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The Revolving Door of King Crimson
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It would take an auditorium to hold everyone who's played with King Crimson. Sooner or later, almost everyone gets sick of Robert Fripp (or vice versa!) and quits (or gets fired!). But the constant coming and going has kept the music fresh.
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King Crimson
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Tough
10 Q
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astorian
Aug 26 04
606 plays
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"Flags of Our Fathers" and Iwo Jima
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James Bradley's father was one of the men who raised the American flag on Iwo Jima. Years later, he wrote of his father's experiences on Iwo Jima in the best seller "Flags of Our Fathers" (soon to be a film, directed by Clint Eastwood).
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Pacific War
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Average
15 Q
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astorian
Feb 12 04
3282 plays
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Emerson, Lake and Palmer
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Who cares if critics called them pompous and pretentious? Church organs, Moog synthesizers and 90 piece orchestras RULE! Here's the quiz for us art-rock dinosaurs who refuse to accept that the 1970's are over!
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Emerson, Lake and Palmer
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Average
15 Q
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astorian
May 04 04
780 plays
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Excalibur
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Based on Malory's "Morte D'Arthur", and directed by John Boorman, "Excalibur" is one of my favorite movies ever. (It took guts to make a movie like this AFTER "Monty Python and the Holy Grail"!)
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E
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Average
15 Q
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astorian
Mar 25 04
804 plays
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The Movies of Abbott & Costello
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Bud Abbott & Lou Costello didn't always get along, but from their early days in burlesque houses to their days as Hollywood's biggest stars, they always knew how to make people laugh.
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Abbott & Costello
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Tough
10 Q
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astorian
Jun 15 04
3318 plays
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"Heat": A Michael Mann Film
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One of the most gripping crime movies ever made, Michael Mann's "Heat" shows us all angles of a bank robbery, from the points of view of both the police and the thieves.
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Heat
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Easy
10 Q
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astorian
Aug 17 04
2220 plays
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Roddy Doyle: The Voice of Barrytown
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Nobody's ever portrayed working class life in North Dublin as hilariously (or as accurately) as Roddy Doyle.
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D
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Tough
10 Q
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astorian
Sep 16 03
198 plays
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Game Conversations
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Things you might overhear if you stumbled upon people playing their favorite games.
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Games & Toys
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Easy
10 Q
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astorian
Sep 12 03
9963 plays
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Shaun of the Dead
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"Shaun of the Dead" is either the funniest, most romantic movie ever made about flesh-eating zombies, or the goriest romantic comedy of all time.
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Shaun of the Dead
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Average
10 Q
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astorian
Oct 04 04
7131 plays
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Barnaby Jones
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Criminals, beware! There's an 80 year old detective on your tail!
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B
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Tough
10 Q
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astorian
Jan 22 04
243 plays
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Once Upon a Time in the West
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Sergio Leone's greatest "Spaghetti Western" didn't feature Clint Eastwood or Lee Van Cleef.
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O
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Average
10 Q
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astorian
Dec 30 03
369 plays
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Robert B. Parker's Spenser
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Named for an Elizabethan poet, but still the toughest, wittiest detective in Boston.
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Parker, Robert B
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Average
10 Q
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astorian
Oct 23 03
1161 plays
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The "Fletch" Mysteries by Gregory McDonald
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Gregory McDonald's "Fletch" was such a great character, even Chevy Chase couldn't mess him up! Seriously, see how well you know the funniest investigative journalist in literature.
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McDonald, Gregory
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Tough
10 Q
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astorian
Feb 06 04
180 plays
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Jeff Beck: Guitar Wizard
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Whether you're a blues maven, a jazz lover or a heavy metal fan, you undoubtedly have a special place in your heart for one guitar god: Jeff Beck.
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Beck, Jeff
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Tough
10 Q
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astorian
Oct 25 03
678 plays
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F Troop
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If "Sergeant Bilko" had been set about a century earlier, you'd have "F Troop", the continuing story of a woefully inept bunch of cavalrymen.
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F
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Average
10 Q
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astorian
Mar 27 04
672 plays
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Who Killed Whom?
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There's no better way of making the history books than assassinating someone important.
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Assassinations
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Tough
10 Q
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astorian
Sep 13 03
6600 plays
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Plato: A Real Wise Guy
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A student of Socrates, a teacher of Aristotle, and one of the most brilliant philosophers of antiquity. If a subject is of any importance, chances are, Plato wrote about it.
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Plato
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Tough
10 Q
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astorian
Dec 30 03
693 plays
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Astorian's Mystery Word Lyrics Game #12
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First, we test your ability to recognize lyrics from 9 classic rock tunes. Then, we test your powers of observation: can you spot the one word all snippets have in common?
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Mystery Word
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Tough
10 Q
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astorian
Jun 30 04
510 plays
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Hollywood's Toughest Tough Guy
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Charles Bronson was born into a family of coal miners, and grew up to be Hollywood's top action star. A tribute to an actor who really looked as tough as the characters he played!
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Bronson, Charles
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Average
10 Q
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astorian
Sep 13 03
1875 plays
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Now Pitching for the Yankees...
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The Ruths, Gehrigs, DiMaggios, and Mantles get all the glory, but you don't build the greatest dynasty in sport without great pitchers too!
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Yankees Players
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Tough
10 Q
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astorian
Oct 14 04
639 plays
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The Yardbirds!
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They were the pre-eminent British blues band of the Sixties, and the pioneers of what would become heavy metal. A tribute to one of the most influential bands ever.
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Yardbirds
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Difficult
10 Q
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astorian
Oct 17 03
1071 plays
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Horrifying Short Stories
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Brevity may be the soul of wit, but it can also make for terror!
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Horror
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Difficult
10 Q
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astorian
Sep 16 03
2523 plays
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Dying is Easy - Comedy Is Hard
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For playwrights throughout the ages, "Make 'Em Laugh" has always been good advice.
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Plays
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Average
10 Q
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astorian
Sep 12 03
1176 plays
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The Kentucky Fried Movie
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Sure, it's a little dated now, but Jim Abrahams and the Zucker Brothers changed the nature of movie comedy when they made "The Kentucky Fried Movie." See how well you remember it!
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Kentucky Fried Movie, The
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Average
15 Q
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astorian
Nov 08 03
1035 plays
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Chicago: They Put the Brass in Rock & Roll
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Chicago was the most popular American band of the 1970s, and is still recording and touring today. If you're ready to reminisce, here's your game!
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Chicago
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Average
10 Q
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astorian
Sep 13 04
1170 plays
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Biblical Oddities
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There's much that's beautiful and inspiring in the Bible, but there's some mighty strange stuff, too! (I used the New International Version.)
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Bible Oddities
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Average
10 Q
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astorian
Mar 11 04
1875 plays
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Astoria NY Natives
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Archie Bunker's Neighborhood - Astoria is an ordinary working-class neighborhood in the Queens borough of New York City. It's known mainly as the setting for TV's "All in the Family"- but a lot of famous people have come from my old neighborhood, too!
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USA Celebs
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Tough
10 Q
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astorian
Nov 02 04
345 plays
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Astorian's Mystery Word Lyric Game #11
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You're all old pros at this, by now- just identify the artist who sang the lyrics being quoted in questions 1 through 9. Then, guess the word found in all 9 of those questions.
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Mystery Word
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Average
10 Q
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astorian
May 20 04
564 plays
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Irish Folk Songs
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Grab a pint, and take this quiz (and feel free to burst into song at any time!).
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Irish Music
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Difficult
10 Q
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astorian
Oct 08 03
840 plays
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Team America: World Police
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Trey Parker and Matt Stone take on terrorists and Hollywood liberals in the most obscenely funny movie ever made with marionettes!
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Ta - Tf Movies
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Easy
10 Q
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astorian
Oct 28 04
1356 plays
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