Borrowed from the Bible
Jimmy Stewart Films
Past and Present Russia
Keys to the Kingdom
Never Out of Style
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Eat, drink, and be this.

What is merry? This phrase appears three times in the Bible. It first appears in Ecclesiastes 8:15.

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Jimmy Stewart’s friend in the 1950 film Harvey is this animal.

What is a rabbit? Harvey is a human-sized, invisible rabbit.

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He is the president of Russia.

Who is (Vladimir) Putin?

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You have to call this person if you lose the key to your home.

What is a locksmith?

100

Coco Chanel is responsible for this classic dress

What is little black dress?

200

This hour represents the very last minute.

What is eleventh? This is not a direct quote; rather, it is a concept portrayed in the Parable of the Laborers in Matthew

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In this 1952 film, Jimmy Stewart plays Buttons the Clown, and the name of the film is also the tagline for the Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus.

What is The Greatest Show on Earth? The film portrays the lives of circus entertainers.

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It is the capital of Russia.

What is Moscow?

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This is the southernmost city in the Florida Keys.

What is Key West?

200

Ford’s early classic model rolled off the assembly line in 1927.

What is Model T?

300

The blind leading this appears in Matthew 15:14

What is blind? The first use of this phrase is credited to the Roman poet Horace.

300

Jimmy Stewart portrays this famous big band leader in the eponymous 1954 film

Who is Glenn Miller? The full title is The Glenn Miller Story. June Allyson plays the female lead of Helen Burger.

300

The Kremlin complex is the heart of this square.

What is Red? The complex houses five palaces and four cathedrals, and it is surrounded by a moat and a wall with 20 towers.

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Mayors sometimes honor distinguished visitors with this key

What is the key to the city?

300

Ian Fleming is responsible for this franchise.

What is 007 or James Bond? 

400

Cast pearls before these.

What is swine? This appears in Matthew 7:6.

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Jimmy Stewart stars as Charles Lindbergh in this 1957 film that depicts Lindbergh’s career.  

What is Spirit of St. Louis? His airplane, the Spirit of St. Louis, was the first to fly nonstop from New York to Paris.

400

This is the longest railway in the world.

What is Trans-Siberian Railway? It runs nonstop from Moscow to Vladivostok, almost the entire length of the country. The trip takes almost 152.5 hours; that’s 6.3 days.

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Every night, the Ceremony of Keys takes place in this London structure that houses the Crown Jewels

What is the Tower of London? The morning and evening Ceremonies of the Keys unlock and lock, respectively, the gates to the fortress

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This British company manufactures an iconic, luxury automobile as well as airplane engines.

What is a Rolls Royce?

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A fly in this medication refers to a thing that spoils something.

What is ointment? Ecclesiastes 10:1 states, “Dead flies cause the ointment of the apothecary to send forth a stinking savor.” The modern idiom appeared in the 18th century.

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In 1938, Jimmy Stewart stars as Jean Arthur’s boss in a film whose title implies that you might as well spend your money while you’re here on Earth because...

What is You Can’t Take It with You? Stewart plays the vice president of a company that is owned by his greedy father. Stewart and Arthur also co-star in Mr. Smith Goes to Washington.

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Found in Siberia, it is the deepest and oldest lake in the world.

Lake Baikal. It is also the largest freshwater lake by volume and often mistaken for a sea.

500

You’ll find the phrase open sesame in the Persian tale of “[this person] and the Forty Thieves.”

Who is Ali Baba? Open sesame opens the door, and Close sesame closes the door. Some say sesame should be pronounced as says me.

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Many serious actors appear in stage productions written by this classic British playwright. Some of them appear in summer park productions of his plays.

Who is William Shakespeare?