2012 Summer Hiatus Challenge -- Round 1, Day 4

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2012 Summer Hiatus Challenge -- Round 1, Day 4

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The link to the scoreboard:

http://shc2012.gregorygauthier.com/standings.php

Clues below. Answer form to follow.

If you're posting after 2:00 Central, you can leave off the spoiler tags if you want to.

Answers for R1D2 are now posted.
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Re: 2012 Summer Hiatus Challenge -- Round 1, Day 4

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TIME OF YOUR LIFE

2: 68 years, 1 month, and 26 days; until he succumbed to pneumonia after a month as President of the United States.

4: Approximately 18 years, including a stint as a French army commander, until she was burned at the stake in 1431.

6: 78 years, 3 months, and 28 days; until he was shot by Hindu nationalist Nathuram Godse.

8: 39 years, 4 months, and 25 days, including time as part of the 26th of July Movement and the National Liberation Army; until he was executed in Bolivia in 1967.

10: Approximately 44 years, until he took an arrow in the eye at the Battle of Hastings.

DANCE CRAZES

3: This backward-moving dance became popular after Michael Jackson performed while singing “Billie Jean.”

6: This mid-90's dance craze was based on a song by the Bayside Boys that spent 14 weeks at the top of the Billboard Hot 100 chart.

9: Add a letter to the name of a Greek letter to form the name of this South American “Forbidden Dance” of the 80's.

12: In a “Mad About You” dream sequence, Paul and Jamie find themselves on the set of Laugh-In where, periodically, they have to do this dance.

15: The lead singer of Men Without Hats wrote this song after being kicked out of a club for engaging in risky behavior.
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Re: 2012 Summer Hiatus Challenge -- Round 1, Day 4

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Spoiler
TIME OF YOUR LIFE

2: 68 years, 1 month, and 26 days; until he succumbed to pneumonia after a month as President of the United States.

WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON

4: Approximately 18 years, including a stint as a French army commander, until she was burned at the stake in 1431.

JOAN OF ARC

6: 78 years, 3 months, and 28 days; until he was shot by Hindu nationalist Nathuram Godse.

GHANDI

8: 39 years, 4 months, and 25 days, including time as part of the 26th of July Movement and the National Liberation Army; until he was executed in Bolivia in 1967.

CHE GUEVARRA

10: Approximately 44 years, until he took an arrow in the eye at the Battle of Hastings.

HAROLD

DANCE CRAZES

3: This backward-moving dance became popular after Michael Jackson performed while singing “Billie Jean.”

MOONWALK

6: This mid-90's dance craze was based on a song by the Bayside Boys that spent 14 weeks at the top of the Billboard Hot 100 chart.

MACARENA

9: Add a letter to the name of a Greek letter to form the name of this South American “Forbidden Dance” of the 80's.

LAMBADA

12: In a “Mad About You” dream sequence, Paul and Jamie find themselves on the set of Laugh-In where, periodically, they have to do this dance.

FRUG

15: The lead singer of Men Without Hats wrote this song after being kicked out of a club for engaging in risky behavior.

SAFETY DANCE
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Spoiler
2: William Henry Harrison
4: Joan of Arc
6: Mohandas Gandhi
8: Che Guevara
10:

3: Moonwalk
6:
9: Lambada
12:
15: Safety Dance
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Spoiler
2: William Henry Harrison
4: Joan of Arc
6: Muhatma Gandhi
8: Che
10: King Harold

3: Moonwalk
6: Macarena
9: Lambada
12: Chicken dance
15: Safety dance
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Re: 2012 Summer Hiatus Challenge -- Round 1, Day 4

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Spoiler
2: William Henry Harrison
4: Joan of Arc
6: Mohandas Gandhi
8: Che Guevara
10: Harold Godwinson

3: Moonwalk
6: Macarena
9: Lambada
12: clam
15: Safety Dance
EDITED only to add spoiler tags and this notice.
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Re: 2012 Summer Hiatus Challenge -- Round 1, Day 4

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Spoiler
2: W.H. Harrison
4: Joan of Arc
6: Mohandas Ghandi
8: Che Guevara
10: King Harold

3: Moonwalk
6: Macarena
9: Lambada
12: no idea
15: S-A-F-E-T-Y dance
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Re: 2012 Summer Hiatus Challenge -- Round 1, Day 4

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Spoiler
2: William Henry Harrison
4: Joan of Arc
6: Mohandas Gandhi
8: Che Guevara
10: Sir Clamfred

3: moonwalking
6: the macarena
9: lambada
12: clam
15: Safety Dance
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Spoiler
TIME OF YOUR LIFE
2: William Henry Harrison
4: Joan of Arc
6: Mahatma Gandhi
8: Che Guevara
10: King Harold II

DANCE CRAZES
3: moonwalk
6: macarena
9: lambada
12: jerk
15: "The Safety Dance"
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Re: 2012 Summer Hiatus Challenge -- Round 1, Day 4

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Spoiler
TIME OF YOUR LIFE

2: W. H. Harrison
4: Joan of Arc
6: Mohandas Gandhi
8: Che Guevara
10: Harold Godwinson

DANCE CRAZES

3: moonwalk
6: macarena?
9: lambada
12: the go-go?
15: Safety Dance[/quote]
EDIT: Had to spoilerize, yet again
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Re: 2012 Summer Hiatus Challenge -- Round 1, Day 4

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Spoiler
2: William Henry Harrison
4: Joan of Arc
6: Gandhi
8: Che Guevara
10: clam

3: Moonwalk
6: Macarena
9: Lambada
12: clam
15: clam
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Re: 2012 Summer Hiatus Challenge -- Round 1, Day 4

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Spoiler
2: William Henry Harrison
4: Joan of Arc
6: Mohandas Ghandi
8: Che Guevera
10:

3: Moonwalk
6: Macarena
9: Lambada
12:
15: Safety Dance
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Spoiler
2: William Henry Harrison
4: Jeanne D'Arc
6: Mohandas Gandhi
8: Che Guavera
10:

3: Moonwalk
6: Macarena
9: Lambada
12:
15: Safety Dance
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Re: 2012 Summer Hiatus Challenge -- Round 1, Day 4

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Spoiler
2: William Henry Harrison
4: Joan of Arc
6: Mohandes Gandhi
8: Che Guevara
10: Harold II

3: Moonwalk
6: Macarena
9: clam
12: clam
15: Safety Dance
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Re: 2012 Summer Hiatus Challenge -- Round 1, Day 4

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Spoiler
2: William Henry Harrison
4: Joan of Arc
6: Mohandas Gandhi
8: Che Guevara
10: Harold Godwinson

3: The Moonwalk
6: The Macarena
9:
12: The Monkey
15:
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Re: 2012 Summer Hiatus Challenge -- Round 1, Day 4

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Spoiler
2: William Henry Harrison
4: Joan of Arc
6: Mohandas Gandhi
8: Che Guevara
10: Harald II?

3: Moonwalk
6: Ride the Train?
9: Lambada
12:
15: The Safety Dance
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Re: 2012 Summer Hiatus Challenge -- Round 1, Day 4

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Spoiler
2: W.H. Harrison
4: Jeanne d'Arc
6: Gandhi
8: Che Guevara
10: William the Conqueror?

3: Moonwalk
6: Macarena
9: Lambada
12: Clam-bada (would guess tango but it'd be a total WAG)
15: "Safety Dance"
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Re: 2012 Summer Hiatus Challenge -- Round 1, Day 4

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Spoiler
2 - William Henry Harrison
4 - Joan of Arc
6 - Mohandas Gandhi
8 - Che Guevara
10 - Harold Godwinson

3 - Moonwalk
6 - Macarena
9 - Lambada
12 -
15 -
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Re: 2012 Summer Hiatus Challenge -- Round 1, Day 4

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Spoiler
2: William Henry Harrison
4: Joan of Arc
6: Mahatma Gandhi
8: Che Guevara
10: King Harold

3: Moon Walk
6: Macarena
9: Lambada
12: CLAM
15: "Safety Dance"
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Re: 2012 Summer Hiatus Challenge -- Round 1, Day 4

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Spoiler
2: W. H. Harrison
4: Joan of Arc
6: M. Gandhi
8: Che Guevara
10: Harold

3: Moonwalk
6: Macarena
9: Lambada
12: Frug
15: The Safety Dance
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