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| "In the crook of Bond's arm... she said, not in a gangster's voice... 'Will you write to me in Sing Sing?"' |
(Ian) Fleming
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| Preceding Madre & Nevada, it's Spanish for a jagged mountain chain |
Sierra
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| (Hi, I'm Kevin Hart.) My inspirations for standup comedy include Chappelle, Pryor, Rock & this mentor & friend; the "Ice Creaaaam!" bit alone in "Delirious" in 1983, legendary |
Eddie Murphy
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| It doesn't affect me adversely, so it's "No skin" from here |
off my nose
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| A river in Germany gave its name to this shiny artificial gem that's often cut to look like a diamond |
a rhinestone
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| "'District twelve. where you can starve to death in safety,' I mutter" |
(Suzanne) Collins
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| It makes the Gran Turismo & the Quattroporte |
(Lindsay: What is...) (Alex: Say it.) (Lindsay: Oh, it's an Impala, I know it.)
Maserati
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| Brücke is German for this structure |
a bridge
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| In 2002 she won an Oscar for "Monster's Ball" |
Halle Berry
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| To do or say the most fitting thing is to do this construction task with a tool to a fastener |
(Alex: With a hammer, of course.)
hitting the nail on the head
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| Since the 1980s this country has had a shiny gold coin called the nugget; one version shows a wallaby |
Australia
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| "'He bears no letter of infamy wrought into his garment, as thou dost"' |
Hawthorne
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| In 1914 a brand name was born when he raced cars up Aston Hill |
(Lionel) Martin
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| Before Frio & San Lucas, it means cape |
Cabo
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| Tracee Ellis Ross of "black-ish" is the daughter of this supreme-ly talented woman |
Diana Ross
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| A wartime idiom & song says, "Praise the Lord & pass" this |
the ammunition
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| This 9-letter adjective can mean both showing great intelligence or shining brightly |
brilliant
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| "He told her how he had listened to the sweet song of the sirens; how he had sailed by the wandering rocks, by dread Charybdis" |
Homer
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| In 1969 Ford saddled up this Mustang stablemate |
Maverick
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| In Chinese: he, as in Huang He |
a river
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| She was hilarious in 2009, headlining the first White House Correspondents' Dinner under President Obama |
(Wanda) Sykes
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| I'm going to expose a scandal! So I'll be doing this action involving a device that emits a high-pitched sound |
a whistle blower, blowing a whistle
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| In Reagan's 34th & final speech from the Oval Office, he reflected on a favorite saying about a "shining city upon" this |
a hill
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| "'He had decided to live forever or die in the attempt, and his only mission each time he went up was to come down alive" |
(Lindsay: Who is Shaw?)
Joseph Heller
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| This last name of Mercedes designer Wilhelm follows Mercedes in the name of a very upscale line of cars |
(Kimberly: What is Benz?)
Maybach
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| In Norwegian: regnskog (it's full of life) |
rain forest
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| This "How to Get Away with Murder" actress graduated from Juilliard in 1993 & is an Emmy, Oscar & Tony award winner |
Viola Davis
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| 19th century British PM Lord John Russell was jeered for writing nonsense when he coined "Conspicuous by its" this |
absence
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| Headlights using this noble gas, atomic number 54, are said to shine brighter than those using halogen |
xenon
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