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In February 1865, 2 months before surrendering, he became general in chief of all the Confederate armies |
Robert E. Lee
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This soccer player whose real first name is Mariel is one of 4 women to have scored over 100 goals in international play |
Mia Hamm
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An official website for this state is www.state.nm.us |
New Mexico
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Hey, "don't just sit there like a bump on" one of these |
a log
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The Sumerian name for the Mesopotamian plain may have given us this name of a Biblical garden |
(Tyler: What is Babylon?)
Eden
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Watch out for sewer rats inside the "Sewer Adventure" at the Aquaria Water Museum in this Swedish capital |
Stockholm
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It was the famous nickname of frontiersman & scout Christopher Carson |
Kit
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This track star was nicknamed "Flo-Jo" |
Florence Griffith Joyner
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Instead of .com, Amnesty International's website is www.amnesty. this |
.org
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"Pea Soup" describes a dense one |
(Anthony: What is bog?) (Alex: Yes... Nope... No? All right, John or Tyler? I gave the answer, well isn't that silly of me, because I thought Anthony had given it, but what did he say?) (Anthony: I said bog.) (Alex: Oh, well that's wrong, so select again.)
fog
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Utu, who judged the dead at the end of each day, was the Sumerian god of this celestial body |
sun
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Ride the Nutmobile thru macadamia orchards at the Big Pineapple, a top attraction in this "Down Under" country |
Australia
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Dismissed from West Point for "deficiency in chemistry", he went on to paint a famous portrait of his mother |
(John: Who was Wyeth?)
James Whistler
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A student at Great Neck North High School, she's the golden girl of the ice seen here |
Sarah Hughes
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At whitehouse.gov you can learn all about Air Force One as well as this Maryland presidential retreat |
Camp David
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One of the teeth in a gear |
cog
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The ancient Sumerian civilization flourished in the "Fertile Crescent" region between these 2 rivers |
Tigris & Euphrates
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Wow! You can see what you'd look like in one of Ms. Parton's wigs at this theme park named for her |
Dollywood
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Her appointment to the Supreme Court in 1981 to replace Potter Stewart was history-making |
Sandra Day O'Connor
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This tennis player won women's singles titles at Wimbledon in 2000 & 2001, but lost to her little sister in 2002 |
Venus Williams
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Seen here, Arfie fetches results at this metasearch engine |
Dogpile
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Something can do this to your bad memory; it's also a wheel on a Sony Clie |
(John: What is clog?)
jog
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Dating from around 3000 B.C., the Sumerians used this writing system seen here |
cuneiform
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For a fabulous view of Barcelona, take the elevator to the top of the Monument a Colom, built to honor him |
Christopher Columbus
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In one of its reading rooms, you can read up on Mary Baker Eddy, the founder of this religion |
Christian Science
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This basketball star whose name rhymes with hoops named her son Jordan, after Michael Jordan |
Sheryl Swoopes
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"Sari Says" is an advice column in the online version of this teen magazine |
(John: What is Seventeen?)
Teen People
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A fad in the '90s was this game from Hawaii that used bottle stoppers |
pogs
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The Sumerian kingdom ended when this enemy king famous for his code conquered the city of Larsa |
Hammurabi
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Soar above the treetops on the Skyfari aerial tram at this West Coast's city's famous zoo |
San Diego
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