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| Israeli who shared ’78 Nobel Peace Prize with Sadat |
Menachem Begin
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| Nationality of children in “Lord of the Flies” |
British
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| Deposits & withdrawals from this bank consist of white & red cells |
a blood bank
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| Italian city built on over 120 islands |
Venice
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| He was such a sadist, they coined the word for him |
(Alex: As we begin Double Jeopardy!, normally the person who is in third place would go, but we have a tie, John and Roberta with $900. John, you were the contestant who gave us the last correct question, so you get to select first in this round.)
the Marquis de Sade
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| He wanted a heart |
the Tin Woodsman
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| She’s head of state of Australia, New Zealand & Canada, too |
Queen Elizabeth
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| Country in which Hemingway’s “The Sun Also Rises” & “For Whom the Bell Tolls” is set |
[Alex misspeaks the second title as For Whom the Bells Tolls.]
Spain
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| Word for widespread outbreak of a disease |
an epidemic
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| Spanish city that lent its name to a variety of oranges |
Valencia
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| In ’27, this gangster set all-time record for highest gross income in a year, some $105 million |
Al Capone
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| Silent film, radio & TV dog star |
Rin Tin Tin
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| Deputy foreign minister under Stalin; still Russia’s foreign minister today |
Andrei Gromyko
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| In this novel, Starbuck is the first mate & Stubb the second |
[Alex says the word "first" twice in a row when reading the clue.]
Moby-Dick
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| A minor inflammation, also a word for “impetuous” |
rash
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| Beethoven, Brahms, but not Bach, made music here |
Vienna
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| His fellow prisoners at Alcatraz altered his nickname to “Pop Gun” |
"Machine Gun" Kelly
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| Oscar-winning foreign film about a boy who refuses to grow |
(John: What is The Boy with...) (Alex: I'm sorry, John. I bet you Roberta knows. Don't you, Roberta?) (Roberta: [Laughs] [*]?)
The Tin Drum
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| Not president, premiere or party chief, he is still China’s top leader |
(Alex: ...giving you a total of $6,600. You're back in the lead, John!)
Deng Xiaoping
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| Married name of Tolstoy heroine Anna Oblonsky |
[Gregory stumbles over the surname pronunciation.]
Anna Karenina
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| Finger which should not be used in taking someone’s pulse |
(Roberta: [*].) (Alex: [*], right!)
thumb
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| Nevada’s lively ghost town near the mythical Ponderosa |
Virginia City
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| Torquemada, who headed the Inquisition, was also confessor to this Spanish queen |
Isabella
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| The sound of Poe’s bells |
(Gregory: What is tinny?) (John: What is tintinnabulum?) (Alex: Take another shot at it.) (John: Tintinnabala?) [The end-of-round signal sounds.]
tintinnabulation
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| Though not a physician like his father Papa Doc, this Haitian leader is known as “Baby Doc” |
(Jean-Claude) Duvalier
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| Nationality of Christopher Mahon, “Playboy of the Western World” |
(Alex: The man's on a roll!)
Irish
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| Term for broken bone which breaks the skin |
(Gregory: What is, um, a lesion?) ... (Alex: Less than a minute to go in the round, and three answers only remaining on the board.)
a compound fracture
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| North America’s 2nd-largest Chinatown is in this Canadian city |
(Roberta: [No response]) (Alex: Sorry, you took too long.)
Vancouver
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| ’63 Christine Keeler affair with this war minister rocked the government of Great Britain |
(Gregory: Who is, uh, Neville Chamberlain?) ... (Alex: Nice going, Roberta! You're right back in this.)
John Profumo
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