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This tubby comedian, who made 36 films with partner Bud Abbott, died on March 3, 1959 |
Lou Costello
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Squanto, an Algonquian, is supposed to have taught the white man how to plant this -- amazing |
corn
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"Gone with the Wind"'s Rhett Butler was a profiteer from this South Carolina port city |
Charleston
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The Sherlock Holmes of dogdom, his name comes from the fact that his bloodlines are very pure |
bloodhound
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If you win a Nobel Prize & turn it down, you can claim the gold medal later, but you lose this |
the cash
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In a 1966 hit, Bobby Darin wondered what it would be like if he were this type of woodworker |
carpenter
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In '58 this former First Lady was voted most admired woman in the U.S. for the 11th year in a row |
Eleanor Roosevelt
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The main purpose of the Hopi snake dance is to ask for this |
(Alex: Usually at the planting season.)
rain
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In Hawthorne's "The Scarlet Letter", Hester Prynne did her sinning in this Puritan city |
(Charley: What was Salem?)
Boston
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Called "sacred lion dog" in China, one of the 1st taken abroad was given to Queen Victoria |
Pekingese
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The only Nobel Prize that can be awarded to an institution rather than a person or persons |
the Peace Prize
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The symbol on the cans of this brand of paint wears wooden shoes |
Dutch Boy
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On October 3, 1952 this Eve Arden sitcom began a 4-year run on TV |
Our Miss Brooks
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It was a Mohawk leader named Hiawatha who put together this 5-nation league |
Iroquois League
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Tom Sawyer & Huck Finn's hometown, St. Petersburg, was based on this Missouri city |
Hannibal
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Popularized by returning U.S. WWI troops, they were formerly known as "police dogs" |
German shepherds
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The prizes are awarded by 3 institutions in Sweden & 1 in this country |
Norway
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A device trailed from a ship to determine its speed, or a record of the ship's voyages |
log
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In this No. 1 hit, Frankie Avalon asked her, "If you will, please send a little girl for me to thrill" |
"Venus"
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Pueblo homes are built of sun-dried bricks called this |
adobe
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James Joyce's "Ulysses" takes place on June 16, 1904 in this city |
Dublin
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As working dogs, malamutes & samoyeds commonly pull these |
sleds
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The 1st Nobel Prize in Physics was given to W.M. Roentgen in 1901 for his discovery of these |
x-rays
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Phrase meaning "a selfish aim", a lumberjack with a dull blade also has one |
an axe to grind
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In summer 1957 the U.S. began operating the Distant Early Warning, or DEW Line, together with this country |
Canada
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Today no one is allowed to day hike in the Canyon de Chelly in Arizona without this tribe's permission |
Navajo
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"Tom Brown's School Days" were spent at a British prep school in this town |
Rugby
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Considered the fastest dog for his weight, he looks like a miniature greyhound |
whippet
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The newest Nobel Prize, 1st awarded in 1969, is the prize given for this |
economics
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Arkansas' state tree; it's in the name of the state's 4th largest city, & we're not bluffing |
Pine Bluff
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