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Learning her craft from Tessie the Tassel-Twirler, this burlesque artist was "The Best Undressed Woman in America" |
Gypsy Rose Lee
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This hall of fame ex-Chief QB is actually much better known as a 49er QB |
Joe Montana
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On Feb. 1, 1964 this song replaced Bobby Vinton's "There! I've Said It Again" at No. 1 & stayed there 7 weeks |
"I Want To Hold Your Hand"
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This capital's oldest church, older than the city itself, is the 800-year-old St. Nicholas Church |
Berlin
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A shaking of the earth's surface caused by the rapid movement of the earth's outer layer |
earthquake
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To protect yourself from losing, you may do this to "a bet" |
hedge
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Born in 1642, this great British scientist was known as "The Priest of Nature" |
(Peter: Who is Priestley?)
Isaac Newton
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This hall of fame ex-Chief QB now hosts "Inside the NFL" for HBO |
Len Dawson
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Nickname of the aces & eights held by Wild Bill Hickok at the time of his murder in Deadwood, S.D. |
dead man's hand
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In 1923 Hitler staged his Beer Hall Putsch in this capital of Bavaria |
Munich
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It's the up to 300-mile-per-hour phenomenon seen here |
tornado
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In "Take Me Out to the Ball Game" it's what you do, do, do for the home team |
root
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Nicknamed "Beau", he brought moderation to men's apparel by replacing breeches with trousers |
Beau Brummell
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When he retired, this running back, a former Raider, was second to Jerry Rice in career TDs with 145 |
Marcus Allen
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In this 1967 film Paul Newman is sent to a prison chain gang for destroying parking meters |
Cool Hand Luke
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In German, it's Koln; in English, this |
Cologne
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Rain in the form of balls or lumps of clear ice more than 1/5 of an inch in diameter |
hail
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To conceal a bugging device |
(Maria: [long pause] No.)
plant
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Imprisoned by the Polish government in the early 1980s, he became known as "The Man of Iron" |
Lech Walesa
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During Super Bowl IV, this head coach, actually said, "Let's matriculate the ball down the field!" |
Hank Stram
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In Matthew 27:24, he "took water, and washed his hands" of the responsibility for Christ's crucifixion |
Pontius Pilate
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A British royal house that ruled from 1714 to 1901 originated in this city from which it got its name |
Hanover
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It's any swift movement of snow or ice down a mountainside or slope, or a Colorado hockey team |
avalanche
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It's a thinner-than-foil sheet of gold |
(Maria: What is lame?)
leaf
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After the brutal suppression of a 1956 uprising, this Soviet premier became "The Butcher of Budapest" |
(Maria: Who is Stalin?)
Khrushchev
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When teams tried to run at this 6'7", 274-pound defensive lineman, the buck stopped there |
Buck Buchanan
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In this book Adam Smith created the economic principle of the invisible hand |
The Wealth of Nations
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Europe's second-busiest port, it's said to have more bridges than Venice & Amsterdam combined |
(Eric: What is Bremen?)
Hamburg
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They're hurricane-type cyclones in the western Pacific |
typhoon
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When your eyes are smiling, these contractible diaphragms may be changing their sizes |
iris
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