THE U.S. SENATE
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A 1890 resolution by Senator Aldrich was killed by this, the very technique it sought to limit; a 1917 rule set some boundaries on it
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THE 19th CENTURY
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In his autobiography, Buffalo Bill Cody remembered this venture as "a relay race against time"
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INTERNATIONAL BORDERS
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Germany has land borders with 9 countries & only maritime boundaries with 2 countries, the U.K. & this one across the Baltic
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PRESIDENTS & THE MOVIES
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3 presidential films, all directed by Oliver Stone, have a total of only 9 letters in their titles--"Nixon" & these 2
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SHAKESPEARE COMEDIES
2/8 FINAL JEOPARDY! CLUE
At the end of this play: "Why are our bodies soft & weak...but that our...hearts should well agree with our external parts?"
Correct responses in spoiler box:
Spoiler
Pony Express
Sweden
W. and JFK
The Taming of the Shrew
The extra clues have a requested missed Daily Double followed by two triple stumpers.
GOOD FELLOWS $800 box DD: Politicians draw us in with "my fellow Americans" to open a speech, like this 1952 one in which Nixon rejected talk of corruption
SORROW $2000: It's Spanish for "sorrows", so the name of Mexican actress Del Rio means "sorrows of the river"
STARGAZERS $2000: In 1983 this Cornell astronomer introduced the concept of nuclear winter
Correct responses in spoiler box:
Spoiler
Dolores
Carl Sagan