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When she met Abe, he said he wanted to dance with her "in the worst way", &, she said later' "He did" |
Mary Todd Lincoln
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Nickname given to orphaned calves, sometimes urged to git along |
dogie
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Type of "rack" on which you'd hang your homburg |
a hat rack
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Unlike other pheasants, the Congo peacock is native to this continent |
Africa
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If you look shar-pei & feel shar-pei, you're one of these |
a dog
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French for "very much" or "very many", it often comes after "merci" |
(Kyle: What is très?)
beaucoup
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Lovely Julia Tyler was a native of this state where she was known as "The Rose of Long Island" |
New York
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To stop one of these, get ahead of the pack & force the cattle to mill in a tightening circle |
a stampede
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The pembroke, a small drop-leaf one of these, may have been named for the Earl of Pembroke |
a table
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There are 2 subspecies of the northern species of this bird; the Bullock's and the Baltimore |
an oriole
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The new Champ model of this knife has 29 tools, including an orange peeler & a divot fixer |
a Swiss Army knife
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Dorothy Lamour could tell you it's Malay for a long, colorful cloth worn as a skirt or dress |
a sarong
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This "Silver Fox" is proud of her white hair & refuses to dye it |
Barbara Bush
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For the New Book of Knowledge, Gene Autry wrote the article on this cowboy skill |
roping
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In the late 1700s this Pennsylvania city became known for its Chippendale-style furniture |
Philadelphia
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Most honey eaters live in Australia & New Guinea, but some live in this U.S. state |
Hawaii
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One of Forbes' 200 best small companies in America is this Tinseltown lingerie firm |
Frederick's of Hollywood
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Skiers use this Norwegian word to describe a zigzag course, or a race on such a course |
a slalom
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Mrs. Benjamin Harrison was the 1st president-general of this group of descendants of Rev. War figures |
the Daughters of the American Revolution
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He takes a green group of cowhands, prepares them for the drive & then leads it |
(Alex: Jack Palance won an Oscar for portraying this kind of an individual, [*].)
the trail boss
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The vargueno, a combination cabinet & desk, was introduced in this country during the Renaissance |
Spain
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The Andean species of this bird has a greater wingspan than the California |
the condor
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The number of Henry VIII's wives who lost their heads over him |
2
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In Japanese kon ba wa means "good evening" & this means "good afternoon" |
konnichiwa
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She attended Miss Porter's School in Farmington, Connecticut from 1944-47 |
Jackie Onassis (Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis)
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The spiked wheel on the back of this is called a rowel |
a spur
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Inspired by ancient motifs, the Louis XVI style was part of the movement known as "Neo" this |
Classical
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A baby swan is called this, which has a nice "ring" to it |
[Leslie pronounces it "sin-yet", but is corrected by Alex and given credit.]
a cygnet
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10 to the hundredth power is a googol, 10 to the googol power goes by this name |
a googolplex
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Derived from a word meaning "cup", it's the Scandinavian equivalent of "cheers" or "to your health" |
skol
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