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This word plus an exclamation point is commonly found after "Westward" & "Land" |
ho!
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Coined by the Columbian Centinel in July 1817, this "era" often describes Monroe's 2 terms |
the "Era of Good Feeling"
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A 100-meter dash is the first event in this contest in which Dan O'Brien reigns supreme |
the decathlon
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In "Pride and Prejudice", she wrote that a wealthy bachelor "must be in want of a wife" |
Jane Austen
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His parents were Jane & John Clemens |
Mark Twain (Samuel Langhorne Clemens)
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The colon is the largest part of this "large" organ |
the large intestine
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In 1963 he put up his "Dukes" as the title character in "McLintock!" |
John Wayne
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It's the period referred to in the following song:
"When the Moon is in the seventh house..." |
the Age of Aquarius
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In his youth, this Yankee slugger who died in 1995 could go from home to first in 3.1 seconds |
Mickey Mantle
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At Walden Pond, he "never found the companion that was so companionable as solitude" |
Henry David Thoreau
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He was just getting started when he won an Olympic bronze medal in the 100 meter freestyle in 1968 |
Mark Spitz
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As its name indicates, the hepatic flexure is a bend in the colon just below this organ |
the iver
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"Pore Jud is Daid" is a song in this exclamatory 1943 Rodgers & Hammerstein musical |
Oklahoma!
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The painting seen here is part of this historical period: |
the Renaissance
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In the Olympics, you're guilty of this if you leave within .10 seconds of the gun going off |
(Alex: And we have about a minute to go.)
a false start
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In "The Devil's Dictionary", he defined "alone" as "In bad company" |
Ambrose Bierce
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His less "forceful" film credits include "Slipstream" & "Corvette Summer" |
Mark Hamill
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The colon is part of this "canal" whose name is from Latin for "to nourish" |
the alimentary canal
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"Las Vegas (what?)... Las Vegas!!!!" is an article by this "Bonfire of the Vanities" author |
Tom Wolfe
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From the Latin words for middle and age, this adjective is used to describe the Middle Ages |
Medieval
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In 1936 he got right in Der Fuhrer's face with an Olympic victory in the 100 meters |
Jesse Owens
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"Bachelors know more about women", quipped this Baltimore sage, "If they didn't, they'd be married" |
H.L. Mencken
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Check him twice, he won the NHL's MVP Trophy in 1990 with Edmonton & in 1992 with the New York Rangers |
Mark Messier
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In a Mark Leyner title, "My Cousin" is this type of doctor, who treats diseases of the colon |
a gastroenterologist
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In 1963 he painted the comic strip-inspired "Whaam!" |
Roy Lichtenstein
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Named for mountains in France, this middle period of the Mesozoic era lasted about 65 million years |
(Sue: What are the Pyrenees?)
the Jurassic (from the Jura Mountains)
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Pietro Mennea's record of 19.72 seconds at this distance stood from 1979 until Michael Johnson broke it in 1996 |
(Jeff: What is the 200-yard dash?)
the 200-meter dash
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Attributed to Gloria Steinem, a slogan says, "A woman without a man is like a fish without" one of these |
(Sue: What are legs?)
a bicycle
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He's the American abstract expressionist whose work "Untitled 1958" is seen here: |
Mark Rothko
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These 2 adjectives, for the first & third major segments of the colon, might also apply to climbers |
(Alex: Dan, I don't know about your status, but you sure do know an awful lot about the colon!)
ascending & descending
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