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Carrying news of a Greek victory, Pheidippides ran from this plain to Athens, about 23 miles |
Marathon
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Though he may not have tried it himself, da Vinci designed what is probably the 1st of these "fall-breakers" |
a parachute
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A man by this name wears whiskers on his chinnegan |
(Gretchen: Who is Old Man Finnegan?) ... (Alex: You were on the right track...)
Michael Finnegan
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Hey, it's the "Bay State" |
Massachusetts
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The logo used by the Pinkerton Detective Agency led to the use of this term for a private detective |
private eye
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He was the "I" in "I Love Lucy" |
Desi Arnaz (Ricky Ricardo)
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When he conquered Thebes, he destroyed every house but the one the poet Pindar had lived in |
Alexander the Great
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Richard Nixon's pal Robt. Abplanalp invented the valve for this type of can |
an aerosol can
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Higgledy piggledy; it's the color of the hen that lays eggs for gentlemen |
black
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The state that contains the mouth of the Mississippi |
Louisiana
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Ironically, this expression came from the fact that male deer have front teeth only in their lower jaw |
buckteeth
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We can't tell if the "I" in the title of this series referred to Bill Cosby or Robert Culp |
I Spy
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The Greeks considered this site of the oracles the "Omphalus" or navel of the world |
Delphi
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The typewriter was 1st mass-produced in the 1870s by this gun manufacturer |
Remington
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We'll have tea if she puts the kettle on |
Polly
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In 1947 British driver John Cobb was 1st to travel over 400 MPH on this state's salt beds |
Utah
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Someone able to sniff out a big story for the paper is said to have this |
a nose for news
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He was the "I" in "I Dream of Jeannie" |
Larry Hagman (Tony Nelson)
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It's very likely that Sophocles & Socrates attended the dedication of this temple in 438 B.C. |
the Parthenon (the Temple of Athena)
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In 1960 the FDA approved production of Enovid, the 1st of these |
birth control pills
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Here comes a candle to light you to bed, here comes a chopper to... uh-oh |
chop off your head
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It contains both the highest & lowest points in the lower 48 states |
California
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When we keep someone at a distance, we're said to keep them this far away |
at arm's length
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"One Day at a Time" star who was the "I" in the TV film "I Was a Mail Order Bride" |
(Terry: Who is Bonnie Franklin?) (Chris: Who is Mackenzie Phillips?)
Valerie Bertinelli
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According to Collier's Ency., in the 7th cent. this city-state won most of the recorded Olympic victories |
Sparta
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Only president granted a patent at any time in his life; he got it in 1849 for a ship flotation device |
Abraham Lincoln
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"Betwixt", a word you don't often run into, is in line 3 of the rhyme about this man & his eating habits |
(Alex: Look at the scores: Gretchen at $1900, Chris at $1900, and Terry also at $1900. It has been many, many months since that has occurred!)
Jack Sprat ("could eat no fat, his wife could eat no lean")
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3 of the top 10 U.S. cities in population are in this state |
Texas (Dallas, Houston, San Antonio)
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Meaning maudlin sentimentality, it's often accompanied by the playing of a make-believe violin |
hearts & flowers
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Daniel Hugh Kelly was the "I" in this 1987-88 series about an architect who wed his Latino housekeeper |
I Married Dora
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