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| THE MOVIE WHERE KEANU PLAYED... |
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| Menkaure, who died around 2465 B.C., has one of these as his tomb |
pyramid
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| LAPD bomb expert Jack Traven |
Speed
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| "So sue me!", this man might have said when warned about oncoming danger in 1876 |
Custer
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| At 16, this future commodore got his sea legs when he started a Manhattan-to-Staten Island ferry service |
(Chris: Who is Commodore Perry?)
(Cornelius) Vanderbilt
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| Handy oboists learn to cut these to their personal preference out of pieces of cane |
reeds
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| "Titanic" includes the exchange "This ship can't sink!" -- "She is made of" this, "Sir. I assure you she can" |
(Alex: Minute to go, William.)
iron
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| In 2001 at this city's Domkirke Crown Prince Haakon married a single mother & former waitress |
(Chris: What is Copenhagen?)
Oslo
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| FBI special agent & surfer Johnny Utah |
Point Break
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| This author's 1852 work helped inspire opposition to slavery in America |
Harriet Beecher Stowe
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| It landed on Mars on July 20, 1976 |
Viking
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| The oboe represents a duck in this orchestral "Tale for Children" by Prokofiev |
Peter and the Wolf
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| The objects seen here are made from this super-expensive metal, discovered in 1557 |
(William: What is titanium?)
platinum
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| Future religion founder Prince Siddhartha |
Little Buddha
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| He's the Brit seen here years before he was prime minister |
Winston Churchill
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| The highlight of the Classical period repertoire is his Oboe & Strings Quartet of 1781 |
Mozart
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| The soft ones are made from high-water-content polymers like hydroxyethylmethacrylate |
(Bobbie: What are plastics?)
contact lenses
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| English folk still leave flowers at the spot where King Harold fell in this battle |
Hastings
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| Young attorney Kevin Lomax, who's just moved to New York City |
The Devil's Advocate
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| He's been called the final victim of the reign of terror he helped start |
Robespierre
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| Ritz Carlton chef Louis Diat invented this soup around 1910 & named it for a city near his home in France |
(Alex: Anything?) (Chris: No, I'm sorry.)
Vichyssoise
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| The oboe once had 6 finger pieces & just 2 of these, but added more of these over the centuries |
(Bobbie: What are valves?)
keys
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| "In the Big Rock Candy Mountain, the jails are made of" this; "you can slip right out again as soon as they put you in" |
tin
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| 47 yards across, the compass seen here at Sagres, Portugal is said to have been used by this 15th century prince |
Prince Henry the Navigator
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| Substitute football player Shane Falco |
The Replacements
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| From the length of time she was queen, the original 9-day wonder seen here |
Lady Jane Grey
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| 16th century Flemish "Father of Modern Anatomy" |
Vesalius
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| The oboe concerto heard here is by this Italian concerto master |
Vivaldi
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| Gumboots are made primarily of this (do not say gum) |
rubber
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