In the 1840s he opened a photographic portrait studio on Fulton & Broadway in New York City

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One legend says it was his ox' footprints that formed the 10,000 lakes in Minnesota

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Sharon Stone's "Diabolique" co-star, this French actress was an Oscar nominee for "The Story of Adele H."

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This river provides the entire western border of Liechtenstein

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As first lady during World War II, she traveled abroad to visit American troops

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It's the state flower of Delaware (not Georgia)

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Corpulent sea nymphs circle Marie de Medicis’ ship in this Flemish artist’s painting of her arrival in France

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Mary Elizabeth Aitcheson married this future VP in 1970

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Captain Barbossa & his men attack the town of Port Royal in this high-seas adventure

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1940:A Tom Clancy novel in 2000 was called "The Bear and" this beast

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The Queen Anne's Revenge was a ship of this pirate, whose whole known career lasted from 1716 to 1718

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The Hilton Hotel in this Hungarian capital was built around 13th century ruins

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1990:"Home Alone","Dances With Wolves","Pretty Woman"

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Frau & fraulein are terms for women in this language

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The capital, Jayapura, surrendered to the military forces of this country in 1942

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1968:"I'm sorry, Dave, I'm afraid I can't do that"

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After all these years, Joe Di Maggio still has the longest one in baseball

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He was the fourth Secretary of State, & the fourth Chief Justice


In the 1940s Bobby "Blue" Bland & B.B. King were in the Beale Streeters, a blues group in this city

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Phnom Penh in Cambodia & Vientiane in Laos are the largest urban centers along this river

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In November 1956 Soviet troops moved into this country to crush the revolution led by Imre Nagy

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Trying to land on New Zealand's South Island in 1642, this "devil" of an explorer was attacked by Maoris

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The last wife of Henry VIII to get the axe

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How sweet, it's the state insect of New Jersey

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Most tigers have yellow eyes, but the eyes of the rare white tiger are this color

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In 1962 Hal produced this comedy with characters named Pseudolus, Erronius & Hysterium

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Agatha Christie's mysteries solved by this detective were often chronicled by his sidekick Arthur Hastings

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Pope John Paul II has given 1,235 people this status, more than all of his predecessors combined

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This "Mad About You" star offered his witty views on marriage & living together in "Couplehood"

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The form of this Philip Roth novel is a monologue by Alexander Portnoy to his psychiatrist

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The young man who wishes, "If the picture could change, and I could be always what I am now!"

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It's the celestial object on which you'd find Tycho, Oceanus Procellarum & Mare Imbrium

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While cats have whiskers, catfish have whiskerlke feelers called these

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The USA's began in 1861, Angola's in 1975

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People within the umbra, or region without sunlight due to the moon's shadow, experience this rare event

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In the 1937 film version, he's Snow White's only beardless dwarf

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In 1907 the Wall Street Journal declared Percival Lowell's photo of its "canals" proof of intelligent life

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In a familiar old song, it's "sailing over a cardboard sea"

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The Portuguese machete is the ancestor of this Hawaiian instrument

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This former Dodger pitcher was nicknamed "El Toro"

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After being expelled, Bluto says "7 years of college down the drain" in "National Lampoon's..."

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Yokozuna, or Grand Champion, is the highest rank in this sport

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These Spanish islands were named for a breed of large dog Romans found there, not a yellow songbird

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Shortly after promoting him, Darius had him cast into a lion’s den

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The title character of this Sir Walter Scott novel appears for a joust as a disinherited knight

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Of the planets in our solar system, this one is last alphabetically

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The Maine coon cat is named for its resemblance to this ring-tailed critter

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Greek sailor wanders around for 10 years & finally finds his way home; his wife isn't angry

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Vic Morrow was Sergeant Chip Saunders in this 1960s TV series

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The name of this largest part of the brain is Latin for "brain"

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The bird that found land for Noah, or the soap that's 1/4 moisturizing lotion

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80% of Argentina's farm products come from this feritle plain

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He wrote "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner" for a book of poetry co-written with William Wordsworth

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The name of this flower is an allusion to its quick release of seeds at the slightest touch

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Boston Harbor is the mouth of this river that flows through Cambridge, Massachusetts

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In 1904, Ida Tarbell published the muckraking history of this oil company

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March 27, 1964 wasn't a good Good Friday in Anchorage, Alaska:  one of these struck

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One of this poet's great-grandfathers was a black Ethiopian courtier to Peter the Great

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Born here, Cornelius Vanderbilt started a ferry service at age 16

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One theory about the cause of Van Gogh's odd behavior is poisoning from this liqueur made from wormwood

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Founded by an auto parts maker, this city's Pistons were originally the Fort Wayne Zollner Pistons

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Combat candies made to melt in a GI's mouth, not in his hand

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His parents named him Rene Maria & dressed him in girls' clothes; he chose the name "Rainer" himself

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2 tiny bones in the ear, the malleus & incus, are better known as the hammer & this


In 1735 this Swed. naturalist published "Systema Naturae", naming & classifying plants & animals

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In June 2006 this movie channel premiered its first made-for-TV movie, "Broken Trail", starring Robert Duvall

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Sadly, Shoemaker-Levy 9 is no more; it broke up in 1992 & the fragments crashed into this planet in 1994

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This capital city lies on the broad & shallow plain formed by the Moskva River & tributaries

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It's what the sign seen here is asking you to do (don't throw away those soda cans)

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A William Bradford Huie novel & a Julie Andrews movie told about "The" this "of Emily"

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We watched him grow into a teen on "The Wonder Years" & he's still "Working" today

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16th & 17th c. changes in the Catholic church are often called the counter-this

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John Travolta was the perfect candidate for this 1998 movie based on a book by "Anonymous"

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Medieval plays known as juegos de escarnio were performed in this European language

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(Hi.  I'm Hal Sparks.)  This former E! entertainment channel TV show helped further the careers of me, John Henson & Greg Kinnear

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While in Paris, poet & critic Ezra Pound helped little-known talent T.S. Eliot edit this 1922 poem

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Some women use a gel instead of a pencil to shape & contour these & hold them in place all day

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He made news April 13, 1986 when he visited Rome's main synagogue

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This governor of Connecticut was fondly known as "Mother Ella"

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This city's Zoologischer Garten had under 100 animals after WWII; it grew to lead the world in number of species

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This Russian actor-producer founded the Moscow Art Theater for method actors

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It's the term for an old, worn-out horse; now quit bugging me!

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Monrovia is home to the university of this African country

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Before "Married... with Children", Katey Sagal was a Harlette, one of this star's backup singers

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In 1903 George Cortelyou may have been over"worked" as both Secretary of Commerce & of this

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It wasn't Providence that gave this state 2 differently elected & feuding governors at one time in 1842

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From its incorporation in 1813 until 1901, this New York village was known as Sing-Sing

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When competing in this pro sport, Scott Levy is better known by his ring name, Raven

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It's the first "I" in ASCII, a computer code for representing letters as numbers

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1 Thessalonians 1:3:  "Remembering without ceasing your work of faith, and _____ of love"

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In 1846 he was elected to Congress as an Illinois Whig; in 1856 he joined the antislavery Republican Party

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Clint Eastwood's wife Dina co-hosted this show on Pax with Peter Funt

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In "Hiawatha" she's the "daughter of the moon"

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On August 5, 1864 David Farragut barreled full speed ahead into this Alabama bay, defeating the Confederate navy

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In a 1513 work, he described the way a prince could acquire & keep power

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In a cross-shaped church, this intercepts the nave to form the arms of the cross

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The first TV appearance of the alien Earth observer Mork was on this nostalgic sitcom

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In early 1976 this was removed from Independence Hall & moved across the street

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In the news in 1961, this bay in the Cuban province of Las Villas is also called Bahia de los Cochinos

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The FDA seized over 254,000 lbs. of cranberries contaminated by pesticides just before this holiday

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Long before Chuck Barris, radio's Major Bowes gonged out performers on this "hour"

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This Frankish king, who made the city of Aachen one of his capitals, may have been born there in 742 A.D.

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In May 1995 this company delivered its first 777

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In 1929 Margaret Mead was awarded a Ph.D. in this field

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This itchy inflammation is medically known as conjunctivitis

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In stunt casting, on the Feb. 13, 1997 episode of "Diagnosis Murder" Mike Connors played this detective

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Once a carnival performer who bit off chickens' heads, it's slang for an odd or ridiculous person

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"(Sittin' on) the Dock of the Bay" was his only No. 1 hit

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In June 1962 the Supreme Court ruled that this in schools violated the First Amendment

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This "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" author wrote of his days in the RAF in "Going Solo"

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In 1947 huge oil deposits were discovered in this city 175 miles north of Calgary; it's now Canada's oil capital

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Little Belt is a strait that separates the island of Fyn from this Danish peninsula

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Before "Titanic", this actress was in a 1996 film version of "Jude the Obscure"

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There's a 256-acre botanical garden on the grounds of Clemson University in this state

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Also called the complainant, it's the person bringing a civil suit

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His famous story "The Tell-Tale Heart" tells us, "It was not the old man who vexed me, but his evil eye"

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Hoping to create a "boom", comics were added to this brand of bubble gum in 1953

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The phrase "Beware of Greeks bearing gifts" goes back to this gift in mythology

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In 2004 LucasArts "Unleashed" this popular game for both Xbox & PlayStation

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Al Pacino couldn't see but he sure could tango in this 1992 film

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In 1694 this Virginia college received a coat of arms from the College of Arms in London

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Ford's cameo in this 1982 Spielberg film, written by his now-wife Melissa Mathison, got cut

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Violation of trademark rights is called this

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This north African country has been part of the Ottoman & Carthaginian Empires

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Her sister-in-law Anett Potzsch is also an Olympic gold medalist in figure skating

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The Greek word for "wrist" gives us this adjective used to describe a syndrome that affects the wrist

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This London museum began in part with the private collection of physician & naturalist Sir Hans Sloane

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Tim jumped through (hula) hoops in this '94 Coen Brothers flick with Paul Newman

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On October 4, 2004 this private craft won the $10 million Ansari X Prize by reaching space for the 2nd time within a week

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Holding this dead daughter in his arms, King Lear says, "Her voice was ever soft, gentle and low"

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Sennacherib, king of this country, made Nineveh his capital & built a magnificent new palace there

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He could have played himself in "Man on the Moon", but he played Andy's manager George Shapiro

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It's paired with liberty in the Pledge of Allegiance

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There were over 600,000 casualites in the 1916 battle for this French city

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On July 4, 1831 "America" was first sung at this city's Park Street Church at the foot of Beacon HIll

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It precedes "Minutes" in the title of a popular Sunday night TV news program

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L.A.'s Alain Leroy Locke High is named for the first black student to get this scholarship to Oxford

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This gift from France was officially unveiled October 28, 1886 on Bedloe's Island

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In March 1999 the makers of this board gane introduced a new player token, a sack of money

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He was a tailor in Tenneseee in the 1820s when his wife taught him how to write

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Originally, the term Picaresque referred to fiction from this country about rogues called Picaros

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This standard airline practice can lead to bumping ticketed passengers from flights

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The Latin word talpa, meaning "mole", gave us this word for a shade of brownish gray

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This continent's highest waterfall, Wollomombi, drops 1580 feet in New South Wales

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Anne Edwards' biography of this author is titled "Road to Tara"

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This part of the state was once known as "No Man's Land" or the "Cimarron Strip"

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Nick Mason, Roger Waters, Rick Wright & David Gilmour

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A funny Irish dramatist seen here around 1923

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On July 11, 1789, Lafayette proposed to the Assembly a first draft of the declaration of these

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Browntrout offers calendars of these coastal structures from New England, the Pacific & the Great Lakes

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While carting this, Uzza touched it to right it after the oxen stumbled, & the Lord smote him

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To Internet users, I.M. is this real-time communication service

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The home where Albert Einstein spent his last 20 years is in this state

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Since Easter can fall anywhere from March 22 to April 25, it is called this type of feast

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This rubber company spends over $7 million a year just to maintain & operate its blimps

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Mann: "Seek not greatness but seek" this "and you will find both"; you might get justice & the American way, too

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A shrine in Allentown, Penn. is built above the spot where this patriotic symbol was hidden in 1777

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On a 1998 episode of this sitcom, Uncle Leo got caught shoplifting a book

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This Colorado-based brewer introduced Zima Clearmalt in 1992

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The 1996 Summer Paralympic Games for the disabled were held in this U.S. city

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Now retired, this Colorado congresswoman served in the House longer than any other woman

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Give him a beer!  This patriot became tax collector of Boston in 1756

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Quick!  It's a musical direction to play quickly

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Cinematographer Gregg Toland helped Orson Welles create the innovative style of this 1941 masterpiece

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(Hi, I'm wide receiver Antonio Freeman)  In 1999 the Hokies of this school, my alma mater, had one of their greatest seasons, going undefeated

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(Jimmy of the Clue Crew delivers the clue while at a chessboard with Cheryl.)  Even chess masters often begin a game with this familiar opening named for a Spanish priest

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The tiny vestigial wings of this New Zealand bird are hidden in its feathers

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Little was found in 1986 when Geraldo Rivera opened a vault linked to this crime boss on live TV

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Nickname of frontierswoman Martha Jane Cannary, who was born in Missouri, lived in Wyoming, and died in South Dakota

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God's many commands to him include one in Numbers 26 to count all 600,000 men of Israel

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Show me!  Paris went bananas over me when I danced semi-nude in a skirt made of bananas:

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Crystal deposits in the joints can cause gout or pseudogout, a type of this inflammatory condition


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It's a vessel or duct, like the deferens one

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In 1965, after being assaulted in this Alabama city, Martin Luther King led a march from there to Montgomery

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She won a Golden Globe award for her performance in "The Fabulous Baker Boys"

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In a 1922 speech he declared, "Nonviolence is the first article of my faith"

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He was the 1st heir to the British throne to earn a bachelor's degree

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Saskatoon is this province's "City of Bridges"

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(Jon of the Clue Crew reports from Chinatown in San Francisco.)  The first of San Francisco's Chinese immigrants arrived on the ship Eagle in 1848, a week after this discovery that changed California

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This Russian goldsmith created famous jeweled Easter eggs for European royalty

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The diary of this woman, wife of a famous aviator, describes the kidnapping of her son

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Austin Powers' warning "Get your hands off my Heinie, baby" referred to this beer

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Named for a town in France, this sheer net fabric is used to make bridal veils and tutus

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Drew Carey knows Hall of Fame pitcher Grover Alexander's middle name is this

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This 2004 concept album by Green Day is about a character known as Saint Jimmy

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Man O' War was one of the greatest ones in history

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This Greek who died in 1975 made a million importing tobacco before building his shipping fleet

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This instrument measures the angular distance of a celestial body above the horizon

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After the swarm's flight, these insects of the order isoptera lose their wings & eat you out of house & home

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This director who died in 1987 choreographed 3 of the 5 features he directed

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Larry Doyle and Neal Sternecky are reviving this comic strip that Walt Kelly created

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This saint of Assisi was baptized Giovanni; his name was changed by his father

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Outfielder Rickey Henderson fell asleep with an ice pack on his ankle & ended up suffering from this (in August)

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The name of this "Hawkeye State" means either "Beautiful Land" or "One Who Puts to Sleep"

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When counting pennies, it's good to know a standard roll contains this many

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In the '70s Guinness listed this wrinkly Chinese dog as the rarest in the world

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At 7,339 feet, Mount Orohena on this island is the highest point in the Society Islands

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(Sarah of the Clue Crew reads the clue from the Nixon Library & Birthplace in Yorba Linda, CA.)  The library has a replica of this room that hosted Nixon's daughter's wedding reception & his farewell to his staff

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Italy has issued euro coins with this Da Vinci "Man" on the reverse

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This American masterpiece has been widely satirized; the sign of a true classic

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The Great Basin bristlecone species of this tree can live for more than 4,000 years

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The Reader's Encyclopedia said, "He loved the... main streets of America even as he deplored them"

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A presidential library in Fremont houses the papers of this 19th president, & Lucy's, too

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The famous "Why a duck?" scene comes from this, the Marx Brothers' first major film

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At the 2004 Olympics, this event's course will run from Marathon to Athens

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The National Fertilizer Development Center can be found in Muscle Shoals in this state

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