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| In an argument about building Rome, he killed Remus |
[NOTE: This was the 310,000th clue entered into the J! Archive, on 2016-07-06.]
Romulus
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| This city's international film festival presents Golden Space Needle Awards |
Seattle
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| A rattlesnake named for how it moves, or a person who's a real snake in the grass |
sidewinder
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| Shun-chih was about 6 yrs. old when he became the 1st Manchu emperor of this country in 1644 |
China
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| From the theory that "like produces like", it was thought you could get these by touching a toad |
warts
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| This MGM lion's roar was first heard in the 1928 film "White Shadows in the South Seas" |
(Alex: We've got a minute to go.)
Leo
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| Sacred to the Muses, the fountain called Hippocrene was created by this winged horse |
Pegasus
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| Alan Alda's father Robert Alda won a Tony for playing Sky Masterson in this musical |
Guys and Dolls
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| These "hooded" snakes are responsible for about 10,000 deaths a year in India |
cobras
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| Juan Martinez Montanes, a sculptor from this country, was admired for his wood carving |
Spain
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| This cross-eyed lion starred in his own 1965 movie & in the TV series "Daktari" |
[The end-of-round signal sounds.]
Clarence
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| Believing his beloved Thisbe to be dead, he killed himself with his sword |
Pyramus
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| Ketti Frings won a 1958 Pulitzer Prize for a play based on this Thomas Wolfe novel |
(Bruce: What is You Can't Go Home Again?)
Look Homeward, Angel
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| General term for the kind of snake whose squeeze can kill |
constrictors
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| The Marquise de Montespan, a mistress of this "Sun King", was rumored to be involved with witchcraft |
Louis XIV
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| It's said that any woman who refuses to be kissed under this Christmas shrub will end up an old maid |
mistletoe
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| Joy Adamson wrote about this lioness in 2 books, "Born Free" & "Living Free" |
Elsa
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| She came to life after Pygmalion created her as a statue |
Galatea
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| After this 37-year-old producer died in 1936, the Motion Picture Academy named an award in his honor |
(Irving) Thalberg
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| This snake, rivaled only by the anaconda in size, has been known to swallow a 130-lb impala |
python
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| Oliver Cromwell was buried secretly in this church weeks before his state funeral |
Westminster Abbey
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| A ring around the moon is supposed to mean this type of weather is coming |
rain
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| Patience & Fortitude are the 2 lion statues in front of this New York City building |
the Library
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| He was the father of six of the twelve Olympians, including Zeus, Hades & Hera |
Cronus
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| The NAACP awarded its Spingarn Medal to this diva in 1965 |
(Dave: Who is Marian Anderson?)
Leontyne Price
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| The largest countries with no snakes are New Zealand & these 2 North Atlantic island nations |
(Bruce: What are Greenland & Iceland?)
Iceland & Ireland
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| This father of Cotton Mather married his own stepsister, Maria Cotton, in 1622 |
Increase Mather
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| If your ears start to ring it's supposed to mean someone is doing this |
talking about you
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| Since 1904 this lion has served as the symbol for Penn State's athletic teams |
Nittany Lion
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