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This well-known fault is considered the main boundary between the North American & Pacific plates |
the San Andreas Fault
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Commander-in-chief plus a job with teeth |
presidentist
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This Akron-based company got rolling in 1898, making bicycle & carriage tires, horseshoe pads, & yes, poker chips |
Goodyear
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Deadheads know that his ashes were scattered in the Ganges & beneath the Golden Gate Bridge |
Jerry Garcia
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During the 1930s this drought-ridden area of the Great Plains included parts of Kansas, Oklahoma & Texas |
the Dust Bowl
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The biggest quake ever recorded, a magnitude 9.5, occurred in 1960 off this South American nation's west coast |
Chile
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Tanzanian island of Hope/Crosby fame plus Sweeney Todd profession |
Zanzibarber
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Disgusted by Americans' tobacco chewing, Dickens noted the prevalence of these vessels in public places |
spittoons
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There's no business like show business, & after her 1984 death, her ashes made a final appearance on Broadway |
Ethel Merman
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In 2001 the Odyssey spacecraft observed one of the largest dust storms ever on this planet |
Mars
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S, or secondary, seismic waves travel fairly slowly, but these waves deep in the earth exceed 25,000 mph |
P waves (primary)
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Sweet treat symbol of Kojak plus tree of willow family |
a lollipoplar
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In 1815 he was appointed minister to Great Britain, a post held by his father &, later, by his son Charles |
John Quincy Adams
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In 2005 this journalist went out with a bang; his ashes were shot from a cannon near his Colorado home |
(Bruce: Who is Hunter S. Thomas?) (Alex: No.) (Bruce: Thompson!) (Alex: No.) ... (Alex: I had ruled you incorrect before you changed it to [*], Bruce. That's the explanation for the ruling there.)
Hunter Thompson
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In Genesis "God said unto" this creature "dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life" |
the serpent
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The USA's most powerful quake occurred in 1964 in Alaska on this Christian holiday also associated with a quake |
(Bruce: What is Christmas?)
Good Friday
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Hawaiian nut plus an adjective meaning cordial |
macadamiable
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In 1811 the Battle of Tippecanoe was fought in what is now this state |
Indiana
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As requested, his ashes were buried beneath a tree in front of his office on Ventura Blvd. in Tarzana, Calif. |
(Justin: Who is Howard Hughes?) ... (Alex: The creator of Tarzan. That's why that community is called Tarzana. He lived there.)
Edgar Rice Burroughs
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This geographic area is estimated to generate more than 60% of the Earth's airborne dust |
the Sahara
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A 2005 quake beneath Lake Tanganyika on this 3,500-mile-long "Great" African fault was felt 600 mi. away in Nairobi |
the Great Rift Valley
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Amendment to a will plus a Latin American leafy spice, aka coriander |
codicilantro
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The Boston Public Library houses the ashes & death masks of this anarchist pair executed in 1927 |
Sacco & Vanzetti
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In "King Lear", Albany tells her, "You are not worth the dust which the rude wind blows in your face" |
(Ann: Who is Cordelia?) (Justin: Who is Regan?) ... (Alex: Yes, indeed, his wife.)
Goneril
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