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Sulfur compounds in polluted air cause silver to do this |
(John: What is oxidize?)
tarnish
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At the Oscars, he lost out as actor & director for "Kane" but shared Best Original Screenplay |
Orson Welles
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A vote in the affirmative |
aye (I)
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Jeff Davis, a horse he acquired during the Civil War, later accompanied him to the White House |
Ulysses S. Grant
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Ralph, nicknamed "Bottles", was the brother of this gangster, nicknamed "Scarface" |
Al Capone
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It sounds like a thousand million, but it's an overall term for gold considered in mass rather than in value |
(Sandra: What is a trillion?)
bullion
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This actress whose career is caricatured in "Kane" was played by Kirsten Dunst in 2002's "The Cat's Meow" |
Marion Davies
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A lunar mare, Tranquility is one |
sea (C)
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The Lincolns' menagerie included rabbits, horses & 2 of these named Nanko & Nanny |
goats
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Sheriff Pat Garrett said this crook's "face always wore a smile" |
Billy the Kid
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This synonym for jousting that sounds like a pinball term refers to the barrier between the opponents |
tilting
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The world's largest gold field is in the Witwatersrand region of this country |
South Africa
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The film opens at this vast, gloomy Kane estate |
Xanadu
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A football is placed on it in preparation for the kickoff |
tee (T)
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Barney, George W. Bush's Scottish terrier, was a gift from this New Jersey governor, now head of the EPA |
Christine Todd Whitman
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In 1868 the Reno Brothers robbed one of these in Indiana, years before the James Gang did it out west |
(John: What is a bank?)
train
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In this 2001 film Heath Ledger is a peasant who vows to become a knight by jousting his way to the top |
(Alex: And we have a minute to go.)
A Knight's Tale
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Some newborns' eyes are treated with a mild solution of this chemical to prevent blindness |
silver nitrate
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Not Hearst but this MGM mogul offered to pay $800,000, the cost of the film, to have it destroyed |
Louis B. Mayer
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At this social gathering people combine amusement & competition while making such things as quilts |
bee (B)
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Charlie, one of the Kennedys' dogs, was a distant offspring of the dog that played this role in "The Thin Man" |
Asta
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The Queen Anne's Revenge was a ship of this pirate, whose whole known career lasted from 1716 to 1718 |
Blackbeard
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Today, joust fans, a bloody treat! Sir Harry has challenged Sir Gary to battle "a outrance", which means this |
to the death
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On August 17, 1896 gold was discovered in Bonanza Creek, a tributary of this Yukon Territory river |
(John: What is Yellowknife?)
the Klondike
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It's Kane's full name |
Charles Foster Kane
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In the names of birds, it follows Steller's, pinyon, gray & blue |
jay (J)
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He kept some of his favorite racing fillies at the White House, including Emily & Lady Nashville |
Andrew Jackson
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2 months after Bonnie & Clyde were shot down in Louisiana, he got it outside the Biograph in Chicago |
John Dillinger
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Most jousting was unregulated & illegal until given official sanction for the first time by this English king in 1194 A.D. |
(Laura: Who is King William I?)
Richard I
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