THE BAND'S 10th TOP 40 HIT |
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1978: "Take A Chance On Me" |
ABBA
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Born 83 B.C., died 30 B.C. |
Mark Antony
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"Fearless Fred" Feldman in Helicopter 710 was the 1st reporter to give New Yorkers info on this from a chopper |
traffic reports
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This term for a great disaster is found in the nickname of frontierswoman Jane |
a calamity
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Irish poet Padraic Pearse was executed by firing squad after helping lead 1916's Easter Rebellion in this capital |
Dublin
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Insects are responsible for about 80% of this process important to plants |
pollination
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1981: "Waiting For A Girl Like You" |
Foreigner
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This billionaire NBA owner is the author of the children's book "Let's Go, Mavs!" |
Mark Cuban
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Because they turn a propeller, copter engines are rated in these units rather than in lbs. of thrust like a jet engine |
(David: What are pounds of torque?)
horsepower
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To ponder over, or to heat, sweeten & flavor with spices for drinking wine |
mull
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Spanish poet Federico Garcia Lorca was killed in 1936 by this general's forces |
Franco
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These anopheles insects are especially attracted to dark colors |
mosquitoes
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1989: "Love In An Elevator" |
Aerosmith
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In 2011 Forbes ranked this 27-year-old as the USA's 14th-richest person |
Mark Zuckerberg
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The device seen here to add carrying capacity is called this type of hook, so you probably won't get a ride in one |
a cargo hook
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This adjective meaning delicately pretty follows "filet" in an expensive cut of beef |
mignon
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This Roman orator & writer was executed on Dec. 7, 43 B.C.; his head & hands were then put on display at the forum |
Cicero
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The adult version of this "monthly" fly lives for only hours, but its eggs can take up to 3 years to hatch |
the mayfly
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1971: "How Can You Mend A Broken Heart" |
The Bee Gees
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In 2005 this former FBI Deputy Director revealed he was "Deep Throat" |
Mark Felt
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The AH in the AH-1W Super Cobra stands for this; its 5-inch rockets & Hellfire missiles would help in an assault |
Attack Helicopter
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A badge of office, or the lowest commissioned officer in the navy |
ensign
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This courtier & author of a "History of the World" was executed at the Tower of London in 1618 |
(David: Who is Sir Thomas More?)
Sir Walter Raleigh
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It's the household pest seen here on dry land |
a silverfish
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1986: "Land Of Confusion" |
Genesis
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This former Virginia governor & current senator gave the keynote address at the 2008 Democratic Convention |
Mark Warner
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2-word call sign of the presidential helicopter, operated by a different military service than the presidential jet |
Marine One
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Provincial; it also describes certain religious private schools |
parochial
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A romantic tale says this Austrian poet of "Sonnets to Orpheus" died from a scratch he got picking a rose--actually, leukemia |
(Rainer Maria) Rilke
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American geneticist Thomas Hunt Morgan used this fly to help establish the chromosome theory of heredity |
the fruitfly
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