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| Sportswriter Grantland Rice wrote that the "Great Scorer" marks "Not that you won or lost" but this |
How you played the game
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| Operation Lifesaver encourages drivers to "Look, Listen... and Live!" when crossing these |
railroad/train tracks
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| In a poem by Ann & Jane Taylor, it's "Like a diamond in the sky" |
"Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star"
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| Charlie "Bird" Parker was self-taught on this musical instrument he got from his mother at age 11 |
Saxophone
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| When Lindbergh took this plane on a test flight, he set a California-to-New York speed record |
Spirit of St. Louis
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| This cub reporter was created for the radio series & later added to the comic book |
Jimmy Olsen
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| (Hi, I'm Wolf Blitzer.) From 1990 to 1992 my beat for CNN was this building where I had to see all sides of an issue, not just 5 |
Pentagon
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| If you hear this shout on a golf course, look up for incoming golf balls |
"Fore!"
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| Over 90 nations have agreed to a total ban on CFCs by the year 2000 to protect this atmospheric layer |
Ozone layer
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| This director's 1988 film, "Bird", won an Oscar for Sound Recording |
Clint Eastwood
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He flew his famous guests to San Simeon in the Vultee V1-A seen here: ("Lady Peace II") |
William Randolph Hearst
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| In 1997 it was announced this "Con Air" star would don tights for Tim Burton's Superman film |
Nicolas Cage
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| His book "Another City, Not My Own" is based on his time covering the Simpson trial for Vanity Fair |
Dominick Dunne
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| This 1989 film seen here inspired 2 sequels: |
[Co-starring Kirstie Alley]
Look Who's Talking
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| Soaring object in the title of the following: |
[Sometimes you're told to "Go fly" one.]
a kite
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| Dizzy Gillespie, Parker & others developed this new style of jazz at Minton's Playhouse, a NYC nightclub |
Bebop
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| The Gossamer Albatross was the first plane powered by one of these to cross the English Channel |
(A: What is wind?) (Alex: Pedaling away, I believe, if I remember correctly.)
Person
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| Rumor says he was set to do another season of "Superman" when he was shot June 16, 1959 |
George Reeves
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| Roscoe was the middle name of this man known for his calm radio reportage during WWII |
Edward R. Murrow
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| The card seen here is used to test for the red-green variety of this condition: |
Colorblindness
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| The name of these electric lines doesn't mean they're tight, but have great voltage |
High-tension lines
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| This musical bird "study" by Parker was based on the chord progressions of "How High the Moon" |
"Ornithology"
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| In 1954 the Convair XFY-1 became the first plane to make a VTOL -- this kind of take-off & landing |
Vertical
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| The famous cover of Action Comics No. 1 shows Superman lifting one of these |
Car
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| This king of gonzo journalism wrote of "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas" & in the 1972 campaign |
Hunter S. Thompson
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| Lookout Mountain just south of this southern Tennessee city offers tourists a view of 7 states |
Chattanooga
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| This troubled space station, built 12 years ago, was only supposed to be in use for 5 years |
(we have about a minute to go...)
Mir
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| Due to Parker's prominence, this leading New York City jazz club was named for him |
Birdland
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| Introduced in 1944, this company's ME262 was the first jet combat plane |
Messerschmitt
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| Superman has 2 sets of parents: Jonathan & Martha in Kansas, & Lara & this father on Krypton |
Jor-El
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