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In 1773 this ex-printer & inventor published "Rules By Which A Great Empire May Be Reduced to A Small One" |
Benjamin Franklin
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Crusoe's companion |
Friday
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"Boy the way Glenn Miller played, songs that made The Hit Parade. Guys like us we had it made..." |
All in the Family
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In 1977 George Willig was fined $1.10, a penny a story, for climbing one of these NYC towers |
World Trade Center
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Peter Hodgson Sr. saw the appeal of synthetic rubber that bounced & sold it in a plastic egg under this name |
(R: What is Superball?)
Silly Putty
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It seems odd, but in baseball you usually get a strike when you swing & don't strike the ball with this |
Bat
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Pioneering economist Francois Quesnay saw some spending in this opulent palace city where he lived & died |
Versailles
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Morning for an armchair quarterback with 20/20 hindsight |
(less than a minute to go...)
Monday
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"Here we come, walkin' down the street, we get the funniest looks from everyone we meet" |
The Monkees
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The Otis Company says it has installed these in 10 of the world's 20 tallest buildings |
Elevators
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Interestingly, this Sanrio character seen here has no mouth |
Hello Kitty
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It's a small metal disk used illegally in a vending machine |
(Alex: Is that an animal? I don't know!)
Slug
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Montesquieu's doctrine of the separation of these influenced our system of separate branches of govt. |
Powers
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"Special" night for an easily obtained & hidden handgun |
Saturday night
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"One two three four five six seven eight. Schlemeel, schlemazel, hasenfeffer incorporated" |
Laverne & Shirley
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At 1,136 feet, the Amoco Building is the second tallest in this U.S. city |
(A: What is Indianapolis?)
Chicago (behind the Sears Tower)
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Nintendo's N64 lets you sample 5 PGA courses with a cyber version of this real golfer born in 1975 |
Tiger Woods
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In gymnastics, it's safe to vault over; its body is upholstered |
Horse
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The ideas of deism are usually represented by God making one of these & then just letting it run |
(J: What is a universe?)
Watch
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"Bloody" day in a U2 song title |
Sunday
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"Lady Godiva was a freedom rider, she didn't care if the whole world looked" |
Maude
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Japan's tallest skyscraper isn't in Tokyo -- it's the Landmark Tower in this nearby port |
Yokohama
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For many adults, the sweet scent of this soft modeling compound is the smell of childhood |
Play-Doh
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Slang for your feet, or a verb meaning "tracks persistently" |
(J: What is hounds?)
Dogs
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Thomas Paine wrote, "I offer nothing more than simple facts, plain arguments, and" this title |
"Common Sense"
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Days Mitch Albom spent "With Morrie" |
Tuesdays
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"Come and knock on our door, we've been waiting for you, where the kisses are hers and hers and his..." |
Three's Company
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This Vegas tower seen here is the tallest building west of the Mississippi & has a roller coaster 900 feet up |
Stratosphere
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"What walks down stairs, alone or in pairs...everyone loves" this wonderful toy |
Slinky
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It's a crude block of iron, or the type of iron cast in one |
Pig iron
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