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In 1998 the Makah Indians of Washington resumed hunting these after a 70-year respite |
(Ji Hee: What are wolves?) (Alan: What are buffalo?)
gray whales
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This state flower of Massachusetts shares its name with the ship that brought the Pilgrims to the New World |
Mayflower
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Forced from this kingdom, Nebuchadnezzar ate grass & grew his hair until his reason returned |
Babylon
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Jake La Motta |
Robert De Niro
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The second M in MGM, this Russian immigrant created the star system as one of the heads of that company |
(Melissa: Who is Goldwyn?)
Louis B. Mayer
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In 1834 Xavier Jouvin's "hand"y cutting device allowed mass production of these fashion accessories |
gloves
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The 440-pound males of these jungle creatures are so heavy they usually don't climb trees like their relatives |
gorillas
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Its state flower is the Rocky Mountain Columbine |
Colorado
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This king is credited with writing in Ecclesiastes, "I gave my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness" |
Solomon
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Elmer Gantry |
(Melissa: Who is Charlton Heston?) (Alan: Who is Henry Fonda?)
Burt Lancaster
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This immigrant was a longtime president of RCA & rose to brigadier general during WWII |
(Alex: He was often called General Sarnoff.)
David Sarnoff
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Things went smoother for him aboard Apollo 8 in '68 than Apollo 13 in '70 |
Jim Lovell
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Ras Mohammed National Park at the southern tip of the Sinai Peninsula is known for these marine constructions |
coral reefs
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Interestingly, this fruit's blossom is the state flower of Delaware, but not of Georgia |
peach
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When Balaam went astray, he got into an argument with one of these animals |
donkey/ass
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Blind Lt. Col. Frank Slade (Ret.) |
Al Pacino
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In the 1940s he & Lincoln Kirstein founded the New York City Ballet |
George Balanchine
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Despite it's suicidal name, you'll feel exalted at this site on Lookout Mountain near Chattanooga, Tennessee |
Lover's Leap
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We'd like to catch red-handed those responsible for making the black-footed species of this endangered |
ferret
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This desert shrub is so abundant in Nevada that it gave the state one of its nicknames |
(Alan: What is the cactus?) ... (Alex: Minute to go.)
sagebrush
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This man's diet of locusts & wild honey led some to think he was possessed |
John the Baptist
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Terry Malloy |
Marlon Brando
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The craft seen here [helicopter] bears the name of this Russian-born engineer |
Igor Sikorsky
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Completes the title of Alan Paton's acclaimed novel "Cry, The..." |
Beloved Country
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The lack of this bird on Mauritius almost caused the extinction of a nut tree there |
(Alan: What is a macadamia tree?) (Alex: The [*]s used to crack the shells and release the seeds.)
dodo
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The fragrant light purple variety of this shrub is New Hampshire's state flower |
lilac
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This future king escaped from vengeful Philistines by pretending to be a drooling madman |
King David
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Mammy |
(Alan: Can't think of it.)
Hattie McDaniel
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The story of this woman who wrote "The Story of Civilization" with husband Will began in Russia in 1898 |
Ariel Durant
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Endangered shorebird seen here |
plover
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