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| This coin was originally spelled "disme" |
a dime
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| Theseus became a Greek hero when he killed the Minotaur, a monster ½ man & ½ this |
bull
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| The vast majority of Puerto Ricans are of this religion |
Catholic
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| It's both the 2nd person singular & 2nd person plural of the verb "to be" |
are
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| In "Musgrave Ritual", we learn that he kept cigars in a coal scuttle & tobacco in a Persian slipper |
Sherlock Holmes
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| Losing to Grant in 1872, this Democrat's hopes went "west, young man" |
Horace Greeley
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| On the half dollar, his portrait was replaced by one of JFK |
Benjamin Franklin
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| Term for the 3 goddesses who, in Greek mythology, controlled the destiny of every man |
(Curt: Who are the Muses?) (Deborah: Who are the Furies?)
the Fates
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| About 1/3 of all the island's cropland is planted with this, 1st brought there in 1515 |
(Deborah: What is tobacco?)
sugar cane
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| "I want to badly win Jeopardy!" is an example of this grammatical no-no |
a split infinitive
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| When people ask if he's French, he's always quick to tell them no, he's Belgian |
(Curt: Let's go to PUERTO RICO for $200, please.) (Alex: Wish we could.)
Hercule Poirot
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| Missing Presidency by less than 1%, he was later swamped by Pat Brown in Cal. governor's race |
Richard Nixon
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| This U.S. coin is now made of over 97% zinc |
(Gary: What is a nickel?) (Deborah: What is a dime?)
the penny
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| Greek & Roman names for the goddess of love |
(Curt: Who was [*]...) (Alex: Right...) (Curt: ...and [**]?)
Venus & Aphrodite
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| Puerto Rico's flag resembles this nation's, recalling 1890s when both were Spanish colonies |
(Curt: What is Mexico?)
Cuba
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| The past participle of the verb to go |
(Deborah: What is went?)
gone
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| People still go to John's Grill in S.F. hoping to catch a glimpse of him, Miles Archer's partner |
Sam Spade
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| In 1975, a copy of the Nov. 3, 1948 Chicago Tribune was worth $5,000 because of this headline |
(Curt: What is "Dewey Wins"?) (Gary: What is "Dewey Beats Truman"?) ... (Alex: The headline was [*]. Had to get it exactly.)
"Dewey Defeats Truman"
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| Highest denomination coin ever struck by the U.S. mint |
$50 gold piece
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| Brothers of the nymphs, these goat-like deities became identified as symbols of male sexuality |
the satyrs
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| In '67, Puerto Rico voted to retain this status rather than become U.S. state or independent country |
a commonwealth
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| How "Barbara baked a cake" would read in the passive voice |
A cake was baked by Barbara
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| Sidney Poitier played this policeman "In the Heat of the Night" |
Virgil Tibbs
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| He lost to John Quincy Adams in 1824, but Adams lost to him in 1828 |
(Gary: Who is Monroe?)
Andrew Jackson
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| The phrase "2 bits" reminds us that U.S. coinage was based on this country's "8-part" dollar |
Spain
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| Jason & his Argonauts had to sail between the whirlpool Charybdis & this 6-headed monster |
Scylla
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| Only 1 in U.S. with greater population density than Puerto Rico is this east coast state |
New Jersey
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| From Greek "to arrange together", it deals with the way words are put together to form phrases |
syntax
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| Priest who discovers that 'The Invisible Man" works for British post office |
(Alex: And we've got less than a minute to go in the round.) [ERRATUM: The clue was rendered with a single opening and double closing quote.]
Father Brown
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| "The Kansas sunflower" this Republican suffered a worse defeat than any previous major candidate |
Alf Landon
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