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THE AGRICULTURAL HALL OF FAME |
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In May 1864, astride Traveller, he had to be stopped by a subordinate from riding into enemy fire |
Robert E. Lee
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Her nationally syndicated talk show began in St. Louis in 1983 |
Sally Jessy Raphael
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The son of slaves, he developed 118 products from sweet potatoes |
(George Washington) Carver
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It's held against the neck before it's put |
the shot
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Only the old church tower built in 1640 still stands in this, the first permanent English settlement in America |
Jamestown
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In the '60s little girls pulled this "Chatty" doll's string & she said, "I love you" |
Chatty Cathy
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The USS Cairo was the first iron warship; it was completed before this Merrimack opponent |
the Monitor
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On TV, she played the Meathead's main squeeze |
Sally Struthers
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As a teenager, he had a successful business making nails, & later, hatpins; the cotton gin came later |
(Eli) Whitney
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This object that's thrown isn't a carpenter's tool, but a metal ball attached to a wire & handle |
a hammer
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When traveling west, add one day to your calendar if you cross this (even if it takes only a minute) |
the International Date Line
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Mind your paws on this structure seen here |
a catwalk
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David Dixon Porter served under this David, his foster brother, at the capture of New Orleans |
David Farragut
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Liza Minnelli played her in "Cabaret" |
Sally Bowles
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After moving to Santa Rosa, California, he developed new & improved varieties of plums & roses |
Luther Burbank
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This women's competition includes 4 field events (plus 3 track) |
the heptathlon
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Buck Island Reef in this U.S. territory is one of the finest marine gardens in the Caribbean |
(Joe: What is Puerto Rico?)
the Virgin Islands
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A Mozart aria is this kind of list of Don Giovanni's conquests |
catalog
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This Secretary of the Treasury was on hand for the surrender of Norfolk |
Salmon P. Chase
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Notorious WWII nickname of American-born Mildred Elizabeth Gillars |
Axis Sally
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In this event, though athletes clear a nearly 20-foot bar, they don't jump but use their running momentum |
a pole vault
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The 8-story tower in this Italian city's Campo Dei Miracoli contains a 294-step staircase |
(Alex: With a minute to go, you hit the other Daily Double.) --- (Summer: What is Florence?) --- (Alex: No, sorry. It's [*], Tower of [*].)
Pisa
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Similar to "catastrophe", this world comes from the Greek for "flood" |
a cataclysm
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Thomas Jefferson was president when the first article was published about his affair with this woman |
Sally Hemings
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After his death, his company became part of International Harvester Company |
(Joe: Who is John Deere?) ... [The end-of-round signal sounds.]
Cyrus McCormick
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Javier Sotomayor of this country retired in 2001 as the world record holder in the high jump |
Cuba
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The Luxembourg Palace is not in Luxembourg but in this country, where it serves as the meeting place of the senate |
(Alex: It's in Paris, so it's in [*].)
France
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Inflammation of membranes in the nose & throat |
a catarrh
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