| WELCOME TO THE JUNGLE BOOK |  
   
 
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  | THE MOVIE ROLE HE WAS BORN TO PLAY |  
   
 
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    | This lord of the jungle books swung into print in October 1912 | 
    Tarzan
 
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    | Myasthenia gravis is a disease that affects nerves & voluntary these, like the ones that control chewing & swallowing | 
    (Doug: What are reflexes?)
  muscles
 
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    | Hard to make "Being" this actor without this actor; boy, John Cusack really got in his head | 
    John Malkovich
 
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    | The Boston variety of this plant has frilly leaves & long drooping fronds | 
    a fern
 
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    | Benevenuto Cellini was commissioned by Cosmo de Medici to create the statue of Perseus holding this Gorgon's head | 
    Medusa
 
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    | It can mean to discolor your silver or damage your reputation | 
    tarnish
 
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    | Killer gorillas rampage through this megaselling author/screenwriter/M.D.'s 1980 novel "Congo" | 
    Michael Crichton
 
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    | You can only get the D type of this liver infection if you already have the B type | 
    hepatitis
 
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    | Neil Patrick Harris was on the road & seein' unicorns as he drove this title duo who "Escape from Guantanamo Bay" | 
    Harold & Kumar
 
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    | This dessert consists of a 2-layer cake with a thick filling & chocolate icing | 
    Boston cream pie
 
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    | In 2014 he testified in court that a "flag" sculpture being sold for $11 million & said to be his was a fake | 
    (Jasper) Johns
 
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    | "What in" this euphemism for Hell | 
    tarnation
 
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    | Will Eisner created this jungle queen of the pulps in the 1930s, long before the Ramones | 
    Sheena, Queen of the Jungle
 
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    | Celiac disease involves an intolerance to this protein combination found in grains | 
    (Doug: What are [*]s?)
  gluten
 
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    | Really, who else but this guy could have played "JCVD" in 2008? | 
    Jean-Claude Van Damme
 
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    | Bostonians say it's the USA's oldest park; they also say its name is properly singular | 
    (Courtney: [Shakes head])
  the Boston Common
 
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    | In 1991 this sculptor and his wife installed 1,340 giant blue umbrellas over the Sato River Valley in Japan | 
    Christo
 
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    | Named for an Italian city, these creatures often live underground | 
    tarantulas
 
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    | In 1981, Paul Theroux got the itch to publish this novel set in the jungles of Central America | 
    The Mosquito Coast
 
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    | This, high blood pressure, contributes to the hardening of the arteries & damages the heart | 
    hypertension
 
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    | At James Franco's place, Michael Cera took his partying to unexpected levels until dying a horrific death in "This" 2013 comedy | 
    This is the End
 
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    | In 1985 the first restaurant in this chain opened in Newton, Massachusetts & focused on rotisserie chicken | 
    Boston Market
 
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    | As this is the last name 13th century sculptor Nicola, it makes sense that his work, seen here, is from a pulpit in Pisa | 
    Nicola Pisano
 
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    | The capital of Kiribati, it shares its name with a U.S. Navy aircraft carrier | 
    [Alex gives two pronunciations for "Kiribati" when reading the clue.]
  Tarawa
 
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    | Professor Challenger finds dinosaurs & adventure in the Amazon jungle in this Conan Doyle tale | 
    The Lost World
 
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    | The insipidus type of this endocrine disorder can affect the kidneys or the pituitary; the mellitus type is more common | 
    diabetes
 
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    | In "Zombieland", when asked, "So, do you have any regrets?" this man playing himself says, "'Garfield', maybe" | 
    Bill Murray
 
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    | A dog called Hooper's Judge is the ancestor of most of the modern dogs of this breed | 
    the Boston Terrier
 
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    | Teddy Roosevelt said, "The soldier, the cowboy and rancher, the Indian, will live for all time" in his bronzes | 
    (Courtney: Who is Borglum?)
  Frederic Remington
 
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    | Hats off to you if you know that in Egypt it's the equivalent of a fez | 
    a tarbush
 
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