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SHAKESPEARE'S OPENING LINES |
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In 1906 Socialist Keir Hardie became this current party's first leader in Parliament |
the Labor Party
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Neil Simon's brother Danny roomed with a friend after a divorce, inspiring a Broadway hit & this sitcom |
The Odd Couple
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Prologue: "In Troy there lies the scene" |
(Michael: What is Pericles?)
Troilus and Cressida
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Since losing its light bulb patents, it has brought to life atomic reactors used to power submarines |
General Electric
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Taller athletes can be at risk of fatal cardiomyopathy, an enlargement of this |
the heart
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The true one of these unfortunate birds had the scientific name Raphus cucullatus |
a dodo
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"Everything for everybody everywhere" was a modest motto of this London department store |
Harrod's
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This series was inspired by the life & legal career of actress Amy Brenneman's mother |
Judging Amy
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Duke Orsino: "If music be the food of love, play on" |
Twelfth Night
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Sumner Redstone heads up this company whose properties include MTV, VH1, Nick & Paramount |
Viacom
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The inquest finds the cause of death to be hypoxic encephalopathy, a lack of oxygen to this organ |
[Alex trips over the pronunciation of "encephalopathy" in reading the clue.] ... (Alex: [After Jaime gives the correct response] Yes, that's what I just had!) [Laughter]
the brain
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It's Hawaiian for snacks or appetizers often served on a platter |
pupu
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This "royal" London hub from which the Hogwarts Express departs was the scene of tragedy on July 7, 2005 |
King's Cross
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Allison DuBois, the heroine of this series, is based on a real-life psychic named... Allison DuBois |
Medium
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Antonio: "In sooth I know not why I am so sad. It wearies me, you say it wearies you" |
The Merchant of Venice
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Jeno Paulucci founded this company in 1947 to sell cans of chicken chow mein |
(Don: What is Gino's Pizza?) (Jaime: What is La Choy?)
the Chun-King Company
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Coroner's verdict: the accident led to exsanguination, death by a complete loss of this |
blood
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This disease of the peripheral nerves is caused by a deficiency of vitamin B1 |
beriberi
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In 1759 Francis Gastrell, enraged by a stream of visitors to his house in this town, destroyed the house |
(Alex: And that was in [*]. People coming by to, uh, visit Shakespeare's old place.) [The end-of-round signal sounds.]
Stratford-on-Avon
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Leonato: "I learn in this letter that Don Pedro of Arragon comes this night to Messina" |
(Alex: And therefore there will be [*]. Who likes him? Nobody.)
Much Ado About Nothing
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In 1908 Camillo Olivetti opened a plant in Italy to manufacture these |
typewriters
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Looking like a bubble on a hose, this aortic dilatation caused by a weakening of the vessel wall led to the death |
an aneurysm
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Chichi & this other term from the French both refer to elaborate, showy decoration |
(Jaime: What is fufu?) (Alex: Say it again.) (Jaime: What is fufu?) (Alex: No.)
froufrou
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Creator Marc Cherry has said that Bree Van de Kamp on this series is based in part on his mom |
Desperate Housewives
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Valentine: "Cease to persuade, my loving Proteus; home-keeping youth have ever homely wits" |
(Alex: I'd bet you if had given you the opening line to Richard III, you'd have gotten it. These, of course, were lesser-known.)
Two Gentlemen of Verona
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In 1937 this French leather-goods maker produced its first silk scarf |
Hermes
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An acute disease of the lungs marked by difficult breathing & fever, lobar this, did the guy in |
pneumonia
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A classic 1900 book says he "was not gray; he was a little black dog with long, silky hair" |
(Michael: I don't have it. I don't have it.) (Alex: From The Wizard of Oz...) (Michael: Oh, of course!)
Toto
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