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Gladiator who led Great Slave Revolt against Rome, 73-71 B.C. |
Spartacus
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In 1959, the U.S. "Savannah" was 1st merchant ship to use this type of power |
nuclear power
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The brightest object in the Earth's night sky |
the moon
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The Germans sent him to Russia in a sealed train so he could take part in the revolution |
Lenin
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Title song of "Peanuts" play |
"You're A Good Man, Charlie Brown"
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Winner of the Peloponnesian war |
(Greg: Who was Greece?) (Paul: Who was Athens?)
Sparta
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The largest & fastest sailing vessels, one famous example was the "Cutty Sark" |
(Greg: I can't think of it.)
the clipper ships
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Noticed for 100 years, but thought to be a star, this 7th planet was discovered in 1781 |
Uranus
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The czarina believed only this "Mad Monk" could heal her son's hemophilia |
Rasputin
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When "she's your tootsey wootsey" |
"In The Good Old Summertime"
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The king of Syracuse hung a sword suspended by 1 hair over his head |
Damocles
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About 3200 B.C. this civilization invented sails |
(Paul: who are the Phoenicians?)
the Egyptians
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Exploded star, or a Chevrolet car |
(Cathy: What's a comet?)
a nova
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Score from this '65 film set against the Russian Revolution won two Oscars:
[Instrumental music plays] |
Doctor Zhivago
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It was whistled while Clint Eastwood worked in a '67 Italian western |
(Cathy: [whistles])
"The Good, The Bad, & The Ugly"
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Philosopher who walked with a lantern in daylight, looking for an honest man |
Diogenes
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In the Army, officer who provides supplies, but on ships, the petty officer who maintains the bridge |
(Alex: And what is your position in the Marines?) (Paul: I'm a supply man.) (Alex: Supply, yes. Okay. I wanted the folks at home to know that.) (Paul: I try to keep off boats, though.)
the quartermaster
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Word meaning "mist", it comes in shapes like crab, veil and ring |
(Alex: And we've got less than a minute to go in the round.)
nebula
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Chekhov work named for a mother's brother |
(Greg: Um...) [The end-of-round signal sounds.]
Uncle Vanya
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Communist theorist who believed Russia would be among last European nations to go Communist |
Karl Marx
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A Mellencamp sellin' champ from '82 |
"Hurts So Good"
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According to the Bible, Jonah preached in Nineveh, capital of this empire |
(Paul: What was the Persian Empire?)
Assyria
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These were not initiated for vessels until packet ships began using them in 1818 |
regular schedules
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The center of Ptolemy's universe |
the Earth
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Period of English drama named for James I & written during his reign |
Jacobean
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Founder of Red Army, & 2nd ranking Bolshevik |
Trotsky
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Shirley & Lee's biggest hit in both 1956 & 1960 |
"Let The Good Times Roll"
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