HALL MONITOR
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$200
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In 2019 Abby Wambach was inducted into the national hall of fame for this sport
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soccer
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$400
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Lord Stanley & Georges Vezina were 2 of the first inductees into this sport's hall of fame in 1945
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hockey
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$600
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This legend is alphabetically first among modern-era inductees at the International Boxing Hall of Fame
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(Muhammad) Ali
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$800
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The Basketball Hall of Fame hosts a preseason college tournament named for this first play in a basketball game
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a tip-off
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$1000
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In 2019 Edgar Martinez & Harold Baines were elected to Baseball's Hall of Fame for playing this non-defensive position
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designated hitter
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HEAVEN OR HELL
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$200
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A 2-word synonym for heaven, it's the "land" of Canaan in Genesis reserved for Abraham & his descendants
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the Promised Land
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$400
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One of the sons of Cronus, this Greek god of the underworld has a name that also means the underworld
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Hades
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$600
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The name of this Buddhist state of enlightenment comes from the Sanskrit for "extinction"
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nirvana
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$800
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The line "Better to reign in hell than serve in heaven" is from this 17th century poem
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Paradise Lost
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$1000
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A famed Paris avenue bears the name of this blessed land where Greek heroes are sent in the afterlife
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the Elysian Fields
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BIRDS OF PREY
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$200
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These birds of prey are largely nocturnal, but the snowy type often hunts by day
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an owl
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$400
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Found in South America, the harpy is a crested variety of this bird of prey with a wingspan that can reach seven feet
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an eagle
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$600
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The largest bird of prey is this Western Hemisphere vulture that can fly 18,000 feet high & weigh 30 pounds
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the condor
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$800
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One of the only terrestrial birds of prey is this species whose name seems more suited for an office than its home in Africa
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the secretary bird
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$1000
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Reaching speeds of 200 miles per hour, this bird of prey is not only the world's fastest bird, it's also the world's fastest animal
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the peregrine falcon
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WORDS FROM OLD ENGLISH
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$200
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A mounted soldier in armor who served a king or lord
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a knight
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$400
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This verb means to satisfy, especially one's thirst
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slake
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$600
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"Over hill, over" this small valley--both landforms come from the Old English
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a dale
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$800
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This word usually comes before "out", meaning to barely manage a living
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eke
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$1000
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This geography term meaning a bend or a curve in a coastline sounds like sinking your teeth into something
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bight
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GOING ON VACATION
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$200
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This country's Amalfi Coast never fails to impress
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Italy
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$400
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Stop by this landmark & take in the amazing vista from Yavapai Point to the North Rim
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the Grand Canyon
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$600
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Headed to Paris? Check out the Impressionist and Postimpressionist works at this museum in a former train station
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the Musée d\'Orsay
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$800
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Chile has a beautiful "district" of mountains & water that shares its name with this similar one in north England
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the Lake District
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$1000
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This B&B island paradise northwest of Tahiti would be a perfect place for some R&R
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Bora-Bora
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I'M FULL OF "N.V."
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$200
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If a motel is displaying this sign, keep driving
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no vacancy
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$400
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The Sightmark Ghost Hunter Goggle Binoculars will give you this
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night vision
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$600
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The U.S. House of Representatives has 6 of these members, like Puerto Rico's resident commissioner
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non-voting
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$800
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This country officially merged with its southern neighbor July 2, 1976
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North Vietnam
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$1000
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The Mayacamas Mountains to the west and the Vaca Range to the east, enclose this fertile region of Northern California
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Napa Valley
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WOMEN AUTHORS
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$400
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This author of "The Good Earth" also wrote the heartwarming "Christmas Day in the Morning"
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Pearl Buck
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$800
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She worked at a coffee shop in Toronto before writing dystopian fare
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(Margaret) Atwood
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$1200
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In 1856 she published "Dred", in which she depicted the deterioration of a slave-holding society
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Harriet Beecher Stowe
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$1600
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"The House on Mango Street" is the first book of fiction by this Mexican-american woman
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(Sandra) Cisneros
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$2000
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This Danish writer acquired her title by marrying her cousin Bror von Blixen-Finecke, a Swedish baron
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Isak Dinesen
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GREATEST HITS FROM THE SUPREMES
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$400
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In McCulloch v. Maryland, John Marshall wrote, "The power to" do this 3-letter verb "involves the power to destroy"
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tax
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$800
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In Williams v. U.S. William O. Douglas warned of the police taking matters "in their own hands" & these "beastly" courts
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a kangaroo court
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$1200
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In Marbury v. Madison, John Marshall criticized this sitting president for flouting the law
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Jefferson
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$1600
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Obergefell v. Hodges in 2015 asserted that this type of marriage is legal in all 50 states
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same-sex marriage
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$2000
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Leading to the 11th Amendment, Chisholm v. Georgia was overseen by this first Chief Justice
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Jay
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THE HUMAN BODY
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$400
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This clear, transplantable layer of the eye anterior to the lens is often compared to the crystal on a watch
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the cornea
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$800
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In French le foie is this organ
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the liver
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$1200
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In the average adult male, this thighbone is about 19 inches long
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the femur
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$1600
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Erythrocytes are your red blood cells & these are your white blood cells
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leukocytes
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$2000
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(Sarah of the Clue Crew presents by a display monitor.) Each hemisphere of the brain contains four lobes with different functions; your ability to process sounds, recognize words and understand them happens in this lobe, named for its location in relation to the size of the head
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the temporal lobe
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DOCUMENTARIES
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$400
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Aired on PBS in 1982, this filmmaker's first documentary told of the construction of the Brooklyn Bridge
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Ken Burns
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$800
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Spike Lee's "4 Little Girls" tells of the horrific bombing in 1963 of an African American church in this Alabama city
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Birmingham
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$1200
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In 2020 the Oscar for Best Documentary Short went to a film about "Learning to" do this fun activity "in a Warzone (If You're a Girl)"
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skateboard
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$1600
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A 2011 documentary called this man "Against the World" explores the life of the troubled chess master
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Fischer
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$2000
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This 1994 documentary follows 2 inner-city Chicago kids who aspire to become pro basketball players
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Hoop Dreams
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THE OLD UNIVERSITY TRY
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$400
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Woof! & meow! & maybe even ribbit? This Ivy League U. in upstate New York awarded the nation's first doctorate of veterinary medicine
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Cornell
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$800
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I wouldn't look for this university founded in 1875 by a Mormon leader on many lists of top 10 party schools
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BYU (Brigham Young)
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$1200
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You could be like William Faulkner & get an Oxford education at this state school that opened in 1848
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Ole Miss
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$1600
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In 1884 this private university in New Orleans was renamed after the local merchant who gave the school its first endowment
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Tulane
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$2000
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The William F. Harrah College of Hospitality checks in at this school, a few blocks away from the action
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UNLV
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BEFORE & AFTER
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$400
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U.S. executive mansion that's a legal confinement to one's own residence instead of prison
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White House arrest
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$800
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Historic New York City sports arena where Adam & Eve lived in the Bible
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Madison Square Garden of Eden
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$1200
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Paul McCartney's Bond theme plays as Bruce Willis fights off bad guys at the Nakatomi Building
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"Live And Let Die Hard"
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$1600
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2012 male stripper cinematic saga that went on to be our 70th Secretary of State
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Magic Mike Pompeo
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$2000
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1873 Jules Verne adventure novel that's an NBC soap opera on the air since 1965
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Around the World in Eighty Days of Our Lives
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AMERICAN FIRSTS
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N/A
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John Ledyard, sailing on Captain Cook's last voyage in search of the NW Passage, was the 1st American to land at what are now these 2 states
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Hawaii & Alaska
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