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| His second wife was the former Nancy Davis |
Ronald Reagan
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| Considering the title of this Wham! song, the lyric "don't leave me hanging on like a yo-yo" had to happen |
"Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go"
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| "The Bells" features golden wedding bells & sledges with bells of this metal (might make a good Christmas carol) |
silver
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| It's the letter seen here in American Sign Language |
L
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| Largely gone since the 14th century is this system in which a fief holder took an oath in a ceremony called homage |
[The end-of-round signal sounds.]
the feudal system
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| "Cover me with kisses, baby, cover me with love" is a line in this Blondie song |
"Call Me"
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| In April 2013 the Chicago Sun-Times announced the death of this man who reviewed movies for the paper for 46 years |
(Roger) Ebert
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| This poem includes the line "much I marvelled this ungainly fowl to hear discourse so plainly" |
"The Raven"
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| A Roman numeral, or a symbol for a kiss |
X
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| This emperor's early 19th century blockade called the Continental System hurt British commerce for a few years |
Napoleon
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| When he divorced first wife Mileva in 1919, he promised to give her the money if he ever won a Nobel Prize (he won & paid) |
(Alex: James, are you thinking about changing category, perhaps?)
Albert Einstein
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| Carly Rae Jepsen personally okayed Holden Nowell as the co-star of the video for this song |
"Call Me Maybe"
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| Ohio's largest newspapers include The Blade of Toledo & this city's Beacon journal |
(Rani: What is Columbus?)
Akron
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| "And this was the reason that, long ago, in this kingdom by the sea, A wind blew out of a cloud, chilling my beautiful" her |
Annabel Lee
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| Notation for the least valuable chessman |
P
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| In 1601 the Banner System organized armies to conquer China & create this dynasty aka the Qing |
the Manchu Dynasty
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| He met Mary Godwin in 1812, but they didn't wed until 1816 because he was still married to his first wife, Harriet |
Percy Shelley
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| Back off! In 1981 The Police had proximity issues with this Top 10 hit |
"Don't Stand So Close To Me"
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| In 2013 this paper won a Pulitzer for its breaking news coverage of the Aurora theater shooting |
(James: What is The Star?) ... (Alex: Less than a minute to go, now.)
The Denver Post
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| The violent killings of an old woman & her daughter are the title crimes of this detective story |
(James: What are The Murders of Rue Morgue?)
(The) Murders in the Rue Morgue
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| It's the 4th tone in the scale of C major |
F
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| In the 1960s the British ditched this system that used feet & pounds |
the Imperial System
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| In an HBO movie, Nicole Kidman played this war correspondent, Hemingway's third wife |
Martha Gellhorn
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| This No. 1 hit by Pink begins, "Right from the start you were a thief, you stole my heart" |
"Just Give Me A Reason"
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| This media company owns over 80 newspapers, including USA Today & the Des Moines Register |
Gannett
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| The narrator of "The Tell-Tale Heart" hears a low, dull sound--"such a sound as a watch makes when enveloped in" this |
cotton
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| Chemically, it's the symbol for tungsten |
W
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