
(Alex: Yes. Clearly premeditated.)
first degree
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It's what you do when casually offering "a hint" or "a name", hoping someone picks it up |
drop
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March 5, 1770: British troops gun down 5 American colonists in the event that would become known as this |
the Boston Massacre
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One of the stretches in a relay race |
a leg
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Shania's given name is Eilleen Regina Edwards; Mark's was this (including his middle name) |
Samuel Langhorne Clemens
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Since 1993, rape by this person has been a crime in all 50 states; it isn't one in most other countries |
a husband (or spouse)
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Powerful people may be surrounded by these "men" named for the syllable they often utter |
yes men
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March 16, 1935: Hitler orders Germany to rearm itself in violation of this treaty |
the Treaty of Versailles
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Yikes! A flame device that uses liquid butane is part of this "Beauty and the Beast" character's costume |
(Eric: What is the chandelier?)
Lumiere
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A card game participant, as in "Sir Nigel, we need a fourth" one "at whist" |
hand
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Mark first visited this city in 1872; in 1999 Shania played the Prince's Trust concert in Hyde Park there |
London
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Two-word name for the crime seen here in a Goya painting, or an informal term for overcharging |
highway robbery
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It's a 5-letter archaic word for "the truth"; a "sayer" of it speaks truth about the future |
sooth
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March 28, 1854: The U.K. & France declare war on Russia, beginning this war |
the Crimean War
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This musical features vaudeville cutie Baby June, who, in real life, grew up to be actress June Havoc |
(Alex: Yes, Gypsy Rose Lee's sister.)
Gypsy
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10 penny, 16 penny or 20 penny, for example |
a nail
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In 1870 Mark married the lovely Olivia Langdon; in 1993 Shania wed this adorable "mutt" |
Robert "Mutt" Lange
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In 2004 the U.S. government announced the first capital prosecution in a case involving smuggling these |
(Eric: What are computer disks?)
immigrants (into the U.S.)
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"Make a clean breast" & "go to pot" are in the "American Heritage Dictionary of" these, which give ESL students fits |
idioms
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March 1967: She, Joseph Stalin's last surviving child, asks for asylum at the U.S. embassy in New Delhi |
Svetlana Stalin
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To tease, or a primary vein of a leaf |
(Mike: What is... a needle?)
a rib
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Shania's self-titled debut went gold in 1996; in 1873 Mark's first novel had this "golden"-sounding title |
The Gilded Age
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It's a form of extortion or blackmail under the guise of keeping you or your business safe |
protection
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Solipsism says that the self is the only reality; this -ism is a general term for a verbal impropriety |
(Eric: What is malapropism?)
solecism
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