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Fan, Mr. Fezziwig, Bob Cratchit |
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What's up Doc? The bestselling postage stamp of 1997 featured this cartoon character |
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Considered your largest organ, it's waterproof, somewhat stretchy & covers you from head to toe |
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A major reason for his invasion of Persia in 334 B.C. was to cover the debt left by his father, Philip II |
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In 1998, after 27 years in the "Monday Night Football" booth, he gave up his seat to Boomer Esiason |
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This subspecies of the peach has been called a peach without fuzz |
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Master Charles Bates, Mr. Bumble, Bill Sikes |
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The stamp seen here, part of the "Celebrate the Century" series, honors the creation of this (4 down, for example) in 1913 |
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Remember, it's in this largest part of the brain that learning & remembering take place |
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At least a dozen of this Babylonian king's 282 laws dealt with wages & fee rates |
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This Cubs broadcaster, who took millions of fans out to the ballgame, died in 1998 |
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Duo heard here: ("Shake Your Groove Thing") |
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Monsieur the Marquis, Charles Darnay, Lucie Manette |
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The first U.S. stamp bore portraits of George Washington & this first postmaster general |
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Put your hand on your hip & you can feel your ilium, part of this bony structure from the Greek for "bowl" |
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This Cretan civilization dominated the Aegean world until about 1450 B.C. |
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Bob Griese was in the broadcast booth as son Brian led this team to victory in the 1998 Rose Bowl |
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It's the dessert created & named for an opera singer |
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Mr. Creakle, Peggotty, Mr. Micawber |
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This painter was pictured on a 1940 stamp; his mother would have approved |
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No joke, it's the part of the body that contains vitreous humor & aqueous humor |
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Henry II, who succeeded Stephen as king of England in 1154, was the first monarch from this "house" |
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L.A. Laker announcer Chick Hearn coined this 2-word term for a shot taken from above the rim |
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Paul Terry was the title character in this 1996 movie about a boy and a piece of fruit |
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Dick Swiveller, Kit Nubbles, Little Nell Trent |
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Jackie Robinson & this "King of Ragtime" have been featured on "Black Heritage" issues |
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Well-utilized by Elvis Presley, the levator labii superioris alaeque nasi is the muscle that curls this |
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The statue of him, a wonder of the ancient world, marked the site of the original Olympic games |
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Now broadcast partners, Mary Carillo & John McEnroe won this event together at the 1977 French Open |
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In this poem, T.S. Eliot asked, "Do I dare to eat a peach?" |
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