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She's the first female track & field athlete to win medals in 5 different events at a single Olympics
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Marion Jones
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This somewhat negative term arose because twisting fibers into thread was mainly a woman's job
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Spinster
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Phoebe Snetsinger, she of the apropos first name, set a record for this activity, about 8,400 species
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Birdwatching
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Once slang for brain, this 2-word phrase now means the Heritage Foundation or the Brookings Institution
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Think Tank
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Gavdos, an islet administratively part of this larger island, is Europe's southernmost point
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Crete
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In a last-minute change in his manuscript, Charles Dickens renamed Little Fred this
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Tiny Tim
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This title character who debuted in 1999 was created by former marine biology educator Steve Hillenburg
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Spongebob Squarepants
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In 1960 this new national leader made the longest speech in United Nations history, 4 hours & 29 minutes
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Fidel Castro
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The Chinese government, which controls all of these in the U.S., won't let a new one be named until it's 100 days old
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Giant pandas
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'Did I request thee, Maker, from my clay To mould me man...' is the epigraph to this 1818 novel
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Frankenstein
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First designed as a surgical disinfectant, in 1895 it was available to dentists & by 1914 was sold OTC
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Listerine
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In the NATO phonetic alphabet (Alpha, Bravo, etc.), the 2 that are title Shakespearean characters
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Romeo & Juliet
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In 1582 the man born Ugo Buoncompagni proclaimed this solar dating system still used today
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The Gregorian Calendar
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Josephine Cochrane's 1886 version of this consisted of a copper boiler, wire baskets & a pump
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A Dishwasher
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The almost 4-decade collaboration of these 2 Germans began in Paris in 1844
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Marx and Engels
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In 1826 Daniel Webster eulogized these 2 men, saying, "They took their flight together to the world of spirits"
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John Adams and Thomas Jefferson
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This 1973 thriller was re-released in 2000 with extra footage, including a scene in which Ritalin is prescribed
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The Exorcist
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In 1901 U.S. Surgeon General Walter Wyman helped establish a hospital in Hawaii for this disease
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Leprosy
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"I am the rose of Sharon" & "When you know your name, you should hang on to it" are from 2 different books titled this
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Song of Solomon
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This title character's full name is Oscar Zoroaster Phadrig Isaac Norman Henkle Emmannuel Ambroise Diggs
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The Wizard of Oz
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In 1899 he was released from Devil's Island & pardoned for "treason under extenuating circumstances"
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Alfred Dreyfus
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This fruit of North America shares its name with a literary character who debuted in an 1876 novel
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Huckleberry
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Born in January 1919, the month Teddy Roosevelt died, he was given the middle name Roosevelt
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Jackie Robinson
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Its 1st broadcast, February 24, 1942, said, "The news may be good. The news may be bad. We shall tell you the truth"
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Voice of America
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Ironically, he might have saved himself from death in 1779 if he had known how to swim
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Captain Cook
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Born in 1564, he was employed by Elizabeth I's Secretary of State to uncover Catholic plots against her reign
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Christopher Marlowe
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After a 58-year flirtation, this woman called it off temporarily in issue No. 720
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Lois Lane
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Of the 8 members of the G-8 industrial nations, the one with the smallest population
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Canada
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Daniel means "God is my judge", Ezekiel, "God strengthens"; & this name in Genesis 32, "he strives with God"
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Israel
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The first 2 New York Times headlines set in 96-point type were in these 2 years, 5 years apart
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1969 & 1974
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For his role in writing this 1861 document, Thomas Cobb of Georgia has been compared to James Madison
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The Confederate Constitution
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With a book about the South, he became the first president--past or present--to publish a novel
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Jimmy Carter
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Experts believe that 16th C. Dutch growers, through breeding, gave this vegetable its color to honor their ruling house
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Carrot
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The libretto for "William Tell" was in this language, the native tongue of neither the composer, Rossini, nor the subject
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French
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In area it's the largest African country through which the Greenwich meridian passes
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Algeria
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Her recording career lasted just 8 years, starting in 1955 with "A Church, A Courtroom And Then Good-Bye"
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Patsy Cline
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The 2 U.S. presidents whose middle names are also the last names of 2 other presidents
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Ronald Wilson Reagan and William Jefferson Clinton
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The 4 Shakespeare plays in which ghosts appear on stage
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Julius Caesar, Hamlet, Richard III, Macbeth
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In 2002 the Library of Congress had William B. Jones, Jr. speak on this 1941-1971 comic book series in its collection
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Classic Comics
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A controversial 1979 war film was based on a 1902 work by this author
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Joseph Conrad
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In the '20s the alleged spirit powers of Margery caused a rift between these 2 men, a magician & a writer
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Harry Houdini & Arthur Conan Doyle
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The 4 men who went from being either a U.S. senator or congressman directly to the presidency*
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Kennedy, Garfield, Harding or Obama
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In November 2000, Pope John Paul II proclaimed this 16th century Englishman as the patron saint of politicians
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Sir Thomas More
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A Spanish dictionary defines it as "circulo maximo que equidista de los polos de la tierra"
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Ecuador
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Norma McCorvey recently sought a reversal to her landmark 1973 case in which she had this name
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(Jane) Roe
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Before Victoria & Elizabeth II, this was the last British monarch to reign during 2 different centuries
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George III
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Ford Madox Ford, in the ‘20s, hadn’t “read more than six words” by this man before vowing to “publish everything he sent me”
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Ernest Hemingway
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Marilyn plots her husband's murder at a honeymoon site in this, her only film with a 1-word title
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Niagara
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Called the 2 most innovative 19th century American poets, one didn't read the other after being "told that he was disgraceful"
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Emily Dickinson & Walt Whitman
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This Monsanto product was developed as a covering to turn asphalt lots in urban areas into playgrounds
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AstroTurf
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On Monday, December 13, 3 people designated these will meet in Cheyenne, Wyoming to help decide the world's future
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Electors
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The last thing visitors see in the exhibit area of the Salem Witch Museum is a huge photo of this politician
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Joseph McCarthy
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"Somnium", an early work of science fiction, was written by this German & published posthumously in 1634
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Johannes Kepler
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Legend says this musical was inspired by Lunt & Fontanne's backstage bickering during a Shakespeare play
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Kiss Me, Kate
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The 2nd-smallest independent country in area in the Western Hemisphere; in the '80s it was invaded by the 2nd largest
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Grenada
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Last name of the Chicago cab fleet operator who started the "Drive-Ur-Self" rental system
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Hertz
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After his public comments were criticized by FDR, he resigned his Air Corps Reserve commission in April 1941
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Charles Lindbergh
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They first teamed up in 1974; one a quiet Latin teacher & the other a former clown college student
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Penn & Teller
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The brother of this leader is believed to be the first known European to have died in the Americas
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Leif Ericson
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After several decades off it, works by this man seen here returned to the New York Times Bestseller List in 2003
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J.R.R. Tolkien
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With only about 575,990 people, it's South America's least populous independent mainland country*
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Suriname
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In 1893, as it was disappearing, F.J. Turner wrote a famous essay on "The Significance of" it "in American History"
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the Frontier
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"The Babysitter Murders" was the working title for this 1978 thriller
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Halloween
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It began in 1886 as an extension of an upper crust family's list of whose house they'd visit & who they'd receive
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The Social Register
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This king was the great-grandfather of France's King Louis XV
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Louis XIV
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Souvenirs sold at this attraction include 1962 World's Fair glassware & mugs boasting "I made it to the top"
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the Space Needle
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In early drafts, the heroine of this novel was named Pansy & her family home was called Fontenoy Hall
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Gone With the Wind
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Its solo female winner is awarded the Venus Rosewater Dish
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Wimbledon
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This Fortune 100 company got its name from what it bought from sailors & sold to natural history collectors
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Shell Oil
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The "Playboy Riots" took place in this world capital in 1907 following a theatrical premiere
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Dublin
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Aptly, his middle name contained the word "rich"
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Nelson Aldrich Rockefeller
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Teddy Roosevelt used this boxing phrase to announce his 1912 candidacy & said, "The fight is on & I'm stripped to the buff"
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"Throw a hat in the ring"
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Of the 5 times Congress has declared war, the 3 during the 19th century were against these 3 nations
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Britain, Spain & Mexico
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Of the Social Security Administration's top 10 boys' names in 2000, the 2, ending in the same letter, on a list of the 12 Apostles
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Matthew & Andrew
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Most of this firm's 70,000 seasonal white-collar employees work only 4 months a year
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H&R Block
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