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With more than 4,300 species, lizards make up the largest living group of this animal class |
reptile
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It wasn't marvelous Marvin Hamlisch who KO'd Thomas Hearns in the 3rd round in 1985; it was him |
Marvin Hagler
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1930s big city mayor known as the "Napoleon of New York" |
LaGuardia
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Associated with unicorns, the ch'i-lin of this large country's pantheon visits when philosophers are born |
China
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This Virginia school's 1693 charter created a college of divinity, philosophy & languages |
(Matt: What is Old Dominion?)
William & Mary
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Ski-doo is a popular maker of these vehicles |
snowmobiles
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Some monkeys use this as a fifth limb; it's prehensile, after all |
a tail
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2 men named "Sugar Ray": one became welterweight champ in 1946, the other in 1979 |
(Aileen: Who is [*]?) (Alex: Need more.)
Sugar Ray Leonard & Sugar Ray Robinson
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This Hawaiian leader was known as the "Napoleon of the Pacific" |
King Kamehameha
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Eye, eye, Odysseus: you want to blind Polyphemus, one of these; we, your captive crew, totally have your back |
a cyclops
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One of the 2 courses of study that Harvard offered in 1906 as its first "concentrations" |
(Matt: What are classics?) (Maria: What is philosophy?)
history or literature
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In this Hemingway story, a writer named Harry makes a doomed trip to Africa to "work the fat off his soul" |
"The Snows of Kilimanjaro"
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The scaly armor that surrounds the armadillo is composed of plates made of this; it's formed by ossification |
(Maria: What is calcium?)
bone
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From East L.A. this Mexican American won the WBO light weight title in 1994 & a Grammy nomination in 2001 |
Oscar De La Hoya
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Early U.S. vice president who was known as the "Napoleon of the West" for his intrigues there |
Aaron Burr
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Shadowfax, a horse of Rohan, was untamed until approached by this wizard |
Gandalf
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In 1882 this Mass. univ. established the 1st curriculum for electrical engineering within its physics department |
MIT
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In Spanish this fairy tale character is known as Blancanieves |
Snow White
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No "laughing" matter, in Africa a dozen of these can reduce a 500-pound zebra to bones in 30 minutes |
hyena
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He won the heavyweight title in 1892 & was known as "Gentleman Jim" for his fancy style of dress |
(Aileen: Who is "Gentleman Jim" Braddock?)
"Gentleman Jim" Corbett
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Eloquent orator & 11th president of the U.S. known as the "Napoleon of the Stump" |
Polk
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Bully for Theseus who killed this bad, bad 2-legged monster that ate sacrifices in a Cretan maze |
the Minotaur
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Princeton's website says "For all intents and purposes" it became (temp.) this kind of college in 1918 |
military
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This machine gives its name to a basic skiing maneuver done to turn or stop |
a snowplow
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Thought to be bad luck by natives, the aye-aye is a lemur, so it's no surprise it's only found here |
Madagascar
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His 1910 defeat of James J. Jeffries resulted in racial violence in many U.S. cities |
(Matt: [No response])
Jack Johnson
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Called the "Napoleon of the Piano", this Hungarian virtuoso played 1,000 concerts in less than 10 years |
(Matt: Who is Bartok?) (Maria: Who is Van Cliburn?)
Liszt
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Chiron, one of these 4-legged mythical creatures, was good--he taught Jason & Achilles |
centaur
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In 1946 author Wallace Stegner founded this "inventive" 2-word program at Stanford |
(Aileen: What is the new curriculum?)
creative writing
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Antony Armstrong-Jones was made the Earl of this in 1961 |
Snowden
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