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FOREIGN-BORN OSCAR WINNERS |
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Like Madame Tussauds, Paris' Musée Grévin primarily deals in exhibits of these |
wax figures
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New Zealand-born Russell Crowe received 3 straight Best Actor nominations, winning in 2001 for this film |
(Veronica: What is A Beautiful Mind?)
Gladiator
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Around 1080 Chinese scientist Shen Kuo made the first scientific mention of one of these magnetic devices |
the compass
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In line 2 of this poem, "The score stood four to two with but one inning more to play" |
"Casey at the Bat"
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Natural insulation found on a seal or whale |
blubber
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The Ancients associated this star's pre-dawn rising with the hottest months, giving rise to the term "dog days" |
Sirius
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Ruins from 2 Ancient Wonders of the World, the Temple of Artemis & the Mausoleum of Halicarnassus, are in London here |
the British Museum
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This Welsh-born man won a Supporting Actor Oscar for "The Fighter" |
Christian Bale
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In 1040 Scottish King Duncan I was slain in battle & this man known to readers of Shakespeare succeeded him |
Macbeth
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In a poem by William Blake, these 4 words precede the second line, "In the forests of the night" |
Tyger! Tyger! burning bright
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Adjective for a brook making a low, continuous murmur |
babbling
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One of the closest stars to the Sun, Barnard's Star can't be seen with the naked eye; it's in this colorful class of small, dim stars |
(Marlan: What are brown dwarfs?) (Veronica: What are white dwarfs?) (Alissa: What are blue stars?) (Alex: What are [*]?) [Audience laughter]
red dwarfs
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Zaragoza, Spain is home to a museum dedicated to this painter of "The Naked Maja" |
Goya
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Born in Vienna, he won a Best Supporting Actor Oscar for his role as Col. Hans Landa in "Inglourious Basterds" |
Christoph Waltz
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The Arabic-language "Canon of Medicine" recommends willow oil for head pain--willow, genus Salix, as in this common medicine of today |
aspirin
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Second line: "I love thee to the depth and breadth and height..."; first line: this |
How do I love thee
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It means to mishandle a football or baseball |
bobble
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On the morning of February 24, 1987 SN 1987A, one of these, appeared in the large Magellanic Cloud |
(Marlan: What is nova? [*]?) (Alex: Thank you.)
supernova
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Originally serving as a private gallery of art, the Hermitage Museum was founded by her in 1764 |
Catherine the Great
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Though born in Sweden, she won an Oscar for her supporting role in 2015's "The Danish Girl" |
Alicia Vikander
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This fortress & prison complex was begun around 1078 by William the Conqueror |
the Tower of London
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Its second line is "Over many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore" |
"The Raven"
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Clothing articles that gave their name to 1940s adolescent girls |
(Marlan: [Drops head] Ah. What are teenyboppers?) ... [The end-of-round signal sounds.]
bobby socks
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In 2016 the IAU renamed this 3-star system just 4.3 light years away Rigel Kentaurus |
Alpha Centauri
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The freeform titanium-sheathed Guggenheim Museum in this Spanish city is a work of art in itself |
Bilbao
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Jean Dujardin didn't have much to say in becoming the first Frenchman to win Best Actor, for this 2011 film |
The Artist
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Around 1071 construction was completed on this Venetian basilica said to house the remains of a Gospel writer |
(Alissa: What is St. Peter's?)
St. Mark's
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Title of the poem with the second line "He is trampling out the vintage where the grapes of wrath are stored" |
"The Battle Hymn of the Republic"
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