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VICE PRESIDENTIAL BIRTHPLACES |
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THAT'S THE KIND OF GUY I AM |
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The leader of the post-WWII style, sometimes called action painting; his work is seen here |
(Jackson) Pollock
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By 5 games to 4, the Kansas City Monarchs won the first "Negro" version of this in 1924 |
the World Series
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James Galway has recorded this group of Vivaldi violin concerts on the flute |
"The Four Seasons"
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He said of the Mercury capsule that carried him into orbit in Feb. 1962, "You don't get into it, you put it on" |
John Glenn
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October 30, 1735: Braintree, Massachusetts |
John Adams
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I'll do all my own home repairs because I'm a DIYer, one of these |
do-it-yourselfer
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In the 1600s this country produced some of the greatest masters; in the 1700s its best painter was Cornelis Troost |
the Netherlands
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In 1972 this organization's Negro League committee selected Josh Gibson |
(the Baseball) Hall of Fame
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Queen Victoria pardons Mack the Knife in this Brecht-Weill collaboration |
The Threepenny Opera
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In 1957 he preached to a crowd of 100,000 at Yankee Stadium |
Billy Graham
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March 31, 1948: Washington, D.C. |
Al Gore
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I'm like one of these 19th century bandits in the west; the Eagles like to sing about me |
a desperado
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Andrea Mantegna developed sotto in su, the technique of making paintings here look like they're floating |
on the ceiling
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This ageless pitcher who played with the Birmingham Black Barons later made it to the majors with Cleveland |
Satchel Paige
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It's the 1976 No. 1 pop hit heard here |
"A Fifth of Beethoven"
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In 1882 a religious fanatic named Charles Guiteau was hanged for the murder of this man |
James Garfield
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December 5, 1782: Kinderhook, New York |
Martin Van Buren
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I'm carefree, I'm this hyphenated 3-word term, like a Disney dwarf who won the lottery |
happy-go-lucky
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Because Koranic knowledge was all-important, this became the supreme Muslim art form, as illustrated here |
calligraphy
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Martin "El Maestro" Dihigo was a Negro Leagues star from this baseball-mad island |
Cuba
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Schonberg's system of this many tones is also called serial composition |
12
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This king donated the "Royal Library" of the English kings to the British Museum in 1757 |
(John: Who is George III?)
George II
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January 30, 1941: Lincoln, Nebraska |
Dick Cheney
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From the Latin for "of a flock", I'm this adjective, a guy who likes to socialize, perhaps with diver Louganis |
gregarious
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Tintoretto's goal was to match the colors of this earlier Venetian master |
Titian
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Negro Leaguers got to play against major leaguers while doing something called this, like stunt flyers |
barnstorming
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(Sofia of the Clue Crew at the piano) The chord I'm about to play is a diminished one of these |
(Alex: Don't all jump in at once!)
seventh
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Of the men on the front of currently printed U.S. paper bills he was the most recent to have been president |
Ulysses S. Grant
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November 9, 1918: Baltimore, Maryland |
Spiro Agnew
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Hey, I'm this, "with it"; which is better than this replacement (that's a few years away) |
hip
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