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This river was Lewis & Clark's main pathway west from St. Louis |
Missouri
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This other word for a graduation ceremony comes from the Latin for "to begin" |
commencement
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This country's peso is the most traded Latin American currency |
Mexico
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Ended his "Tonight Show" run (again) on Feb. 6, 2014 |
Jay Leno
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In 1980 this medical organization, the W.H.O., announced that smallpox had been eradicated worldwide |
World Health Organization
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He accepted Robert E. Lee's surrender at Appomattox Court House |
Grant
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This conquistador overthrew the Aztec Empire for the crown of Spain |
Cortés
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The conversation between play characters, it's from Greek words for "across" & "speech" |
dialogue
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Most of these bills showing Ben Franklin are held in other countries |
hundreds
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"The Slim Reaper", scored 54 for OKC in a 2014 NBA game |
(Kevin) Durant
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Around 1747 British navy doctor James Lind discovered that eating these could prevent scurvy |
(Jeff: What are limes?) (Alex: Limes, or any [*].)
citrus fruits
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He was a law professor at the University of Arkansas |
Clinton
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In 1892, 17 years before his North Pole fame, Robert Peary proved this was an island, not part of a continent |
Greenland
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This liquid portion of blood gets its name from the Greek for "to mold" |
plasma
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The Bank of Japan in Tokyo maintains a museum devoted to the history of this currency |
yen
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Wore a bag over his head that read "I am not famous anymore" at a film premiere |
Shia LaBeouf
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In 1897 Felix Hoffmann first synthesized this wondrous pain reliever |
aspirin
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He commanded PT-109 |
Kennedy
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In 1516 he disassembled his ships on the Atlantic side of Panama & reassembled them on the Pacific side |
Balboa
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This ban, as on trade, comes from the Spanish for "to hinder" |
embargo
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Some notes of this British currency have holograms that switch from a picture of Britannia to the value of the note |
pound
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Has no degrees of separation playing ex-FBI agent Ryan Hardy on "The Following" |
Kevin Bacon
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In 1982 Dr. William DeVries implanted the Jarvik-7, one of these, into patient Barney Clark |
artificial heart
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He was Thomas Jefferson's Secretary of State |
Madison
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In his 60s in 1633, this "father of New France" made his last voyage from old France to Quebec |
(Jeff: Who is Cartier?)
(Samuel de) Champlain
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A word for "throat" gives us the name of this type of carved figure, like the guy seen here |
gargoyle
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Some say Satoshi Nakamoto, creator of this virtual currency, doesn't exist |
bitcoin
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In 2014 got an alternative-album Grammy nomination & graced the stages of "Conan" & Coachella |
Neko Case
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Using identical twins, Dr. Joseph Murray performed the first of these organ transplants in 1954 |
(Jeff: What is a heart transplant?)
kidney
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He served as Tennessee's first U.S. representative |
(Jeff: Who is Andrew Johnson?) (Cooper: Who is Polk?) ... (Alex: Jeff, I believe you misspoke. It wasn't Andrew Johnson. It's [*].)
Andrew Jackson
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