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This "crazy" state bird is also called the Great Northern Diver |
a loon
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2005: Date doctor Alex "Hitch" Hitchens |
Will Smith
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He was born in 1786 in Eastern Tennessee & died in 1836 at the Alamo |
Davy Crockett
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In 1983 Ronald Reagan signed the law making the third Monday of January this man's "day" |
Martin Luther King, Jr.
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The 1857 decision named for this plaintiff ruled that slaves did not have the right to sue in federal courts |
Dred Scott
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It's how you play certain instruments, like a guitar |
strum (in instruments)
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Home to a famous clinic, this city was named for a city in New York |
Rochester
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2003: Katherine Watson, an art history instructor at Wellesley in 1953 |
(Alex: Yes, Mona Lisa Smile.)
Julia Roberts
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This "Lonesome Dove" author was born June 3, 1936 in Wichita Falls, Texas |
McMurtry
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Kanchenjunga, the world's third-tallest peak, is found in this mountain range |
the Himalayas
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In 1979 this future justice was appointed to the Arizona Court of Appeals |
(Sandra Day) O'Connor
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In ligament you'll find this slang term for a woman's shapely leg |
a gam (in ligament)
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Minnesota leads the country in producing ore of this metal, most of it from taconite in the Mesabi Range |
Iron
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2001: Wedding planner Mary Fiore |
Jennifer Lopez
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Born May 10, 1838 near Bel Air, Maryland, he'd find fame in the theater for 2 very different reasons |
John Wilkes Booth
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The third "Amityville Horror" & the third "Jaws" films were both filmed in this special process |
3-D
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Justice Potter Stewart famously said of it, "I know it when I see it" |
pornography (or obscenity)
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What she felt when she wasn't hired |
ire (in hired)
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The bank the James-Younger Gang tried to rob on Sept. 7, 1876 now houses this city's Historical Society Museum |
Northfield Minnesota Raid
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2000: Benjamin Martin, a patriot in 1776 |
Mel Gibson
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You don't get more all-American than this illustrator born Feb. 3, 1894 in NYC |
(Norman) Rockwell
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He's third in line to the British throne, after his father & brother |
(Bill: Who is Prince William?)
Prince Harry
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A Rhodes scholar, he joined the U.S. Supreme Court in 1990 & is the only current justice who has never married |
(Fraser: Who is Breyer?)
David Souter
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Hidden in the chandelier is the name of this famous composer |
Handel (in chandelier)
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The northernmost point in the contiguous 48 states lies on the northwest angle in this U.S.-Canadian lake |
(Fraser: What is Lake Superior?)
Lake of the Woods
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1992: Griffin Mill, a Hollywood "player" |
Tim Robbins
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North Carolina-born on Nov. 2, 1795, he was the 11th U.S. president |
(Fraser: Who is Tyler?)
Polk
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In geometry, one way to prove 2 lines are this is to show they are both perpendicular to a third line |
parallel
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In 1938 this future Supreme Court justice was the first-round draft choice of the football Pittsburgh Pirates |
"Whizzer" White
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Take your medicine & tell us the name of this once powerful family of Florence, Italy |
Medici (in medicine)
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