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Nurse Ratched . At the curtain call, when her character came out on stage, the man sitting beside me booed at her, since she was basically the villain of the story.
Chief Bromden . You know what's interesting? The man who plays the chief on Broadway is Tim Sampson, the son of Will Sampson, who played the chief in the movie.
Catholic. 'Don't touch me I'm a Catholic!' she shouts while she shows her crucifix she is wearing around her neck.
Billy . I have checked with my sources, and yes, stuttering is a word.
an electrical box. It was a water fountain in the movie.
classical. This play is set in the 1950's. It couldn't be Sarah Brightman since she was born in August of 1960. (Personal hero.) Lawrence Welk is an artist mentioned in one of my favorite drama movies, 'American Beauty.' So are the self-help tapes. (Anyone remember the line, 'I REFUSE TO BE A VICTIM!' from 'American Beauty'?)
| The patients were all wondering what had happened to McMurphy. Cheswick thought he knew and that someone from a certain ward of the hospital had told him. What was the name of the ward? | 'One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest'
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Disturbed . My exponential apologies- I had Harding as the one who said this until one of our trivia players corrected me. According to him, he has played Harding in the show.
| When Gary and his mom finally managed to stay up until 12:00am for New Year's, what drink did they celebrate with? | Lake Wobegon
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grape nectar. Keillor frequently mentions 'grape nectar' in many monologues and stories. I think it sounds nicer than plain old Kool-Aid!
| What is the name of the manifesto that was written by a former Wobegonian and sent to the Lake Wobegon Herald Star? | Lake Wobegon
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95 Theses 95. 95 Theses 95 was originally meant to be nailed to the door of the Lutheran church, but the writer decided he couldn't ruin a perfectly good piece of wood by putting holes in it.
The Sidetrack Tap. Folks in town would drop in for a 'bump.'
| Gary's mom had a specific fear at Christmastime. What was it? | Lake Wobegon
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The Christmas tree starting a fire. His mom lived in fear of the Christmas tree starting a fire. A neighbor's house once burned at Christmas: 'They didn't know the tree caused it, but it COULD have.'
| When Gary first started to write funny stories, what word did he often insert in his writing to create humor for his elementary school audience? | Lake Wobegon
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boogers. Boogers made everyone laugh hysterically. Gary once got in trouble as a result.
| What did Gary and his class name the bags of fat that jiggled under the arms of his teacher as she wrote on the chalkboard? | Lake Wobegon
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| How did Gary and his classmates scare their music teacher? | Lake Wobegon
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By dropping things on the floor.. They once dropped a globe. That caused her to scream, jump, and run out of the room!
| What did Gary and his mom sing while they did the dishes? | Lake Wobegon
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'Tell Me Why the Ivy Twines'. Gary was depressed about not being a great singer. His mom coaxes him to sing this song with her, by telling him she likes the sound of his voice.
The Cuban Missile Crisis. During the Cuban Missile Crisis, the world was on the verge of nuclear war though many were completely unaware.
1968. The book was first published in 1968, the same year that Robert Kennedy was killed.
Nikita Khrushchev. Khrushchev was the Soviet leader from 1958-1964. He died in 1971.
Fidel Castro . Castro came to power in 1959. He is president (since {1976;} formerly prime minister), first secretary of the Cuban Communist party, and commander of the armed forces. His decisions are final on matters of domestic and foreign policy.
A spy plane shot aerial photos of a missile base being assembled in Cuba. This missile base was being constructed swiftly in spite of Soviet denials. Khrushchev claimed the Soviet Union never had, and never would place missiles in Cuba.
U.S.S.R.. The Soviets at first denied placement of the missiles but then claimed they were there to prevent the United States from invading Cuba.
Robert McNamara. John McCone was then Director of the CIA, Dean Rusk was Secretary of State, and Robert Kennedy was Attorney General.
| When the crisis first began, a group of men came together to discuss appropriate action by the United States. What was this committee eventually called? | 'Thirteen Days' by RF Kennedy
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Ex Comm. Ex Comm stands for 'Executive Committee of the National Security Council.'
An Air Force reconnaissance pilot was shot down over Cuba. The pilot who was killed was Major Rudolph Anderson Jr. from South Carolina. His plane was shot down by a SAM missile. Major Anderson was one of the two Air Force pilots who carried out the original reconnaissance mission which uncovered the presence of missiles in Cuba.
San Cristobal. The first missile base was sighted in a field near San Cristobal.
A blockade. On Wednesday October 24, 1962, the blockade went into place. No Russian vessels would be allowed to reach Cuba without being boarded and searched by American military personel.
| During the negotiations between the office of the Kremlin and the United States, an offer was made to remove the missiles from Cuba if the U.S. would comply with what request? | 'Thirteen Days' by RF Kennedy
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Remove our missiles from Turkey. Also included in the offer was that the Soviet Union would not interfere with the internal affairs of Turkey if we would pledge the same regarding Cuba.
He had requested the removal of the missiles in Turkey during the 18 months before the crisis began. JFK had repeatedly talked to the State department about removing the missiles in Turkey, which he believed were so obsolete as to offer no protection. He believed our Polaris submarines in the Mediterranean were sufficient. Turkey objected and State department officials let the matter drop. Kennedy's orders were not carried out. Had the missiles been removed in a timely manner as Kennedy intended, the crisis might have been avoided altogether.
no. Kennedy refused to give in to the pressure, knowing that other countries would make similar attempts if the Soviet's aggressive tactics were successful.
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