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Speaking to WWI troops in 1919, this man became the first U.S. president to make a radio broadcast |
Woodrow Wilson
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The epic "Voyna i mir" |
War and Peace
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The surname Price isn't related to cost; it's from this Celtic language's "Ap Rhys", or "Son of Rhys" |
Welsh
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One estimate says there are about 326 million cubic miles of this compound in, on & above the Earth |
(Richard: What is silicon dioxide?)
water
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A short moment of time to make popcorn "pop" or to get a "lube" job |
jiffy
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Sonny Boy Williamson was killed at 34. He played this "mouth organ" like nobody did before |
harmonica
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After being bitten by a dog in 1885, Joseph Meister became the first person inoculated against this |
rabies
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Thomas Mann's thrill ride... er... read: "Der Zauberberg" |
The Magic Mountain
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Jenkins originally meant this, the name of a pal of Robin Hood's |
Little John
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It runs from the Gulf of California to the Gorda Ridge off Oregon between the North American & Pacific plates |
San Andreas Fault
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With a population of 735,000, it's the most populous city in Florida |
Jacksonville
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Last name of blues guitarists B.B. & Freddie. When the Lord decides to call you, you'd better be ready |
King
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Some consider German king Otto the Great, crowned in 962, the first of these central European "emperors" |
Holy Roman Emperor
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A memoir: "Den Afrikanske Farm" |
Out of Africa
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(Hi, I'm Jeff Probst) My last name translates to this, used in English to mean an administrator at a college |
provost
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BMW engineers are working out the kinks to use this most abundant element in the universe as an auto fuel |
(Alex: And we hope they succeed!)
hydrogen
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After Solomon's death in 922 B.C., the Hebrews divided into 2 kingdoms: Israel & this one |
Judah
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Handicap of Lemon Jefferson & also Willie McTell. They both needed a good woman to catch them if they fell |
blindness
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Ernest Poole became the first novelist to win this prize on June 3, 1918 |
(Richard: What is the Nobel Prize?)
Pulitzer Prize
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The magical "El Amor en los Tiempos del Colera" |
Love in the Time of Cholera
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An ancestor of songwriter Johnny must have been one of these, a dry-goods merchant |
mercer
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Calcium bicarbonate from this, the most abundant soluble rock, is used by sea creatures in forming shells |
limestone
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It's the "gem" of a unit equal to the work done when a current of 1 ampere passes through 1 ohm for 1 second |
joule
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The Handy Awards Festival is up & down this Memphis street. When the blues fills the air, it sounds mighty sweet |
Beale Street
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The weighty "Nesnesitelna Lekhost Oyti" (in Czech) or "L'Insoutenable Legerte de l'Etre" (in French) |
"The Unbearable Lightness of Being"
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Common occupational surname shown here (making those barrels) |
cooper
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Deposits inside these are called speleothems & include stalactites & stalagmites |
caves
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Christian monk & translator Eusebius Hieronymus is better known as this saint |
Saint Jerome
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This man & Sonny Terry played together 30 years. If you don't like their music, you need to check your ears |
Brownie McGhee
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