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British king who had 6 wives: Henry ____ |
Henry VIII
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Britney & Jamie Lynn |
Spears
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In 1621 Mass. Gov. William Bradford declared a day of prayer, feasting & rejoicing which became this holiday |
Thanksgiving
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Buccaneer Days in Corpus Christi, the San Jacinto Monument |
Texas
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P.E.: Practice hard to become a Hall of Famer in this sport, like Cal Ripken Jr. |
baseball
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Someone who pretends to be your friend is this "in the grass" |
a snake
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Adopted July 4, 1776: The ____ of ____ |
the Declaration of Independence
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Memorial Day was first observed in 1866 to honor the dead of this war |
the Civil War
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Kennedy Space Center, Sanibel Island |
Florida
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Science: "Rover" around & discover that a "year" on this planet lasts 687 days |
Mars
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Bart Simpson would try to calm people by telling them, "don't have" one of these animals |
a cow
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Centuries-long Iberian prosecution of heretics: The Spanish ____ |
the Spanish Inquisition
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A 1968 law passed by Congress stipulated that this holiday be celebrated on the second Monday in October |
Columbus Day
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Hearst Castle, the Monterey Peninsula |
(Scotty: What is Michigan?)
California
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Shop: No, you will most certainly not be working with the gas-flame device called an acetylene this |
(Alex: Acetylene [*], yes, in welding.)
torch
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Going back to the Bible, a minor problem that ruins something bigger is this insect "in the ointment" |
(Savannah: What is a mosquito?)
a fly
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Old name for Russia & 14 other republics until 1991: The ____ Union |
the Soviet Union
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This May holiday was honored in 1934 by a stamp featuring a famous painting by Whistler |
(Alex: And that may holiday--and you'd better remember this one--[*].)
Mother's Day
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The Koyukuk Valley, Gates of the Arctic National Park |
Alaska
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French: "Le livre est sur la table" means this is on the table; pick it up & start learning |
the book
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A little-known political candidate or Oscar nominee is called a "dark" this |
horse
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Deadly period of the French Revolution: The ____ of Terror |
the Reign of Terror
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This holiday was established in 1872 because the State of Nebraska lacked a sufficient number of trees |
(Scotty: What is Earth Day?)
Arbor Day
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The French Quarter, the Capitol Grounds grave of Huey Long |
Louisiana
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English: Learn that he left Princeton without a degree in 1917 & 8 years later penned "The Great Gatsby" |
(Alex: Too soon for you guys to be reading [*], but that's the name of the author.)
F. Scott Fitzgerald
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If you meet the "loan" variety of this fish, watch your wallet |
a shark
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