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Music superstar Rihanna was born in 1988 in the parish of Saint Michael in this Caribbean island country |
Barbados
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The battle of this elevated spot took place in June 1775 after the Yanks fortified it, threatening the British position |
Bunker Hill
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This synonym for confidence can be found before "healer" & after "defender of the" |
faith
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Thomas Hardy promised his editor a pastoral novel & indeed set it, as the title says, "Far from" this group |
(Liz: What is the Maddening Crowd?)
the Madding Crowd
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You've hit this hard piece of nature "bottom" at your lowest point |
rock
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Perhaps to enjoy with your caviar, Beluga Noble |
Russia
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At age 16, Rihanna signed with Def Jam Records, then run by this man, & moved to his label a few years later |
(Ken: Yes, you certainly know your Rihanna, Liz.)
Jay-Z
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During the Galveston hurricane of 1900, Isaac Cline had this job & lost much of his reputation as well as his wife in the storm |
meteorologist
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Ask with confidence in this classic game, "Was it Plum with the dagger in the study?"; you might be wrong, but be confident! |
Clue
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Passionate & a bit on the dark side, "The Giaour" in a poem by this lord & romantic is truly a him-ic hero |
Lord Byron
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You've scraped "the bottom of" this container at your lowest point |
the barrel
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Tito's |
(Ken: [Prior to reading the clue] Finishing the vodka--I mean the category.) [Laughter]
the United States
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Rihanna's last name, it's on the beauty line that helped make her a billionaire |
Fenty
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A 1756 incident saw numerous Europeans die in this dungeon in India |
the Black Hole of Calcutta
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Facing a trial in 399 B.C., this philosopher was confident he was a good man & could not be harmed (he could, & he certainly was) |
Socrates
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In "A Room with a View", the view isn't of England but of this country |
(Ken: Yeah, they're in Florence.)
Italy
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A New Yorker parody detailed the product liability lawsuit against this "top" company by "Mr. Wile E. Coyote, a resident of Arizona" |
Acme
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Sobieski |
(Liz: What is Sweden?)
Poland
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Rihanna played a hacker helping with a heist at the Met Gala in this movie that took a male series to the distaff side |
Ocean's 8
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In the 1650s this French king danced in ballets, some of which lasted for 12 hours |
Louis XIV
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A Shakespeare character asks, "Does he not hold up his head, as it were, and" this 5-letter confident walk "in his gait?" |
strut
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In Sir Walter Scott's "Castle Dangerous", which is book good, the castle is defended in 1306 against this Scottish king |
Robert the Bruce
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This word meaning situated beneath the Earth's surface also precedes "regions" about more, shall we say, sensitive body areas |
nether
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Rihanna's girl songs include "Selfish Girl", "A Girl Like Me", & signaling a new edgy image, "Good Girl..." these 2 words |
"Gone Bad"
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He peaked in power as Lord Privy Seal in 1536, fell from power, was executed & had his reputation revived by the late Hilary Mantel |
(Jesse: Who is Marco Polo?) (Ken: No, I'm sorry, Liz is smiling, I think she read the book--Who is [*]?)
Thomas Cromwell
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With "each depositor insured to at least $250,000", this.gov says its "official teller sign... is a symbol of confidence" |
FDIC
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As the title suggests, this D.H. Lawrence novel recounts the romantic affairs of sisters Gudrun & Ursula |
Women in Love
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This 6-letter word refers to the zenith or farthest point, such as the point where the Moon is farthest from the Earth |
(Ken: You don't seem sure, but that's right.)
the apogee
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Referring to a line of latitude that runs through it, 42 Below |
(Ken: I'm sure one of the finer vodkas of [*].)
New Zealand
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