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1942: Victor Laszlo, Major Strasser |
Casablanca
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When Cassini takes pictures of this planet, stars aren't usually seen, due to the brightness of the rings |
Saturn
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She began a poem, "I felt a funeral, in my brain, and mourners to and fro" |
Emily Dickinson
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The magazine published by this organization for those 50 & older has the largest circulation of any U.S. periodical |
AARP
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In 1965 astronaut Ed White became the first American this when he stepped out of his Gemini capsule for a 23-minute stroll |
spacewalker
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This "boastful" N.C. fort is home to the Army's psychological warfare dept., which once trained Manuel Noriega |
Fort Bragg
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2009: Jake Sully, Neytiri |
Avatar
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Microcephaly is one of the birth defects related to this tropical virus that's becoming more prevalent |
Zika
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In 2003 & 2004 Louise Glück held this esteemed position |
poet laureate
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The Latin word talpa, meaning "mole", gives us the word for this brownish gray color that resembles moleskin |
taupe
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The office of a pope or, pronounced differently, to express an opinion in a dogmatic way |
pontificate
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Treasures of Hungary's St. Stephen, including his crown & orb, were stored at this Kentucky facility from 1945 to 1978 |
Fort Knox
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1995: Marilyn Lovell, Mary Haise |
Apollo 13
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The Higgs boson is what endows all elementary subatomic particles with this fundamental property of matter |
mass
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In September 1846 this English poet secretly married her poet boyfriend |
Elizabeth Barrett Browning
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Charles Fey's first 3-reel one of these had 5 symbols: diamonds, hearts, horseshoes, spades & a Liberty Bell |
a slot machine
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It's a presentation of the complete set of inflected forms of a verb |
(Blair: What is declension?)
conjugation
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While at Fort Riley in this state, visit the U.S. Cavalry Museum & the grave of Chief, the last cavalry horse |
Kansas
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1994: Andy Dufresne, "Red" Redding |
The Shawshank Redemption
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New studies say the rise of the Himalayas & cooler climates helped to form these winds over 12 million years ago |
monsoons
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"In Exile" & "In the Jewish Synagogue at Newport" are 2 other poems by this woman who was put on a pedestal in N.Y. |
(Libby: Who is... uh, I want to say Edith Wharton. I know that's not right.) ... (Alex: ...the pedestal to the Statue of Liberty.)
Emma Lazarus
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According to Hawaiian legend, anyone who removes a piece of volcanic rock will be cursed by this fire goddess |
(Alex: Less than a minute now.)
Pele
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A dinner in appreciation & remembrance of one's past service or achievements |
(Colby: What is a commemoration?)
a testimonial
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A few Native Americans are buried at Fort Sill, Ok., including this Apache chief who lived at the fort in his later years |
Geronimo
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2000: Yu Shu Lien, Jade Fox |
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
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This type of pulse that follows a nuclear explosion is also a feared weapon on its own |
an electromagnetic pulse
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In addition to writing poems like "Goblin Market", Christina of this family often posed for Pre-Raphaelite painters |
Rossetti
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In 1913 Bela Schick developed a test for determining the susceptibility of infants to this infectious "d"isease |
diphtheria
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Peter Lely's 17-century portraits from the English court were noted for daring in this part of the ladies' costume |
décolletage
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In July 1864, while he was V.P., he served on active duty as a private at Fort McClary in Maine where he became camp cook |
(Libby: Who is Andrew Johnson?)
(Hannibal) Hamlin
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