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    | Act IV of the opera "Moses in Egypt" features the miraculous parting of this sea | the Red Sea 
 
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    | He admitted that he didn't read all of "The Lord of the Rings" before agreeing to play Frodo | (Alex: Minute to go now.) 
 Elijah Wood
 
 
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    | This Roman god shares his name with the smallest planet in our solar system | Pluto 
 
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    | White, shell, yolk | parts of an egg 
 
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    | Contrary to myth, Washington didn't throw one of these across the Potomac; there weren't any when he was young | silver dollar 
 
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    | Have belief in your power to spell... | (Alex: I'll have to caution you to phrase it in the form of a question, but I'm in a nice mood today!) 
 C-O-N-F-I-D-E-N-C-E
 
 
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    | In the 1983 opera named for him, this saint of Assisi preaches a sermon to the birds | St. Francis of Assisi 
 
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    | Believing in his "Will" power, he said, "If I set my mind to it, within...15 years, I would be the president" | Will Smith 
 
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    | Of a dragon, a horse or a lion, the type of animal that the winged mythical creature Pegasus was | horse 
 
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    | Baby grand, professional grand,
 concert grand
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    | In 1774 New Jerseyites dressed as Indians burned this in Greenwich; a similar "Party" occurred earlier in Boston | tea 
 
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    | Inquisitive minds will know how to spell... | (Anissa: C-U-R-I-O-U-S-T-Y?) (Alex: Remember to phrase it in the form of a question!)
 (Neal: What is C-O-U-R-I-S-T-Y?)
 
 C-U-R-I-O-S-I-T-Y
 
 
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    | "Ib and Little Christina" & "The Emperor's New Clothes" are operas based on his fairy tales | Hans Christian Andersen 
 
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    | When his kids ask him to talk like his "Shrek" donkey character, "it depends on what mood" they catch him in | (Anissa: Who is Mike Myers?) ...
 [The end-of-round signal sounds.]
 
 Eddie Murphy
 
 
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    | Also the name of a city in Arizona, this mythical bird dies in a fire & is reborn from the ashes | the Phoenix 
 
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    | Frosted Flakes, Expectations,
 Australia's Barrier Reef
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 things that are Great
 
 
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    | In 1901 the Senate ratified the Hay-Pauncefote Treaty, allowing the U.S. to build this in Central America | the Panama Canal 
 
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    | One of your skills is spelling... | A-C-C-O-M-P-L-I-S-H-M-E-N-T 
 
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    | A story by Edgar Allan Poe inspired Philip Glass' opera "The Fall of the House of" this | (Anissa: What are Burgesses?) 
 Usher
 
 
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    | This Roman messenger god is also the name of a liquid metal | Mercury 
 
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    | Decks of cards, baseball parks,
 engagement rings
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    | On May 1, 1898 Commodore Dewey defeated the Spanish Pacific fleet at the battle of this Philippine bay | Manila Bay 
 
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    | The first woman in Greek mythology, she opens a box & lets out all the world's evils | Pandora 
 
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    | Stanley, Dixie,
 suction
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    | On May 10, 1692 this colony founded by Cecil Calvert made the Anglican Church its official church | (Anissa: What is Plymouth?) 
 Maryland
 
 
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