2013 Summer Hiatus Challenge -- Round 2, Day 5
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Re: 2013 Summer Hiatus Challenge -- Round 2, Day 5
ATHLETIC TV STARS
2: Heisman Trophy finalist and Minnesota Viking Ed Marinaro played Joe Coffey on this long-running 80's cop drama.
4: This member of the “Fearsome Foursome” and the NFL Hall of Fame played Jonathan Garvey on “Little House on the Prairie” before starring as “Father Murphy.”
6: This current Milwaukee Brewers announcer's acting career playing the dad on Mr. Belvedere lasted almost as many seasons as his career as a major league catcher.
8: Alex Karras, a former defensive tackle for the Detroit Lions, played this title boy's adoptive father George Papadopolis.
10: Before hitting Hollywood as this 80s TV cop, Fred Dryer played in Super Bowl XIV for the Los Angeles Rams.
WOMEN POETS
3: She described her 1856 book Aurora Leigh as “a novel in verse.”
6: She may have “burned her candle at both ends” while writing “The Ballad of the Harp Weaver” in 1923.
9: This Chicagoan who wrote “Annie Allen” won a Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in 1950, the first African-American woman so honored.
12: A portrait of this winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature appears on Chile's 5,000 peso bank note.
15: Born in Senegal, this Revolutionary War-era poet was named for the slave ship that brought her to Boston.
2: Heisman Trophy finalist and Minnesota Viking Ed Marinaro played Joe Coffey on this long-running 80's cop drama.
4: This member of the “Fearsome Foursome” and the NFL Hall of Fame played Jonathan Garvey on “Little House on the Prairie” before starring as “Father Murphy.”
6: This current Milwaukee Brewers announcer's acting career playing the dad on Mr. Belvedere lasted almost as many seasons as his career as a major league catcher.
8: Alex Karras, a former defensive tackle for the Detroit Lions, played this title boy's adoptive father George Papadopolis.
10: Before hitting Hollywood as this 80s TV cop, Fred Dryer played in Super Bowl XIV for the Los Angeles Rams.
WOMEN POETS
3: She described her 1856 book Aurora Leigh as “a novel in verse.”
6: She may have “burned her candle at both ends” while writing “The Ballad of the Harp Weaver” in 1923.
9: This Chicagoan who wrote “Annie Allen” won a Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in 1950, the first African-American woman so honored.
12: A portrait of this winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature appears on Chile's 5,000 peso bank note.
15: Born in Senegal, this Revolutionary War-era poet was named for the slave ship that brought her to Boston.
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Re: 2013 Summer Hiatus Challenge -- Round 2, Day 5
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2: Hill St. Blues
4: Merlin Olsen
6: Bob Uecker
8: Webster
10: Hunter
3: Elizabeth Barrett Browning
6: Edna St. Vincent Milay
9: Brooks
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6: Bob Uecker
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10: Hunter
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Re: 2013 Summer Hiatus Challenge -- Round 2, Day 5
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6: Millay
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12: Allende
15: Sojourner Truth
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15: Sojourner Truth
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Re: 2013 Summer Hiatus Challenge -- Round 2, Day 5
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2: Hill Street Blues
4: Merlin Olsen
6: Bob Uecker
8: Webster
10: Hunter
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Re: 2013 Summer Hiatus Challenge -- Round 2, Day 5
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ATHLETIC TV STARS
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6: Bob Uecker
8: Webster
10: Hunter
WOMEN POETS
3: Emily Dickinson
6: Edna St. Vincent Millay
9: Maya Angelou
12: Isabel Allende
15: Sojourner Truth
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6: Bob Uecker
8: Webster
10: Hunter
WOMEN POETS
3: Emily Dickinson
6: Edna St. Vincent Millay
9: Maya Angelou
12: Isabel Allende
15: Sojourner Truth
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Re: 2013 Summer Hiatus Challenge -- Round 2, Day 5
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ATHLETIC TV STARS
2: Hill Street Blues
4: Merlin Olsen
6: Bob Uecker
8: Webster
10: Hunter
WOMEN POETS
3: CLAM
6: CLAM
9: Angelou
12: Allende
15: CLAM
2: Hill Street Blues
4: Merlin Olsen
6: Bob Uecker
8: Webster
10: Hunter
WOMEN POETS
3: CLAM
6: CLAM
9: Angelou
12: Allende
15: CLAM
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Re: 2013 Summer Hiatus Challenge -- Round 2, Day 5
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2: CLAM
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12: CLAM
15: CLAM
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15: CLAM
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A quick Googling shows that of those 5 TV shows, the most recent ended in 1991. Now I don't feel so bad for not knowing them - I was 5.
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Re: 2013 Summer Hiatus Challenge -- Round 2, Day 5
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2 Hill St. Blues
4 Merlin Olsen
6 Bob Uecker
8 Webster
10 Hunter
3Clam
6Clam
9 Clam
12 Isabel Allende
15 Clam
4 Merlin Olsen
6 Bob Uecker
8 Webster
10 Hunter
3Clam
6Clam
9 Clam
12 Isabel Allende
15 Clam
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Re: 2013 Summer Hiatus Challenge -- Round 2, Day 5
This is ridiculous.
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2. CLAM
4. CLAM
6. CLAM
8. CLAM
10. CLAM
3. CLAM
6. Emily Dickinson
9. CLAM (Louise Hansberry?)
12. CLAM
15. CLAM
4. CLAM
6. CLAM
8. CLAM
10. CLAM
3. CLAM
6. Emily Dickinson
9. CLAM (Louise Hansberry?)
12. CLAM
15. CLAM
Teems with quiet fun.
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Re: 2013 Summer Hiatus Challenge -- Round 2, Day 5
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2: Hill Street Blues
4: Merlin Olsen
6: Bob Uecker
8: Webster
10: Hunter
3: Elizabeth Barrett Browning
6: Edna St. Vincent Millay
9: Brooks
12: Allende
15: Sojourner Truth
4: Merlin Olsen
6: Bob Uecker
8: Webster
10: Hunter
3: Elizabeth Barrett Browning
6: Edna St. Vincent Millay
9: Brooks
12: Allende
15: Sojourner Truth
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Re: 2013 Summer Hiatus Challenge -- Round 2, Day 5
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ATHLETIC TV STARS
2 Hill Street Blues
4 Merlin Olsen
6 Bob Uecker
8 Webster
10 Hunter
WOMEN POETS
3 Emily Dickinson
6 Edna St. Vincent Millay
9 Gwendolyn Brooks
12 Isabel Allende
15 Amistad
2 Hill Street Blues
4 Merlin Olsen
6 Bob Uecker
8 Webster
10 Hunter
WOMEN POETS
3 Emily Dickinson
6 Edna St. Vincent Millay
9 Gwendolyn Brooks
12 Isabel Allende
15 Amistad
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Re: 2013 Summer Hiatus Challenge -- Round 2, Day 5
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2: clam
4: clam
6: Bob Uecker
8: Webster
10: clam
3: EB Browning
6: clam
9: clam
12: Isabel Allende
15: Phillis Wheatley
4: clam
6: Bob Uecker
8: Webster
10: clam
3: EB Browning
6: clam
9: clam
12: Isabel Allende
15: Phillis Wheatley
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Re: 2013 Summer Hiatus Challenge -- Round 2, Day 5
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2 hill st blues
4 merlin olsen
6 bob eucker
8 webster
10 hunter
3 elizabeth barrett browning
6 edna st vincent millay
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6 bob eucker
8 webster
10 hunter
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Re: 2013 Summer Hiatus Challenge -- Round 2, Day 5
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Re: 2013 Summer Hiatus Challenge -- Round 2, Day 5
I always thought clams were tender. These are tough
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2: clam
4:Merlin Olson
6:Bob Uecker
8: clam
10: clam
3:clam
6: Edna St. Vincent Millay
9: Gwendolyn Brooks
12: clam
15: clam
4:Merlin Olson
6:Bob Uecker
8: clam
10: clam
3:clam
6: Edna St. Vincent Millay
9: Gwendolyn Brooks
12: clam
15: clam
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Re: 2013 Summer Hiatus Challenge -- Round 2, Day 5
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Re: 2013 Summer Hiatus Challenge -- Round 2, Day 5
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ATHLETIC TV STARS
2: Miami Vice
4: Merlin Olsen
6: Bob Uecker
8: Webster
10: Hunter
WOMEN POETS
3: ?
6: Edna St. Vincent Millay
9: ?
12: Isabel Allende
15: ?
2: Miami Vice
4: Merlin Olsen
6: Bob Uecker
8: Webster
10: Hunter
WOMEN POETS
3: ?
6: Edna St. Vincent Millay
9: ?
12: Isabel Allende
15: ?
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Re: 2013 Summer Hiatus Challenge -- Round 2, Day 5
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2. Hill Street Blues
4. Olsen
6. Uecker
8. Webster
10. Hunter
3. Dickinson
6. E. B. Browning
9. Brooks
12. CLAM
15. CLAM
4. Olsen
6. Uecker
8. Webster
10. Hunter
3. Dickinson
6. E. B. Browning
9. Brooks
12. CLAM
15. CLAM