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Picasso's patrons included this expatriate American writer & her brother Leo |
Gertrude Stein
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Puttin' the biscuit in the basket, this "Great One" is the NHL's regular-season goals leader with 894 |
Wayne Gretzky
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California's Fort Irwin, the National Training Center, covers a Rhode Island-sized area in this desert |
the Mojave
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One of FedEx's original 13 Falcon jets from 1973 is in this Smithsonian museum; they've gone to bigger aircraft |
the National Air and Space Museum
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This dairyman ponders what it would be like "if I were a rich man" |
(Nancy: What is T-E-V-Y-A?)
T-E-V-Y-E
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"My Oberon! What visions have I seen! Methought I was enamoured of an ass" can be heard in this play |
A Midsummer Night's Dream
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Luca Della Robbia was famous for his reliefs in this type of clay earthenware |
terra cotta
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We'll "Award" you $800 for knowing this pitcher is number 1 with 511 career wins (but also tops in losses with 316) |
Cy Young
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The name of this Texas Air Defense training base implies that its soldiers are completely happy |
Fort Bliss
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Open since 1900, it's been overshadowed by newer versions for baseball, rock & roll, cowboys, etc. |
Halls of Fame
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Martin Dysart psychoanalyzes a boy who's been re-creating the centaur myth in this drama |
(Nathan: I don't know.)
E-Q-U-U-S
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Bust out your Latin to translate "I think, therefore I am" |
Cogito ergo sum
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This "Grand" Parisian theatre shares its name with the French equivalent of the British puppet Punch |
Guignol
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In 1961-62 this ex-Globetrotter averaged (averaged!) 50.4 points per game |
Wilt Chamberlain
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The hotel that Chester Nimitz' grandfather founded in Texas is in the shape of one of these |
a steamboat
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This inspector relentlessly pursues Le Miserable Jean Valjean |
J-A-V-E-R-T
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In diploma-speak, it's the highest of 3 special honors for grades above average |
Summa Cum Laude
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The black lace made in the town of Chantilly was exported to Spain & made into these Spanish head coverings |
(Alex: With a minute to go.)
mantillas
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In 1967 this NASCAR "king" won 27 races to set the single-season standard |
Richard Petty
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Service branch with a San Diego recruit depot & a Yuma air station |
[The end-of-round signal sounds.]
Marines
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Fred Hervey bought the Kay's food store chain & expanded it under this geometrical name |
Circle K
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This "Beauty and the Beast" character is an enchanted candlestick played by Peter Flynn |
L-U-M-I-E-R-E
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A common mineral used to make plaster of Paris |
gypsum
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This Scottish-American born in 1768 helped define the federal style of furniture |
(Nancy: Who is Chippendale?)
Duncan Phyfe
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In 1952 Dick Lane, who sported this nickname, set an NFL record with 14 interceptions in a season |
Dick "Night Train" Lane
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This Missouri fort is named for Teddy Roosevelt's superior officer in Cuba |
(Nancy: [Shrugs])
Fort Leonard Wood
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Had the photo seen here been taken in the 1920s, these four additional letters would've appeared at the right |
L, A, N and D
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Don Quixote, the "Man of La Mancha", worships her as "Dulcinea" |
A-L-D-O-N-Z-A
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A shrub or small tree in the cashew family having milky sap |
sumac
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