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What is Arabic?This television series features a homicide detective in the 80s-90s, who solved crimes in Colorado Springs, CO.
What is Homicide Hunter? This detective show ran in the 70s/80s. His trademarks included his shambling manner, rumpled beige raincoat, cigar smoking, and generally disheveled appearance.
Who is Columbo?One of most successful guest stars on Columbo was Patrick McGoohan, who won 2 emmys for Columbo. He also appeared in this series as Number 6, a former agent trying to escape his island 'prison'.
What is The Simpsons?This state penitentiary has a public golf course.
(The correct answer for #2713 is What is The Prisoner?)What is the Louisiana State Penitentiary?
This phenomenon is frequently associated with the term ROY G. BIV.
What is an Initialism?In Britain they call these pills, paracetamol.
(Actual!y all I was looking for was 'rainbow' since ROY G. BIV refers to the order of its colors.)What is acetaminophen?
This Purim cookie is recognizable by its triangular shape, and that it frequently has fruit filling
What are Hamantashen cookies?These specialty cookies of Hamamatsu, Japan, are cookies made with fresh butter, crushed eel bones, eel extract, and garlic.
What are Unagi Pies? (Would love to try them since eel is my sushi.)This is the 36th state in the Union, and is sometimes known as the 'Silver State' or the 'Battle Born State.'
What is Nevada?The highest recorded temperature in Nevada of 125 degrees F was in this city.
What is Laughlin?This 1895 novel about the Civil War features the adventures of Henry Fleming in the Union Army.
What is The Red Badge of Courage?Ian Fleming wrote the Bond novels at this estate in Jamaica
What is Goldeneye?This public works program (1933-1942) was designed to help young, unmarried men and their families make it through the Great Depression.
What is the CCC? This actor was an enrollee of the CCC, later becoming a popular district attorney on television.
Just to check, the actor became a district attorney or a defense attorney?
Sorry, I work in the legal field and they all run together. Defense attorney, the kind I work for. :)
Who is Raymond Burr?This actor and actress starred together in at least 8 films in the 30s and 40s, mostly history-based movies, including one based extremely loosely on the Charge of the Light Brigade.
Who are Errol Flynn and Olivia de Havilland?The first Canadian Prime Minister.
Who was John A. Macdonald?South African anti-apartheid revolutionary, political leader, and philanthropist who served as President of South Africa from 1994 to 1999.
Who is Nelson Mandela?This 2009 film features a portrayal of Mandela and his efforts to promote unity through the sport of rugby.
What is 'Invictus'?This animal is found in the arctic and is the biggest member of the seal family.
I'll take a guess, What is the elephant seal (northern)?On September 26, 1960, these two candidates met in the first televised debate.
Who are John F. Kennedy and Richard M. Nixon?The first swimmer to cross all five great lakes.
Who is Vicki Keith?This Canadian series features terrific ensemble acting about Station House 4 in late 19th-early 20th century Toronto.
What is Murdoch Mysteries?This Alaska port was the gateway to the Klondike gold rush.
What is Skagway?This 1903 novel takes place during the Klondike Gold Rush, and focuses on a dog named Buck.
What is The Call of the Wild?The Call of the Wild was sold in 1903 to this publication for $750.
What is the Saturday Evening Post?Probsbly the most famous covers of the Saturday Evening Post were as a result of the artwork by this man.
Who is Norman Rockwell?This sculptor did a series of work based on 'Dante's Inferno', one of his most beloved works is known as 'The Thinker'.
Who is Auguste Rodin?Rodin was famous for The Thinker and The Kiss, which were part of this huge work that stands 20 feet high, before being cast on their own. This scupture group in plaster took 37 years to complete.
What is the Gates of Hell?The host of this long-running TV variety show was born September 28, 1901.
Who was Ed Sullivan?This accomplished character actor was known as Dr. Seth Hazlitt on 'Murder, She Wrote.'
Who was William Windon?After serving in the Peninsula War and the Waterloo Campaign he became Secretary at War in Wellington's ministry. He was also a distant relative in my mother's side.
Who was Henry Hardinge? He was a relative of yours? That is exciting since he had an important and trusted role, especially in the Waterloo Campaign. (Does your mother's family have any stories about him? After all, he did lose a hand at Ligny!)As Hardinge was the liaison between Wellington and Blucher, this Prussian officer was the liaison from Blucher to Wellington although not as trusted nor as knowledgeable about the Prussian situation.
(My mother's family name is Hardinge. My great grandfather was a Henry Hardinge and believed to have an earlier ancestor in common with the more famous Hardinge.) Who was Karl Freiherr von Muffling!
Who won the PGA Tour Championship last weekend after not having won a major championship since 2013!
Who is Tiger Woods?This meat product originated in 1937, became popular during WWII, and is still a favorite in Hawaii.
What is Spam?This English king was known as "Longshanks"
Who is Edward I?This powerful leader is sometimes referred to as the 'Scourge of God'.
Who was Attila The Hun?In 1987, as part of a plea agreement, this former US intelligence analyst pleaded guilty to spying for and providing top-secret classified information to Israel.
Who is Jonathan Pollard?This artistic movement in the US in the early 20th century is best known for portraying daily life in New York City.
What is the Ashcan School?This statue was the first unsupported bronze nude cast during the Renaissance.
What is American Realism?This philosophical viewpoint suggests the denial or lack of belief towards the reputedly meaningful aspects of life.
What is nihilism?Since you skipped the answer to #2751, I will submit again:
This statue was the first unsupported bronze nude to be cast during the Renaissance.
What is David (by Donatello)?This marble sculpture of a seated American president, designed by Daniel Chester French, was originally designed to be 10 feet tall but when completed it was (is) 19 feet tall, from head to foot.
(Betsy was correct - Ashcan School was the answer for #2750)
What is the Lincoln Memorial statue?This naval hero was born on September 29, 1758, and was killed during battle October 21, 1805.
Who was Lord Horatio Nelson?Nelson's flagship, upon which he died, still moored in this port's harbour/naval museum.
What is HMS Victory? (I visited the Victory in Portsmouth many years ago.)This book about WWII in the Channel Islands has recently been made into a film.
(I just watched this charming movie) The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
This toy maker was originally known as the Hassenfeld Brothers.
What is Hasbro Toys?This county in Wisconsin is located on a peninsula between Green Bay and Lake Michigan. It is a tourist destination with its lighthouses, fish boils, and cherry picking.
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