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NORTH AMERICAN HISTORY
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Here's the path on which this duo led their expedition between 1804 & 1806, covering around 8,000 miles
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Lewis & Clark
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The Mexican army's win in the spring of 1862 over Napoleon III's forces is still honored today with this annual celebration
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Cinco de Mayo
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$600
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In early 2022, things got eventful in this Canadian city with traffic-paralyzing protests
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Ottawa
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$800
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In 2003 this Canadian territory dropped "Territory" to go by a single name
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Yukon
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$1000
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Elected president of Mexico in 1833, this Alamo general would serve in the post 11 times over the next 22 years
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(Antonio López de) Santa Anna
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BASEBALL BABES
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From 1914 to 1935 pitchers walked him 2,062 times, with good reason
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Babe Ruth
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After 8 seasons in the Majors, hotheaded Babe Pinelli became one of these, with which he had frequently argued as a player
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an umpire
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$600
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In 1909 Pittsburgh's Babe Adams became the only rookie ever to pitch & win 3 games in one of these
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the World Series
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$800
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In 1928 the Brooklyn Daily Eagle said this team's Babe Herman is "a great outfielder except for his inability to catch flyballs"
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the Brooklyn Dodgers
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$1000
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When this man's 2,130 consecutive-game streak ended in 1939, Babe Dahlgren took his place & went 2 for 5 with a homer
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Lou Gehrig
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PALINDROMIC NUMBERS
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Title total of Scheherazade's tale-telling evenings
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1,001
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Named the "City of Everett", the first of these Boeing jumbo jets took to the skies in 1969
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747
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$600
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Year of James A. Garfield's entire presidency
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1881
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Washington, D.C.'s longtime area code
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202
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The Lee-Enfield rifle used by British forces in the Boer War & 2 world wars was also known as this, its caliber
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the 303
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2022 ANNIVERSARIES
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100 years ago, in November 1922 Howard Carter made this discovery, some 3,000 years after the death that caused its creation
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King Tut\'s tomb (King Tut\'s body as a mummy)
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$400
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Happy 65th to this flying disc that Wham-O began rolling out in 1957
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the Frisbee
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$600
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March 1, 2022 was the 150th anniversary of this national park, home to half the world's active geysers
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Yellowstone
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$800
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It's been 50 years since this company named for its 2 founders introduced the first pocket scientific calculator
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Hewlett-Packard
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$1000
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June 5, 2022 is the 75th anniversary of when he first suggested his European recovery plan in a 12-minute speech at Harvard
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Marshall
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FOXES
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With some of the warmest fur of any mammal, this fox species, Vulpes lagopus, can survive temperatures as low as -58 degrees F.
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the Arctic fox
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$400
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The subject of much world folklore, this colorful species of fox, Vulpes vulpes, is the most common
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the red fox
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$600
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Widespread vaccination programs aim to reduce the incidence of this deadly disease in foxes, from the Latin for "madness"
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rabies
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$800
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This other animal is in the name of the big-eared fox seen here
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the bat
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A female fox is a vixen; a male fox can be called a dog or this, the name of a fox from Old French tales
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reynard
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WORDS IN COMPARISON
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About 25 species of this arachnid with a segmented & curved tail have venom that can kill humans
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scorpion
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$400
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A decoration utilizing small, colored inlaid glass & stone pieces
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a mosaic
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$600
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A shade of red, or to leave someone stuck on an island
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maroon
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$800
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A shade of red associated with embarrassment
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crimson
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$1000
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Specially made 2-word area in a house to retreat to in times of great fear
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a panic room
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CITY PARK-ING PLACES
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$400
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On April 14, 1969 this city rejoiced as Jarry Park--in Jarry Park--became the first MLB ballpark outside the United States
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Montreal
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$800
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An 1880s deal between George Patton's dad & L.A. led to a park later named for this other World War II general in 1942
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(Douglas) MacArthur Park
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$1200
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The name of these gardens in Paris comes from the tile factories that were there before the palace built by Catherine de Medici
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the Tuileries
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$1600
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Visitors can enjoy a blastoff simulation in a real Buran Space Shuttle in this Moscow park
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Gorky Park
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$2000
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Familiar from "Project Runway" season finales, this, named for a writer, shares land with the New York City Public Library
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Bryant Park
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5-SYLLABLE WORDS
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$400
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A loss in value due to age, wear or market conditions
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depreciation
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$800
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New York City's Hayden, for one
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planetarium
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$1200
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It's the process of verifying yourself in order to use a computer system; some might require "2 factor"
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authentication
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$1600
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Seen here, it regulates body temperature & other autonomic activities
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the hypothalamus
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$2000
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A thing to be hated & cursed, like a graven image & its gold per Deuteronomy 7:25
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an abomination
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SPIES LIKE THEM
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Caught spying for this Eastern foe in 1913, Austria's former intelligence chief asked to be left alone with his pistol; the end
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Russia
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In the 1770s this famous lover & libertine acted as a spy for his native Venice
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Casanova
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His own spy days are part of "The Pigeon Tunnel" by this author of "The Spy Who Came in from the Cold"
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le Carré
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$1600
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In 1951 electrical engineer Morton Sobell was tried along with this pair in the nation's first atom spy trial
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the Rosenbergs
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This British major asked to be shot by firing squad, but since the charge was espionage, Washington had him hanged in 1780
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Major André
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FACTS & FIGURES
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For those born in 1960 or later, full retirement benefits from social security are payable at this age
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67
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$1200
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With 37, including 16 gold, this European country won the most medals at the Beijing Winter Olympics
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Norway
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In 2022 this space company founded by Richard Branson announced tickets for a 90-minute flight would cost a mere $450,000
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Virgin Galactic
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$2000
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At more than 44%, Punjabi is the largest ethnic group in this country of 230 million
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Pakistan
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PEOPLE IN POETRY
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Nikki Giovanni's poem about this civil rights heroine ends, "In not being able to stand it. She sat back down"
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Rosa Parks
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John Alden woos Priscilla on behalf of a friend in Longfellow's "The Courtship of" this man
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(Miles) Standish
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His poem "America" says, "Burroughs is in Tangiers I don't think he'll come back it's sinister"
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Alan Ginsberg
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Belinda is the young woman whose "shining ringlets" are scandalously removed in this Alexander Pope poem
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The Rape of the Lock
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& ON DRUMS...
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$400
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Meg pounded the skins behind husband Jack in this 2-piece band that helped kickstart the 2000s garage rock revival
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The White Stripes
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$800
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Hannah Welton drummed for 3rdEyeGiri, from 2012 to 2016 the all-female backing band of this late genius
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Prince
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Dave Grohl called the late Taylor Hawkins, who propelled this band for 25 years, "my best friend and partner in crime"
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the Foo Fighters
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$1600
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Once called punk rock's superstar drummer, in 2021, he got engaged to Kourtney Kardashian
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Travis Barker
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$2000
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Conan O'Brien's onetime "Late Night" bandleader, this "Mighty Max" also holds down the beat in the E Street Band
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Max Weinberg
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OSCAR-WINNING ACTORS
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N/A
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Each of the 3 films for which he won an Oscar, from 1975, 1983 & 1997, also garnered a Best Lead Actress Oscar
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Jack Nicholson
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