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The menu for his 1865 inaugural banquet included terrapin stew & quail |
Abraham Lincoln
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Delia Bacon was obsessed with the idea that other Elizabethans wrote the works attributed to this man |
Shakespeare
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On Nov. 10, 1958 New York City jeweler Harry Winston donated this great blue stone to the Smithsonian |
the Hope Diamond
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The Jutland horse is named for this country's Jutland Peninsula, where it has been bred for centuries |
Denmark
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A 25th anniversary is a "silver" this |
jubilee
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This animated feline is "the most daring swashbuckler, ladies man and all-around coolest cat" |
Puss in Boots
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His 1957 inauguration included a "minority dinner" featuring gefilte fish, minestrone soup & Greek salad |
Eisenhower
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This British missionary was obsessed with finding the headwaters of the Nile but died in 1873 with no luck |
Livingstone
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In 1893 Kokichi Mikimoto developed a process to create these "cultured" gems |
pearls
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This word for a man's wig comes from the French for "tuft" |
a toupee
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This character's 3 husbands were played by Rand Brooks, Carroll Nye & Clark Gable |
Scarlett O'Hara
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Guests at his inaugural parties downed some 40 million jelly beans |
Reagan
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In 1674 Anton van Leeuwenhoek's obsession with lenses paid off; he discovered these, from the Latin for "first animal" |
protozoa
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The Chinese call it the "jewel of heaven" & believe it protects against accidents |
jade
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"Real" in the name of the alter-real means this; it was bred for the Portuguese court |
royal
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Ah, yes, hello, my dear, my little this bird of the titmouse family |
chickadee
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In this title role, Ellen Page says, "I'm already pregnant, so what other kind of shenanigans could I get into" |
Juno
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This bachelor president's inaugural guests were served 400 gallons of oysters & 60 mutton saddles |
(Alex: He's the only bachelor president we've had. Right.)
Buchanan
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This African-American composer was so obsessed with his opera "Treemonisha" that he suffered a breakdown in 1911 |
(Scott) Joplin
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Check out the bejeweled head covering of this living woman |
Queen Elizabeth II
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The name of this horse of the American plains comes from a Spanish word meaning "stray" |
(Katherine: What is palomino?) (Steven: What is pinto?)
the mustang
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Let me rock you, Kubla Khan, with this type of authoritative & formal order |
a decree
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When Winona Ryder whispers, "Hold me", this Johnny Depp title character replies, "I can't" |
(Alex: You're right, and we have less than a minute to go.)
Edward Scissorhands
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Instead of an elaborate meal, this southerner served peanuts & pretzels |
Jimmy Carter
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Cato the Elder's obsession with the threat offered by this city led in part to the Third Punic War |
Carthage
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From Latin for "thread", this style of jewelry is made by twisting fine wires of precious metals into patterns |
filigree
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This breed takes its name from a city in Slovenia that was home to the Austrian imperial stud |
Lipizzaner
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French term for an evening party, perhaps a musical one |
a soirée
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This Bogart character exclaims in court, "Ah, but the strawberries! That's... that's where I had them" |
Captain Queeg
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