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  | MOVIE TITLES GET RELIGION |  |
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    | Touring England in 1887, the Wild West show begun by this man was so exciting, Queen Victoria saw it multiple times | (Johnny: Who is Wild Bill... Hickok?) 
 (Buffalo) Bill Cody
 
 
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    | This island famous for its huge stone carvings is about 2,200 miles west of Chile | Easter Island 
 
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    | This canary puts up with a "bad ol' puddy tat"--Sylvester | Tweety Bird 
 
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    | Babe Ruth & Al Capone figure in "One Summer", Bill Bryson's chronicle of this year ending in 7 | 1927 
 
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    | In the title of a 1957 movie that reworks G.B. Shaw's original text, this word precedes "Joan" | saint 
 
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    | Navy rank equal to an Army 2nd looie | an ensign 
 
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    | On Oct. 24, 1962 it was showtime at the Apollo for this "Godfather of Soul" when he taped a live album | James Brown 
 
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    | 2 R.N. ships named HMS Invincible saw action in these south Atlantic islands, one in WWI & the second, 68 years later | the Falklands 
 
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    | It's 2 below par on a single hole in golf | an eagle 
 
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    | This university's "Civil War" is about the 20th Massachusetts volunteer infantry & its many officers from that school | Harvard 
 
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    | Paul Bettany was the title cleric tracking down a niece who was kidnapped by vampires in this 2011 film | Priest 
 
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    | To grind your molars together in rage | to gnash 
 
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    | 2-word term for the equestrian event that involves a series of obstacles in an arena that must be leapt over | show jumping 
 
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    | First included on a map in 1351, this Atlantic ocean group has 9 main islands | the Azores 
 
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    | In the stories of Jason & the Argonauts, these horrible creatures are represented as birds with the faces of women | harpies 
 
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    | "At the Crossroads of Central Asia" is a chapter in a history of this trade route named for a fabric | the Silk Road 
 
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    | Christian Bale plays Moses in 2014's "Exodus:" these "and Kings" | gods 
 
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    | A supreme ruler like a monarch | sovereign 
 
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    | This 1926 novel chronicles 3 generations of a theatrical family who live & work on a steam-powered vessel | Show Boat 
 
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    | No man is an island, but the Isle of Man is found in this "national" sea | (Dimitri: Oh. What is the English Channel?) 
 the Irish Sea
 
 
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    | He was really good at painting birds--look for yourself | Audubon 
 
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    | A shelf essential is Thucydides' classic on this war | the Peloponnesian War 
 
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    | Mickey Rourke pontificates quite a bit as the title character in this NYC-set 1984 film | The Pope of Greenwich Village 
 
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    | To defame or slander | to malign 
 
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    | The Armory Show, a groundbreaking 1913 exhibition, introduced many Americans to the work of this impressionist | Renoir 
 
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    | Portuguese is widely spoken in Praia, the capital city of this island nation off the west coast of Africa | Cape Verde 
 
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    | In Rossini's opera "La Gazza Ladra", a maid is accused of stealing silver, but the real thief turns out to be this title bird | (Alex: The Thieving [*]. Less than a minute now.) 
 a magpie
 
 
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    | People once left out of history books get their due in the prize-winning this family "of Monticello" | (Johnny: Who are the Jeffersons?) 
 the Hemings
 
 
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    | Robert Duvall wrote, directed & starred in this 1997 movie about a Texas preacher | The Apostle 
 
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    | A metamorphic rock rich in quartz; awww! That's...! | (Katy: What is igneous?) 
 gneiss
 
 
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