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Cecil Bodker is the only Dane to win the coveted 51-year-old award named for this countryman |
Hans Christian Andersen
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In 2005 he was 7 strokes down after round 1, but a miraculous 30-foot chip on 16 helped him win a 4th green jacket |
Tiger Woods
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"Some time, Rock, when... the breaks are beating the boys--tell them to go in there with all they've got & win... one for" him |
the Gipper
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Originally this term referred to the man employed on a cattle train who prodded cattle to keep them on their feet |
a cowpoke
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Denver International has North America's longest commercial one of these--3 miles long |
a runway
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A Katharine Hepburn memoir |
Me
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Walter R. Brooks created Ed the talking horse (later seen on TV) & Freddy this talking farm animal |
(Alex: That's your basic talking [*].)
pig
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In 1964 he led an "army" on his way to his fourth & final Masters win |
(Chris: Who is Jack Nicklaus?) (Stephanie: Who is Sherman?) ... (Alex: Who is [*]? In golf we often hear about "Arnie's Army"?)
Arnold Palmer
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In this first year of his presidency, FDR delivered his "The only thing we have to fear is fear itself" line |
1933
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This gunmaker's classic Peacemaker .45 revolver could be purchased by mail order for $17 |
(Samuel) Colt
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At St. Petersburg-Clearwater Airport, in this state, a plaque marks the 1914 sale of the first air-travel ticket |
Florida
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It's a long, long way to go to this 20th letter of the Arabic alphabet |
fa
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Esther Forbes lived most of her life in this state & set her novel "Johnny Tremain" there |
Massachusetts
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Bear with us: the first of his record 6 Masters wins came in 1963 & the last in 1986 |
Jack Nicklaus
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Newspaper editor John Bogart said, "If a man" does this, "that is news" |
bites dog
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In March 1879 this young killer met secretly with N.M. governor Lew Wallace to discuss a pardon; he never got it |
Billy the Kid
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This mayor presided over the construction of New York City's first municipal airport |
(Chris: Who is Rockefeller?)
Fiorello LaGuardia
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Bangladesh produces about 60,000 metric tons of this a year |
tea
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A clergyman known as "The Puff-Puff Parson" created this character, the basis of a series of books, DVDs, etc. |
(Lisa: Who is Alice in Wonderland?
Thomas the Tank Engine
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In 2005 this golfer known as "Lefty" jumped for joy on 18 & showed off his vertical leap ability (about 2 inches) |
Phil Mickelson
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This network anchorman on election night 2004: "This race is hotter than Times Square Rolex" |
Dan Rather
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Someone in partnership with another was "in" these, probably from the French for "hut" |
cahoots
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A company called BAA operates Southampton, Stansted & Glasgow, but this is its busiest airport |
(Lisa: What is Gatwick?)
Heathrow
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It precedes Bomba & Brea |
La
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This author of "Goodnight Moon" was a "colorful" character who kept perishable foods in a well |
Margaret Wise Brown
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Both the course & the tournament were created by this 1920s icon, the only single-season winner of golf's Grand Slam |
Bobby Jones
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Attributed to Napoleon's General Cambronne, "The Guards die but do not" do this |
surrender
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2 hours after he received a death sentence for killing Jesse James, the Missouri governor pardoned him |
Robert Ford
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At this European city's airport, you can have a sandwich & of course a coffee at the Cafe Karen Blixen |
(Stephanie: What is Stockholm?) ... (Alex: Karen Blixen was--or Isak Dinesen was Danish, so [*].)
Copenhagen
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