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As an Illinois Congressman, he attended the inaugural ball of Zachary Taylor |
Abraham Lincoln
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In 1973 Margaret Court lost a "Battle of the Sexes" tennis match to him |
Bobby Riggs
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After the revolution, Viollet-le-Duc supervised the repair of this famed French cathedral |
Notre Dame
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This star of "The Outlaw" said Howard Hughes got in bed with her once, but she threw him out |
Jane Russell
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Used to trap odors in your refrigerator, it can be used as a deodorant |
baking soda
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Completes the quote from Dickens, "Bah, said Scrooge..." |
humbug
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The lyrics for it come from Sir Walter Scott's "The Lady of the Lake" |
"Hail to the Chief"
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On average he hit a home run every 12 times he went to the plate, a Major League record |
Babe Ruth
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At present, France's finance ministry is headquartered in this Paris museum |
Louvre
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She called her autobiography "Life is a Banquet", which was one of her lines from "Auntie Mame" |
Rosalind Russell
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These desktop items are "ideal" for holding bra straps to slip straps |
paper clips
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In 1809 he became the 1st president inaugurated wearing only American-made clothes |
(Alison: Who is Thomas Jefferson?)
James Madison
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Having done it 5 times, this former Dallas QB holds the Super Bowl record for fumbles |
(Alex: Yes, and I don't mean to denigrate [*]. He had an opportunity in 4 different Super Bowls to uh, earn that dubious record.)
Roger Staubach
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You can travel about 270km per hour on the TGV which is this type of transportation |
train
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She was "Mommie Dearest" to her daughter but wanted her daughter's friends to call her "Stinky" |
(Alex: Somehow I cannot imagine anyone calling, particularly a child friend, "Stinky" to Miss Crawford.) [Laughter.]
Joan Crawford
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Device which can be used to punch holes in a belt, unclog a salt shaker or make a perfect circle for pastry |
(Alison: What is an ice pick?) ... (Alex: If you doubled up on the ice pick and attached it at the top, you'd wind up with a [*].)
compass
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To degrade |
humiliate (humble)
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The 1st time a president left the U.S. while in office was when T. Roosevelt went to inspect this |
Panama Canal
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Jockey Eddie Arcaro has called this close friend & colleague "the cleanest rider I have ever seen" |
Willie Shoemaker
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Becoming emperor in 1852, Louis Napoleon took this title |
Napoleon III
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This "Psycho" star eloped at age 14, but the marriage was annulled & she never saw the groom again |
Janet Leigh
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Product for pets than can be used to soak up lingering odors or mustiness |
[The end-of-round signal sounds.]
kitty litter (cat box filler)
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After he died January 13, 1978, his widow Muriel was appointed to fill out his Senate term |
Hubert Humphrey
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More presidents have been affiliated with this high church denomination than any other |
(Alex: Yes, 10 presidents.)
Episcopalian
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In 1953 this Texas golfer became 1st to win the U.S. Open, British Open & The Masters in 1 year |
(Alison: Who is Bobby Jones?)
Ben Hogan
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Between 1871-1945 ownership of this disputed region passed back & forth between Germany & France |
Alsace-Lorraine
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Gene Tierney said she stopped dating this future president when he said he could never marry her |
John F. Kennedy
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Les Paul & Mary Ford and Seals & Croft both had hits called this |
"Hummingbird"
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