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ROLLING STONE'S 500 GREATEST SONGS |
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The Caspian Sea, Lake Ladoga, Lake Baikal |
the Caspian Sea
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We wonder "how does it feel" for him to be on his own with the No. 1 song "Like A Rolling Stone" |
Bob Dylan
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The world's largest building by volume is this company's main assembly building in Everett, Washington |
Boeing
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It was fought in the Ardennes Forest in December 1944, & by dieters everyday |
the Battle of the Bulge
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In bowling, it's a split of the 8 & 10 pins; it's also a city in Ohio |
(Jonathan: What is a Cleveland?)
Cincinnati
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This story of the Hollywood film industry really was F. Scott Fitzgerald's "Last" novel--he didn't live to finish it |
The Last Tycoon
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Lake Ontario, Lake Michigan, Lake Huron |
(Jonathan: What is Lake Ontario?)
Lake Huron
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In the '60s Little Eva had to make up a dance to go along with this song, No. 350 |
"The Loco-Motion"
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These fliers are the U.S. Navy's equivalent to the RAF's Red Arrows |
the Blue Angels
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In the King James Bible, it's the full name of the book that immediately follows the Gospels |
Acts of the Apostles
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Dial (302) 739-3073 & you can get information on how to do this in Delaware |
incorporate
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This Bronte sister published "The Tenant of Wildfell Hall" in June 1848; she fell ill with tuberculosis & died in May 1849 |
(Eddie: Who is Emily?)
Anne Bronte
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Lake Okeechobee, Lake Champlain, Lake Mead |
(Eddie: What is Lake Champlain?) (Jonathan: What is Lake Mead?)
Lake Okeechobee
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The most recent song on the list, at No. 180, is this duo's "Hey Ya!" |
OutKast
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One of the world's largest military aviation museums is located at this Air Force base near Dayton, Ohio |
(Jonathan: What is Wright Air Force Base?)
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base
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Future president James Polk held this congressional post from 1835 to 1839 |
Speaker of the House
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Sartorial term for a policeman who doesn't wear a uniform while on duty |
(Jonathan: What is a... incognito!?)
plainclothes
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It's a "Mystery" how this novel would have ended; Dickens died having only completed the first half |
The Mystery of Edwin Drood
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Lake Nasser, Lake Tanganyika, Lake Timsah |
Lake Tanganyika
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No. 89 is this 1966 hit that John Phillips came up with on a cold winter's night in Manhattan |
(Eddie: Gotta make it True.)
"California Dreamin'"
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In 1952 this airline's De Havilland Comets became the first jet passenger planes put into commercial service |
BOAC (or British Airways)
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In 1993 this musical netted 7 Tonys, including one for Chita Rivera |
Kiss of the Spider Woman
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One of the laws of this 1969 book states that people are promoted until they reach their level of incompetence |
The Peter Principle
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She died before completing her last novel, "The Buccaneers", set in the 1870s like "The Age of Innocence" |
Edith Wharton
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Lake Titicaca, Lake Poopo, Lake Maracaibo |
(Eddie: What is Lake Titicaca?)
Lake Maracaibo
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And finally... their 1976 hit with "More Than A Feeling" just made the list at No. 500 |
Boston
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On October 4, 2004 this private craft won the $10 million Ansari X Prize by reaching space for the 2nd time within a week |
SpaceShipOne
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They're the personal bodyguard of the British monarch, though their duties are ceremonial |
the Yeomen of the Guard
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This saint started his own society, & a charitable society founded in Paris in 1833 was also named for him |
St. Vincent de Paul
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This writer was working on a novel, "Le Premier Homme", when he was killed in a car accident |
(Albert) Camus
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