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Soviet tanks invade Prague, Tet Offensive launched, Bobby Kennedy shot |
1968
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The lyrics of this presidential anthem were adapted from "The Lady of the Lake" by Sir Walter Scott |
"Hail To The Chief"
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Grampa just wouldn't be Grampa if he wasn't always humming this 1959 winner by Bobby Darin |
"Mack The Knife"
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Andorra, Monaco, Vatican City |
Vatican City
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Landing at Kauai in 1778, this captain named the area after the First Lord of the Admiralty, the Earl of Sandwich |
Captain James Cook
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The name of this South American Indian group was originally the title of their emperor |
Incas
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McKinley assassinated, First wireless message sent across Atlantic, Queen Victoria dies |
1901
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This city's inhabitants are known as Beantowners (Hmm...does that make their kids Beanie Babies?) |
(Alex: And not to the clue!)
Boston
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Grampa stopped watching the show when this group of "long-haired freaks" won for 1964 Pop Vocal Group |
(with a minute to go...)
Beatles
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Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador |
Ecuador
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He's the royal 20th century personage seen here |
Emperor Hirohito
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Although it comes from the Latin for "whitish", this color of hair is actually reddish-brown |
(M: What is brunette?) (T: What is henna?)
Auburn
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Ben Johnson stripped of Olympic gold, Iran-Iraq war ends, Hurricane Gilbert hits Mexico |
1988
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A foot-operated breast enlarger pump is on display at the Museum of Questionable Medical Devices in this Twin City |
Minneapolis
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Grampa said that he left a kidney in Sheboygan, sort of like what happened to this (Pop) Vocal Male winner of 1962 |
(T: Who is Frank Sinatra?)
Tony Bennett ("I Left My Heart In San Francisco")
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Taiwan, Cuba, Madagascar |
Taiwan
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In 60 B.C. this man depicted here joined 2 others in the first Triumverate |
(P: Who is Mark Antony?)
Julius Caesar
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The Greek kalyptos, "to cover", gives us the name for this Australian gum tree |
Eucalyptus
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Stalin dies, Shah of Iran returns from exile, Queen Elizabeth II crowned |
1953
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You may want to explore a ghost town when you drive the Apache Trail in this state |
Arizona
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Grampa just went to the 40th anniversary tour of these winners for 1962 with "If I Had A Hammer" |
Peter, Paul and Mary
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Ethiopia, Sudan, Egypt |
(Tom: What is Ethiopia?) [The end-of-round signal sounds.]
Egypt
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He's the Hunkpapa leader seen here who inspired his people before the Little Big Horn |
(T: Who is Crazy Horse?)
Sitting Bull
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Derived from the Latin word for "body", it's used to describe a large or bulky person |
Corpulent
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Gary Gilmore executed, "Roots" airs on U.S. TV, Elvis dies |
1977
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The boyhood home of this creator of "The Waltons" is across the street from the Walton's Mountain Museum in Schuyler, VA. |
(M: Who is Earl Hammer?)
Earl Hamner, Jr.
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A national hero & saint, this Alexander was great when he helped unite Russia in the 13th century |
(P: Who is Alexander Pushkin?)
Alexander Nevsky
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The name of this most recent geological era is from the Greek for "new animals" |
(P: What is neocene?)
Cenozoic
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