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In Philadelphia during the 1730s he founded America's first public library & first volunteer fire department |
Benjamin Franklin
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This 1960s TV show starring Sally Field was based on the book "The Fifteenth Pelican" by Tere Rios |
(Brian: What is Gidget?)
The Flying Nun
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Prince Andrei Bolkonsky, wounded on page 963 of this novel, dies on page 1166 |
War and Peace
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From the Latin for "seed plot", it's a school for the training of priests, ministers or rabbis |
seminary
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It's Nintendo's handheld video game playing machine |
(Becky: What is the GameCube?)
Gameboy
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Back in the '80s Denzel was Dr. Philip Chandler on this TV medical drama |
St. Elsewhere
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The Graff House on 7th & Market is where he resided while drafting the Declaration of Independence |
Thomas Jefferson
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It's the common term for a marsupial nursery or the sack under a pelican's bill |
pouch
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Ford Madox Ford's "Parade's End" follows Christopher Tietjens, a soldier in this war |
(Jill: What is the Civil War?)
World War I
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You can use a Soyuz simulator at the Cosmonaut training center bearing the name of this man in Russia's Star City |
Yuri Gagarin
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A carefully thought out strategy in sports for one particular match |
a game plan
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Derek Luke played a sailor who is counseled by Navy psychiatrist Denzel in this 2002 film, Denzel's directorial debut |
Antwone Fisher
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"Isle of the Pelicans" is the English translation of the name of this former federal prison |
Alcatraz
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He's heard here reading from his memoir:
"It is a story of my benefitting from opportunities created by the sacrifice of those who went before me, and maybe my benefitting those who will follow." |
(Becky: Who is Norman Schwarzkopf?)
Colin Powell
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In 1887 he established the world's first school for librarians at Columbia University |
Melvil Dewey
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A rooster of a fighting breed |
a gamecock
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In a 1992 Spike Lee film, Denzel Washington played this slain African-American leader |
Malcolm X
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On New Year's Day comics, fancies, string bands & fancy brigades hit the streets during this famous procession |
[The end-of-round signal sounds.]
the Mummers Parade
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This state's official flag depicts a pelican feeding its young |
Louisiana
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A book with this alliterative title tells of Sgt. Michael Mullen, who was killed by a shell from his own side |
Friendly Fire
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The Great Lakes Recruit Training Center on this lake is the U.S. Navy's only recruit training center |
Lake Michigan
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In 1987's "Cry Freedom", Denzel Washington played this slain South African activist |
Steven Biko
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As it passed the Straits of Magellan, this explorer's ship, The Pelican, was rechristened The Golden Hind |
Sir Francis Drake
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In Charles Frazier's novel, a wounded soldier hikes across the Blue Ridge Mountains toward this title peak |
Cold Mountain
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On his way to becoming a knight in the Middle Ages, a young man first served as a page & then as one of these |
a squire
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At this annual observance in Scotland there are dances & events like the caber toss |
the Highland Games
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This 1995 Denzel Washington film takes place on the U.S. nuclear sub Alabama |
Crimson Tide
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