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(Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports in front of the Santa Maria in Columbus) On October 12, 1492 Santa Maria sailor Rodrigo de Triana did this first, but Columbus awarded himself the prize for it, anyway |
spotting land
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In 1998 this school's Trojans defeated Arizona State 21-14 in the College World Series' highest-scoring final game |
Southern California (USC)
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In 1949 the state legislature made this "wily" canine South Dakota's state animal |
coyote
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There must be "2001" reasons to read this Englishman's sci-fi classic "Childhood's End" |
Arthur C. Clarke
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Sharing the 1945 Nobel Prize with Alexander Fleming, Howard Florey & Ernst Chain developed this antibiotic drug |
penicillin
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It's the informal, more common term for rhinoplasty |
nose job
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The first thing Columbus noted in his log about the New World natives was their lack of these |
clothing
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In 1947 NYU's Abraham Balk became the only man to win the foil & epee events in this sport in the same year |
fencing
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This South Dakota capital was founded as a fort in the early 1800s & named for a French fur trader |
Pierre
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Reinaldo Arenas called "Journey to" this Cuban city "A Novel in Three Trips" |
Havana
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2 basic drug categories are depressants & these, which include caffeine |
stimulants
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We predict you'll know that this man famous for his prophecies was court physician to King Charles IX of France |
Nostradamus
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After 7 years living in this country, Columbus asked its King John II for backing, but was turned down |
(Katie: What is England?)
Portugal
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The U. of Nebraska has had 3 Heisman Trophy winners: Johnny Rodgers, Mike Rozier & this quarterback in 2001 |
Eric Crouch
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South Dakota's highest point is 7,242-foot-high Harney Peak in these hills |
Black Hills
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The Awangarda Krakowska was an avant-garde literary movement begun in this country in 1922 |
Poland
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The name of this anti-inflammatory drug used in OTC preparations is a contraction of isobutylphenyl propionic acid |
ibuprofen
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Canada's Cape Breton Island forms part of this province |
Nova Scotia
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This settlement Columbus named for its Christmas founding wasn't "feliz" when all its men were killed |
Navidad
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On March 13, 1981 this future Olympian set an NCAA indoor record in the long jump by leaping 27' 10" |
Carl Lewis
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A majority leader of the U.S. Senate, this South Dakotan was the first in his family to graduate from college |
Tom Daschle
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A priest falls for the girl he's sent to exorcise in "Of Love and Other Demons" by this Colombian Nobel Prize-winner |
Gabriel Garcia Marquez
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Also called methylmorphine, this opium-derived drug is used in some cough medicines |
codeine
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A mutual fund that doesn't carry a sales charge going in or out is described as this type |
no-load
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In 1994 Amy Van Dyken set an NCAA record, 21.77 sec., in the shortest freestyle swimming distance, this many yards |
50
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A pageant inspired by her "Little House" books takes place in De Smet in late June & early July |
Laura Ingalls Wilder
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"The Diary of a Superfluous Man" is a poignant novella by this Russian author of "Fathers and Sons" |
Ivan Turgenev
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Used today as an antispasmodic asthma treatment, this drug's name is Italian for "beautiful woman" |
(Pat: [Before wagering] I gotta do it...) (Alex: You gotta do it...) (Pat: True, please.) ... (Pat: What is Advair?)
belladonna
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It's John Donne's famous 5-word phrase about isolation that precedes "entire of itself" |
"No man is an island"
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