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The skirt worn by the sugar plum fairy |
a tutu
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As a 14-year-old fighting in this war, Jackson was captured & held as a P.O.W. in Camden, South Carolina |
the Revolution
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The American Tolkien society honors these fictional creatures with their own day on September 22 |
hobbits
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Male swine are called these, a term also used for wild pigs |
(Fidelito: What are hogs?)
boars
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At the first one in 1902, Michigan beat Stanford 49-zip |
(Alex: That was a football game, by the way.)
the Rose Bowl
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Another term for the uterus |
the womb
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The rivalry between these two teams goes back to the 1930s |
(Fidelito: What are the Chicago Bears and the Green Bay Packers?)
the Chicago Bears and the Detroit Lions
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Jackson was a delegate to this state's Constitutional Convention, & some say he proposed the state's name |
Tennessee
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May 28, 1892 is the founding day of this conservation club |
the Sierra Club
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Beginning in the 1980s these small Vietnamese pigs were popular as pets |
pot-bellied pigs
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Izzy Stradlin was a founding member of this group in Los Angeles in 1985 |
Guns N' Roses
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A vulcanized piece of rubber used in a certain sport, it's also what the Brits call a computer mouse |
a puck
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In the presidential election of 1824, Jackson won a plurality of electoral votes but lost to this man in the House |
John Quincy Adams
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The date Congress authorized it, October 1 is the birthday of this national park, menaced by fire in the summer of 2013 |
Yosemite
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One of the fastest members of the pig family is this large African species that can reach speeds of 35 mph |
warthogs
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This married couple died together in Sing Sing June 19, 1953 |
the Rosenbergs
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To cheat, hopefully not by using the same-named chess piece |
a rook
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Based on the location of its stadium, this is the NFL's easternmost team |
the Patriots
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This Jackson pick for minister to Great Britain was rejected by the Senate but later became Jackson's second veep |
Van Buren
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On the Catholic calendar, Dec. 28 is Childermas, remembering the slaughter of the innocents in this biblical town |
Bethlehem
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Because of their similarity to ours, these pig parts have been used for decades to replace those in the human heart |
(Rich: Uh--what are--aortas?) (Elisabeth: What are arteries?)
valves
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It's a nickname of the Kentucky Derby |
the Run for the Roses
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It's a South African word meaning to travel by ox wagon: a "Great" one began in 1835 |
(Rich: What is migration?)
a trek
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On June 6, 1833 Jackson became the first president to ride a train, the B&O, which stands for this |
the Baltimore and Ohio
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October 29 in Turkey is this "Day", the kind of country Turkey became when the monarchy was overthrown |
Republic
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2013 figures revealed this Midwest state is home to over 20 million pigs, more than 1/4 of the USA's total |
Iowa
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In 1942 she starred in the musical "Star and Garter" |
(Elisabeth: Who is... Tokyo Rose?)
Gypsy Rose Lee
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