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"And this is what ye have shipped for, men! To chase that white whale on both sides of land" |
Moby-Dick
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For my aunt I got Julio Iglesias' "Tango" & this artist's "Ol' Blue Eyes Is Back" |
Frank Sinatra
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This general announced the end of the Revolutionary War & disbanded the army in Newburgh, New York |
George Washington
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This German region stretches between Karlsruhe & Basel |
Black Forest
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A type of sandal with a strip of material between the toes, or the strip of material itself |
(Vic: What is a flip-flop?)
a thong
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It's the state capital on the Alabama River |
Montgomery
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"Jo was the first to awake in the gray dawn of Christmas morning" |
Little Women
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My first 2 choices were both by her, "Simply the Best" & "Private Dancer" |
Tina Turner
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The farad, a unit of electric capacitance, was named for this scientist |
Michael Faraday
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Cygnus X-1 offers scientists the best evidence of this stellar phenomenon |
Black hole
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This name for a shoe that makes a man look taller is a brand sold by the Richlee Shoe Co. |
Elevator shoes
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It's the gulf about 50 miles from Hanoi |
Gulf of Tonkin
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"1. Whatever goes upon two legs is an enemy. 2. Whatever goes upon four legs, or has wings, is a friend" |
Animal Farm
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To round out my datebook, I got Prince's "1999" & this group's "1984", but not their "5150" |
Van Halen
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In 1987 this outfielder for the Kansas City Royals was also a running back for the Los Angeles Raiders |
Bo Jackson
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Hoot mon! This breed of hornless cattle bears the name of a Scottish county where it originated |
Angus
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It's a shoe with an often wooden sole worn in the dance of the same name |
Clog
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It's roughly 25 miles northeast of Majorca |
Minorca
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"Lennie held his closed hand away from George's direction. 'It's only a mouse, George'" |
Of Mice and Men
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I bought this Beatle's "Dark Horse" & Ravi Shankar's "In Celebration", which he co-produced |
George Harrison
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As an Illinois congressman, he introduced "Spot Resolutions" attacking Polk for starting the Mexican War |
Abraham Lincoln
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A member of the cobra family, this highly venomous African reptile is actually dark brown or gray most of its life |
(Tom: What is a black adder?)
a black mamba
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"Equestrian" name for the shoes seen here |
Saddle shoes
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It's the country immediately west of Kenya & immediately north of Lake Victoria |
Uganda
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"Phoebe Pyncheon slept... in a chamber that looked down on the garden of the old house" |
House of the Seven Gables
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I chose 2 from this group: "II" & "Cooleyhighharmony" |
Boyz II Men
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This pop artist created 1958's "Three Flags", a triple portrait of the American Flag |
Jasper Johns
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The Piegan & Blood tribes are constituent parts of this Native American nation found in Montana & Alberta |
Blackfeet
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Pointed shoes called winkle pickers were worn by these rebellious British "boys" of the '50s |
Teddy Boys
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Cowwect, it's the isle south of Southampton |
(Vic: What is Fudd Island?)
the Isle of Wight
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