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BORN NORTH OF THE BORDER, EH? |
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In 1682 the Spanish founded the village of Ysleta on the Rio Grande in what later became this state |
Texas
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"Let's Make A Deal" with this host who hails from Winnipeg, Manitoba |
Monty Hall
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(Cheryl of the Clue Crew in Munich, Germany) BMW's history in aeronautics is seen by its logo representing a rotating one of these |
a propeller
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The Duffy blood group system was discovered while treating a sufferer of this hereditary condition |
hemophilia
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In conspiracies about the RFK assassination, the "Polka-Dot Woman" is recognized as this man's accomplice |
Sirhan Sirhan
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Hernando De Soto died of a fever on May 21, 1542 & his body was sunk in this river to keep his death a secret from the Indians |
the Mississippi
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Winnipeg-born Douglas Rain provided the voice of this soft-spoken killer computer on film |
HAL
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(Sarah of the Clue Crew) In Germany BMW uses "Freude am fahren", or "Joy of Driving." In the U.S., it's used this slogan since the 1970s |
"The Ultimate Driving Machine"
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Lymphomas are divided into his "Disease" & non-his |
Hodgkin
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Meryl Streep played this nuclear plant employee some believe was killed while trying to blow the whistle |
(Karen) Silkwood
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He was known as "The One-Legged Governor of New Netherland" |
(Patrick: Who is Stuyversant?)
Peter Stuyvesant
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This London, Ontario-born man led the Royal Canadians in their popular New Year's Eve specials |
(Alex: With a minute to go.)
Guy Lombardo
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(Cheryl) With test flights in the early 1940s, BMW pioneered this radical type of engine |
the jet engine
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Theodor Escherich gave his name (or just his initial) to this bacillus that causes internal distress |
E. coli
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Dorothy Kilgallen was found dead not long after conducting an interview with this nightclub owner & murderer |
Jack Ruby
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Members of the lower class, they were contracted to work without wages to pay for their passage to the New World |
indentured servants
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A Blues Brother, a Ghostbuster & a Conehead, he was born in Ottawa |
(Dan) Aykroyd
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(Sofia of the Clue Crew) The 1950s BMW 507, driven by celebs like Elvis, is this type of car whose 8-letter name tells you it has street smarts |
a roadster
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First name of the man for whom the bacteria Listeria are named |
Joseph (Lister)
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Born March 12, 1912, this ex-Nazi scientist was let into the U.S. under "Operation Paper Clip" |
Wernher von Braun
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This letter will turn your smile into a figure of speech |
[The end-of-round signal sounds.]
I (simile)
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In October 1729 Benjamin Franklin purchased this one-year-old newspaper that had a subscription list of 90 |
(Patrick: What is The Saturday Evening Post?)
the Pennsylvania Gazette
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Kids must say the darndest things in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, where this TV host was born July 17, 1912 |
(Art) Linkletter
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(Sarah) This bike earned BMW one of its many victories in this endurance rally that goes between Europe & Africa |
the Paris-to-Dakar Rally
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The palsy that paralyzes facial muscles on one side was named for this anatomist |
(Sir Charles) Bell
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This Guy is the best known figure in the conspiracy known as the "Gunpowder Plot" to kill King James I in 1605 |
Guy Fawkes
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It makes Mama really hot stuff |
G (magma)
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