OSCAR WINNERS OF YORE
John Ford directed this "verdant" 1941 winner about a Welsh mining family.
Delaware or Virginia in the 1760s
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Long after he was a TV weatherman who predicted hail the size of canned hams, he'd work the "late" shift for CBS.
David Letterman
A scholarly paper on punning restaurant names was titled "Dew Drop Inn and" this vegetable "Entertain You".
According to one legend, Oman was the home of this "Thousand and One Nights" sailor.
It reigns as West Virginia's official state butterfly.
Greer Garson survives a Luftwaffe attack & the annual flower show as this title "Mrs."
Miniver
Hooded cape for a monk
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Cowl
In 1956, one year after winning an Oscar, she quit the business to move to Monaco.
Grace Kelly
A Presidential exhibit at the National Postal museum was called this "to the Chief".
Ben Franklin said "There never was a good war or" one of these.
A bad peace
The syringa, also known as the mock orange, is Idaho's official state this.
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Jimmy Stewart as Buttons the Clown upstages Charlton Heston in this 3-ring affair from 1952.
A reddish-brown horse
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Chestnut
After "The Pelican Brief" in 1992, he followed up with "The Client" in 1993.
John Grisham
About comparing a pair of beetles, a pun-chline in "Master and Commander" is "Choose the lesser of" these.
Two weevils
This racquet sport was added to the Olympics in 1992.
Badminton
When Virginia got a state one of these animals, the gov.'s office released a poem that mentioned Adam West.
Bat
Alcoholic Ray Milland is reminded that "One's too many and a hundred's not enough" in this film.
Slide Mountain's range
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Catskills
After playing QB Paul Crewe in 1974's "The Longest Yard", he played coach Nate Scarborough in the 2005 remake.
Burt Reynolds
Joely Fisher did her first L.A. cabaret act 8 months pregnant, so she just had to call it "From Here To" this.
Maternity
One of these critters appears on the state flag of Wisconsin.
A badger
Appropriately, the official state cantata of Connecticut has this spicy 6-letter name.
Nutmeg
Gregory Peck gets the scoop on anti-semitism in this film adapted by Moss Hart.
Gentleman's Agreement
The muse of history
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Clio
In 1970 Eric Clapton warned us, "After" this title hour, "we're gonna let it all hang down".
Midnight
Punning on Glenn Miller, a 1985 film with Geena Davis as a vampire was called this "6-5000".
Transylvania
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Richard the Lionhearted had a favorite one of these minstrels named Blondel.
Sounds scary, but Colorado's official state fish is the greenback cutthroat type of this.
Trout