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| It's alleged that from Nov. '65 - Feb. '86 this couple stole $5-10 billion of their gov't funds |
Marcoses
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| Lindbergh wasn't the 1st to fly the Atlantic, but he was the 1st to do it this way |
non-stop (solo)
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| NBC found "No problem" in this alien's 1st cartoon season, so they've added another 1/2 hour to the TV show |
(Alex: Right and we've got less than a minute.)
Alf
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| George's older brother & frequent collaborator on lyrics |
Ira
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| In the 20th c. this Asian country has suffered the most deaths from earthquakes, over half a million |
China
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| Every October Albuquerque hosts the world's largest race of these |
hot air balloons
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| This 70-year-old cat will soon be seen in his 1st full-length feature cartoon |
Felix
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| "When You Want 'Em You Can't Get 'Em" in 1916, for which he received $5 |
the first song Gershwin sold (first published)
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| On June 10, 1935 Bill W. & Dr. Bob founded this self-help organization in Akron, Ohio |
Alcoholic Anonymous
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| A sky surfer "surfs" on one of these |
(Kathryn: What are thermal air currents? Or hot air, winds.) (Alex: What we're going for here is the instrument he uses.) ... [The end-of-round signal sounds.]
a glider or sail plane
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| This character didn't speak until his "New Adventures" on CBS in 1987; before that he only sang |
Mighty Mouse
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| Despite popular legend, Gershwin didn't go to Europe to write this but sketched it out in New York |
An American In Paris
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| 2 of 3 countries that came under full communist control in 1975 |
(Alex: [sternly kidding] Harriet! I asked for 2; you gave me 3.) (Harriet: Oh.) (Alex: You're right on all three.) [Laughter and applause] (Alex: You're just trying to show off, I know. Well done.)
(2 of) Vietnam, Cambodia, & Laos
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| Claiming she was misrepresented, she sued the ghostwriter of her autobiography "Ecstasy and Me" |
Hedy Lamarr
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| Only article of clothing regularly worn by Bugs Bunny |
white gloves
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| Rachmaninoff, Stravinsky, Victor Herbert & J.P. Sousa went to its premiere on Lincoln's birthday, 1924 |
Rhapsody In Blue
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| Hitler spent 9 months in jail when this attempt to seize the Bavarian state gov't failed in 1923 |
(Kathryn: [*]? P-U-T-S-C-H.) (Alex: You didn't have to spell it.) (Kathryn: I'm not sure how to pronounce it.) (Alex: You pronounced it very well.)
(Beerhall) Putsch
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| "The Street Where I Live" |
Alan Jay Lerner
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| The voice of Waldo Wigglesworth on Hoppity Hooper, he's best remembered as Uncle Tonoose |
Hans Conried
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| To get the right atmosphere for "Porgy & Bess", Gershwin spent time in this state, the opera's setting |
(Alex: Charleston is the setting; [*] is the state.)
South Carolina
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