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DURING THE FILLMORE PRESIDENCY |
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1,6-diaminohexane & hexanedioic acid mix to make this polymer popular in stockings |
nylon
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This heartthrob has starred as Lt. Zac on "Battlestar Galactica" & Dr. Noah Drake on "General Hospital" |
Rick Springfield
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This state entered the Union on Sept. 9, 1850, becoming at the time the second-largest state in area |
California
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Yuban says it's 100% this type of coffee |
Colombian
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A 1921 poem by Vachel Lindsay was "In Praise of" this wandering planter |
Johnny Appleseed
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1970s bodybuilding documentary & Avengers member whose secret identity is Tony Stark |
(Josh: Who is Iron Man?)
Pumping Iron Man
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In 1856 Sir William Perkin made the first synthetic one of these; he produced mauve while trying to make quinine |
[NOTE: Alex mispronounces "mauve" when reading the clue.]
dye
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His friendship with Robin Williams landed him a part as Robin's son on "Mork & Mindy" |
Jonathan Winters
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In 1851 this actor played his first major role when he replaced his father Junius as Richard III at the National Theatre |
(Sioux: Who is John Wilkes Booth?)
Edwin Booth
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This breakfast cereal is "kid-tested, mother-approved" |
Kix
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The Phillips Exeter Academy was the model for the Steering School in his "The World According to Garp" |
John Irving
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1991 Madonna pic highlighting her "Blond Ambition" tour in which she fights crime as a blind Marvel acrobat |
Truth or Daredevil
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These electron energy layers surrounding an atom's nucleus are labeled K, L, M, N, O, etc. |
shells
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This German actress & model starred opposite Inspector Clouseau in "A Shot in the Dark" |
Elke Sommer
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Popularized by Horace Greeley, this 4-word phrase is often credited to an 1851 editorial by John Soule |
"Go West, young man"
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This Copenhagen-based beer brand became purveyors to the Royal Danish Court in 1904 |
Carlsberg
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He regained paradise with 2nd wife Katharine & mourned her in "Methought I Saw My Late Espoused Saint" |
John Milton
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Whitman "Leaves of Grass" poetic entry that, with patriotic shield in hand, battles the Red Skull |
(Josh: What is "O Captain! America"?)
"O Captain! My Captain! America"
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Dextran, starch & glycogen are examples of these, meaning "many sugars" |
polysaccharides
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Lee Majors made a name for himself after "The 6 Million Dollar Man" playing Colt Seavers on this action series |
The Fall Guy
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On August 22, 1851 this U.S. yacht defeated 14 British vessels in a race around the Isle of Wight |
(Alex: That's it. Hence [*]'s Cup. $20,000 for you.)
the America
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This candy-coated gum brand is named for a substance used to make gum |
Chiclets
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He dedicated his "Endymion" to Thomas Chatterton, a poet who killed himself at the age of 17 |
(Sioux: Who is John Donne?)
John Keats
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Flubberific Fred MacMurray film that leads the X-Men, albeit from his wheelchair |
The Absent-Minded Professor X
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This Frenchman known for his oxygen theory of combustion wrote the first modern chemistry textbook in 1789 |
Lavoisier
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This actress from "The Poseidon Adventure" & "A Patch of Blue" passed away in January 2006 |
Shelley Winters
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In 1852 this hero of Veracruz in the Mexican War was nominated by the Whig party as its presidential candidate |
(Josh: Who is Zachary Taylor?)
Winfield Scott
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An animated Santa glides over the snow in a rotary razor in classic holiday ads for this brand |
(Clark: What is Gilette?)
Norelco
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In Spanish his bestseller is "Los Hombres Son de Marte, las Mujeres Son de Venus" |
John Gray
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Judas' named biblical betrayal price was hanging ten & being confined to Earth by Galactus, the planet eater |
30 pieces of Silver Surfer
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