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This agency that won a Nobel Peace Prize in 1965 sells greeting cards |
UNICEF
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She wrote "Rubbishy Novels" under the pen name A.M. Barnard before & after "Little Women" |
Louisa May Alcott
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He said of his "Arrangement in Grey and Black", "One does like to make one's mummy just as nice as possible" |
James Whistler
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Now 76, Jonas Salk has joined the quest to find a vaccine for this |
the AIDS virus
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He practiced law with his father, then became a judge & now presides over "The People's Court" |
Joseph Wapner
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This Chiricahua leader joined the Dutch Reformed Church in 1903 but was expelled for gambling |
Geronimo
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In October 1990 the number of member nations was officially reduced by one for this reason |
(David: No...idea.)
the reunification of East & West Germany
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Henry James' 1st novel, "Watch and Ward", was 1st published by this "Monthly" in 1871 |
Atlantic Monthly
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His 1889 self-portrait shows him with pipe & bandaged ear |
Vincent Van Gogh
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Dr. Robert Gale of UCLA headed the bone marrow transport unit that went to this site in May 1986 |
Chernobyl
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He was the first of our 26 presidents licensed to practice law |
John Adams
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It's said that Hiawatha started this league of the Mohawk, Onondaga, Oneida, Seneca & Cayuga tribes |
Iroquois League
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From 1971 to 1975 he led Peru's delegation to the UN |
Javier Perez de Cuellar
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The author of "Miss Lonelyhearts", he was born Nathan Weinstein in 1903 |
Nathanael West
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This Spaniard began his series of bullfighting lithographs , "The Bulls of Bordeaux", in 1824 at age 78 |
Goya
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In 1866 Thomas Allbutt introduced the clinical type of this; old ones took 20 minutes to register |
a thermometer
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This defender of Albert DeSalvo, Dr. Sam Sheppard & Capt. E. Medina is now a spokesman for Dictaphone |
F. Lee Bailey
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Called "Curly" as a boy, this great Oglala Sioux chief died a year after the Battle of Little Bighorn |
(David: Who was Sitting Bull?)
Crazy Horse
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In 1948 the UN adopted the Universal Declaration of these |
Human Rights
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After WWII this poet was arrested for making Fascist propaganda broadcasts from Rome |
Ezra Pound
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Murals by this Missourian appear in the Truman Library & in the statehouse in Jefferson City |
Thomas Hart Benton
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In 1906 Jules Bordet discovered Bacillus pertussis, the bacterium that causes this |
(Marc: What is lockjaw?) (Alex: We have a 3-way tie with a minute to go.)
whooping cough
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In 1967 this Yale Law School grad became the youngest tenured law professor ever at Harvard |
Alan Dershowitz
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In 1903 he pleaded with Pres. Roosevelt for the return of his Nez Perce to their home |
Chief Joseph
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The U.S., Britain & Singapore have withdrawn from UNESCO, which stands for this |
(David: What is United Nations Educational, Social and Cultural Organization?)
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
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Her 1913 novel "O Pioneers!" tells the story of Swedish settlers in Nebraska |
Willa Cather
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His first notable series of prints, "A Harlot's Progress", was followed up by "A Rake's Progress" |
(Alex: That's the end of the round...I have to catch my breath because you went through those clues so fast!)
William Hogarth
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According to the AMA, it's the medical specialty of more U.S. doctors than any other |
(David: What is pediatrics?) (Mark: What is general practice?)
internal medicine
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He was Ronald Reagan's personal lawyer when Mr. Reagan named him his first att'y gen. in 1980 |
(Deborah: Who is William French?) (Alex: Sorry, we needed the full name.)
William French Smith
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A monument to this Mohegan chief was erected on the site of the home of J.F. Cooper |
Uncas
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