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Charles Evans Hughes is the only man confirmed to serve 2 non-consecutive terms on this judicial body |
the Supreme Court
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It's not easy for this "Beauty and the Beast" heroine to trip the light fantastic: her ball gown weighs more than 40 lbs. |
Belle
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Check out the LBJ Library and the J.J. Pickle Research Campus at this state university and hook 'em, Horns! |
University of Texas
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Some (maybe the birds themselves) say the African gray type is the most accomplished talker among these birds |
parrots
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Tarantella, flamenco, break |
dances
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You may note America is, according to Rev. Samuel Smith, the "land where my fathers" did this |
died
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In 1974, this state's George Ariyoshi was elected the first U.S. governor of Japanese ancestry |
Hawaii
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In 2005 Denzel Washington took a stab at this role in "Julius Caesar" |
Brutus
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This Ivy Leaguer seems nice... near the Charles River & Fenway... tuition $30,275? We'll have no cah to pahk in the yahd! |
Harvard University
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Bees help create new species when they move this powder from one type of plant to another |
pollen
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Shintoism, Zoroastrianism, Jainism |
religions
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This first verse says to let this synonym for liberty ring! |
freedom
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This Presidential retreat is perched on the highest point of Maryland's Catoctin Mountain Park |
Camp David
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Just like the film, "Hairspray" is set in this Md. city that John Waters called "the hairdo capital of the world" |
Baltimore
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This Ivy Leaguer seems nice... New Haven in the fall, fine drama school (Jodie Foster! Streep!) Tuition $33,030? Holy Eli! |
Yale University
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Hammurabi, Morse, Napoleonic |
(Alex: Now in the quarterfinals, and in the semifinal game if memory serves me correctly, you were making very large wagers on these Daily Doubles, and your mother's sitting in the audience who's having nervous attacks as a result. What are you going to do now to shake her up?) (Ben: [Laughs] No pressure! I'll wager $8,000.)
codes
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The song mentions their pride |
Pilgrims
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This senior senator from Arizona serves on the U.S. Senate Committee on Indian Affairs |
John McCain
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A 2007 TV reality show lets viewers pick the new Sandy & Danny for the revival of this musical |
Grease
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Founded by French missionaries in 1842, this Indiana univ. first admitted women in 1972, so you can now go, girl! |
University of Notre Dame
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A nuthatch isn't an asylum, it's a bird that loves these nuts also called filberts |
(Ben: What are chestnuts?)
hazelnuts
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Sand dab, orange roughy, mullet |
fish
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This objective case of "thou" turns up a lot |
thee
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The Office of English Language Acquisition belongs to this cabinet department |
Department of Education
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It's the most bewitching musical on Broadway, & its Playbill cover is seen here |
Wicked
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Your mom's been "badger"-ing me to take you to Madison, the oldest branch of this state university |
University of Wisconsin
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It's a small, chunky brown bird with a short bill & a silent initial W |
wren
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Thresher, Le Surcouf, Nautilus |
submarines
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"I love thy rocks and rills, thy woods and templed" these |
hills
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