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JOHN F. KENNEDY
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On Sept. 12, 1962, JFK said, "We choose to go" here; "It will be done. & It will be done before" the end of the decade
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the Moon
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JFK, in a speech in Germany on June 26, 1963: "In the world of freedom, the proudest boast is" this 4-word phrase, in the native tongue
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Ich bin ein Berliner
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Kennedy took "sole responsibility" for the April 17, 1961 disaster at this Cuban location
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the Bay of Pigs
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[To be filled in later]
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PT-109
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Citing back surgery, in 1954 JFK was one of 6 senators who did not vote to censure this senator
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McCarthy
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STATE YOUR BUSINESS
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General Mills, Land O'Lakes
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Minnesota
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Home Depot, Waffle House
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Georgia
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John Deere Co.,Jimmy John’s
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Illinois
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Walmart, Tyson Foods
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Arkansas
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Frontier Airlines, Dish Network
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Colorado
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TV SHOWS WITH ONE-WORD TITLES
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Successful actor Vincent Chase navigates the Hollywood life with the help of a close circle of pals
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Entourage
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3 baskets of ingredients per episode must be used by contestants in the kitchen
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Chopped
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2 brothers run a one-plane airline on the island of Nantucket
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Wings
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2 women, a Vegas legend & a snarky young writer, work together to make comedy
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Hacks
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Ordinary people begin to develop superpowers & must unite against the evil Sylar to prevent a global catastrophe
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Heroes
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RUN, 4 "S", RUN
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To willfully act in a dangerous manner is "running with" this instrument, & please don't
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scissors
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Ownership of an item, or what "The Exorcist" dealt with
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possession
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ZZ Top recommended you go out & get yourself some black frames, & "they come in 2 classes--rhinestone shades" & "cheap" these
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sunglasses
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It's the occupation of a woman who sews for a living
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a seamstress
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Britain's royal guards are supposed to be this, an adjective for a deadpan face devoid of feeling or emotion
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expressionless
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STARS
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The star Qalb al-Asad, or "heart of the lion", was named by Arab stargazers observing this constellation
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Leo
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The largest constellation is this one represented as a water snake
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Hydra
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The collapse of a massive star can create one of these cosmic explosions that blasts tremendous amounts of matter into space
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a supernova
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Around 2700 B.C., Alpha Draconis had the distinction of being the North Star; now this one stakes the claim
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Polaris
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The bluish-white star Bellatrix & the reddish star Betelgeuse are the shoulders of this constellation
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Orion
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STRIPES
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Trying to locate this title character in books by illustrator Martin Handford? Look for his 2-toned striped shirt & hat
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Waldo
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This form of pool is also known as stripes & solids
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8-ball
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Now in light & lemon varieties, Red Stripe beer was first brewed in this Caribbean nation in 1928
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Jamaica
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He composed "The Stars & Stripes Forever", now the official march of the United States
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Sousa
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This dark pigment gives a zebra its black stripes
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melanin
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12-LETTER GEOGRAPHY
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North Dakota & Montana both border this province nicknamed Canada's breadbasket
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Saskatchewan
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Largely ranch land until 1906, this city known for its wealthy celebs is mostly surrounded by Los Angeles
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Beverly Hills
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This capital on the island of Hispaniola was first called l'Hopital
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Port-au-Prince
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This capital on the island of Hispaniola was once called Nueva Isabela
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Santo Domingo
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One of the world's largest churches, the Basilica of Our Lady of Peace is in this capital of Côte d'Ivoire
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Yamoussoukro
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BOOK ALIKES
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$400
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"All The King's Men" is fiction about corrupt politics; so is this similarly titled nonfiction classic published 28 years later
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All the President\'s Men
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"Middlesex" is a 21st century novel by Jeffrey Eugenides; "Middlemarch" is a 19th century novel by her
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(George) Eliot
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"East of Eden" is a classic by Steinbeck; "Exit to Eden" is a novel she wrote under the pseudonym Anne Rampling
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Anne Rice
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"The Little Prince" is a fable by Antoine de Saint-Exupery; "A Little Princess" is a kids' classic by this 3-named woman
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Frances Hodgson Burnett
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Tom Wolfe was the white-suited author of "The Right Stuff"; Thomas Wolfe wrote the 1940 novel "You Can't" do this
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Go Home Again
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THE VICTORIAN ERA
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The modern version of this holiday item in England was popularized by German transplant Prince Albert, Queen Victoria's husband
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Christmas tree
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The 1840s "Great Hunger" in this nation led to 1 million deaths & as many as 2 million more emigrating to other countries
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Ireland
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In 1845 the rules of this sport were codified at the school where its origin story happened during a soccer game
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rugby
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Around 1856 Henry Bessemer developed a process for cheaply mass-producing this alloy
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steel
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The world's first postage stamp, this "dark" one, was issued & soon millions of letters were being sent every year
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the Penny Black
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"D-D-S"
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This hairstyle is chronicled in professor Bert Ashe's book "Twisted"
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dreadlocks
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He created wings of wax & feathers to escape Crete; what could go wrong?
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Daedalus
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Gallipoli is a port on this narrow strait
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the Dardanelles
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Here's a representation of this dinosaur
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Diplodocus
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A letter that Oscar Wilde wrote from prison was published with this title, Latin for "out of the depths"
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De Profundis
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MOVIES BY ANTAGONIST
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1986: Chicago-area high school dean of students Ed Rooney
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Ferris Bueller\'s Day Off
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2009: Nazi colonel Hans Landa
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Inglourious Basterds
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2014: Teacher for a conservatory jazz ensemble Terence Fletcher
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Whiplash
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2015: Despot of a post-apocalyptic wasteland Immortan Joe
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Mad Max: Fury Road
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1999: Creepy boss at Initech Bill Lumbergh
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Office Space
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FALLING
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To release a piece of music or an episode of a TV show to the public
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drop
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This word used of statues & dominoes starts with the part that falls first
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to topple
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The part of the boat that's showing gave us this 2-word phrase meaning "to collapse in a faint"
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keel over
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Sometimes used of the stock market, it's a plunge by an aircraft with the forward part pointing down
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a nosedive (tailspin)
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You'll sometimes hear, "He went down like he'd been hit" with this 2-function medieval weapon
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a poleax
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BROADWAY MUSICALS
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N/A
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Each in a show that ran more than 2 years, Ethel Merman & Sarah Jessica Parker played 2 different characters with this first name
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Annie
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