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In 1949 he presented his "Fair Deal" as part of his State of the Union address |
(M'Liss: Uh, who is Eisenhower?)
Truman
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Sadly, Army nurse Clara Maass died in 1901 after she volunteered to be bitten by a mosquito carrying this |
yellow fever
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It's said that you can lead this animal to water, but you cannot make it drink |
a horse
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Leo is a sign for leaders, like this actor, director & Sundance Institute founder born Aug. 18 |
Robert Redford
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Think your vote doesn't count? An 1882 congressional race was won 10,505 votes to this |
10,504
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The U.S. blockade of this country was made public October 22, 1962 |
Cuba
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Sourdough Jack |
Jack in the Box
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It was the profession of Jan Josephszoon van Goyen, teacher & father-in-law of Jan Steen |
artist (or painter)
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If you're doing very well, you're living high off this creature |
the hog
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The day he was born, Feb. 18, 1964, his mom could have watched the "Gunsmoke" marshal of the same name on TV |
Matt Dillon
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A 1965 act says, "No voting qualification... shall be imposed" so as to deny anyone a vote based on this |
race
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When these people struck in Boston, Coolidge said, "There is no right to strike against the public safety by anyone" |
the police
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Classic Triple with Cheese |
(M'Liss: What is McDonald's?)
Wendy's
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In 1930 former Standard Oil president Henry Folger founded one of these in Washington, D.C. |
a library
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Simian container that's a standard for hilarity |
a barrel of monkeys
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March 18 babies include Grover Cleveland & Rudolf Diesel, who rose to this, & Irene Cara, who sang about it |
fame
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North Dakota is the only state that doesn't require voters to do this; rural folks know who's qualified |
(M'Liss: Uh, what is show identification?) (Andy: What is pick a party?)
register
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In 1851 students at VMI couldn't stonewall this professor of natural & experimental philosophy |
(Stonewall) Jackson
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Ultimate Deep Dish Pizza & Cinna Stix |
(M'Liss: What is Pizza Hut?)
Domino's
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Only one British prime minister, Spencer Perceval in 1812, left office due to this; 4 U.S. presidents did |
(Anne: Uh, what is death?) (Alex: Be--no.)
assassination
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Something very, very rare is "as scarce as" these chicken parts |
hen's teeth
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This Chicago Bears tight end & coaching legend may want to up his dose of Levitra every Oct. 18 birthday |
Mike Ditka
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The 19th century ballot pre-printed by political parties was called this, as in "voting the straight" one |
(M'Liss: Uh, what is the party line?)
the ticket
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Marcus Garvey, born on this island nation in 1887, was deported back there by the U.S. in 1927 |
(Anne: What is Haiti?)
Jamaica
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The Big N' Tasty |
McDonald's
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In 1969 university professors Ragnar Frisch & Jan Tinbergen shared the first Nobel Prize for this |
(Andy: What is Physics?) (Alex: No. What is [*]? The year 1969, something relatively new.)
Economics
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Release a Russian blue or reveal a secret |
letting the cat out of the bag
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This female Motown vocalist was born in Alabama one July 18, maybe during a "heat wave" |
(Alex: "Heat Wave", a reference to [*] and The Vandellas.)
Martha Reeves
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The machine seen here from this arboreal-named Florida County was part of the election mess of 2000 |
Palm Beach County
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