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Pierce Downer gave his name to Downers Grove, 21 miles west of the Loop in this state |
Illinois
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A group of these "pearl" bivalves is called colony, bed or reef |
oysters
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1924 college backfield: Harry Stuhldreher, Jim Crowley, Don Miller, Elmer Layden |
the Four Horsemen
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This G-man got booked & printed in Curt Gentry's bio subtitled "The Man and the Secrets" |
(J. Edgar) Hoover
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In the 1780s Josiah Wedgwood invented the pyrometer to read this in the kiln so firing could be more accurate |
temperature
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Young fellow seen here turning 3 on his special day |
birthday boy
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In 1602 an explorer named this Massachusetts island for both its local flora & one of his female family members |
Martha's Vineyard
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In 2004 the city of Reggio Emilia, Italy passed a law banning the killing of this shellfish by dropping it in boiling water |
lobster
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In 1974 Muhammad Ali reclaimed his heavyweight boxing title from this man in the "Rumble in the Jungle" in Zaire |
George Foreman
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"Touch of Light" opened the world's eyes to the life of this writing system creator |
Braille
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China's Yung Lo period was noted for its paper-thin white bowls called t'o t'ai, also known by this brittle name |
eggshell
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A letter with no signature was sent this way |
anonymously
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You can go up on Cripple Creek southwest of this Colorado peak named for an Army officer |
Pikes Peak
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Some of these shellfish, such as genus Crangon, change color to fit surroundings; maybe to cocktail-sauce red? |
shrimp
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In a 1972 AFC playoff game, Franco Harris made the winning TD with a "divine" shoestring catch dubbed this |
the Immaculate Reception
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"Illustrations of Camp Life" is a chapter title in a biography of this 19th century photographer |
(Aaron: Who is Audubon?) (Sherri: Who is Adams?)
Mathew Brady
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The tall, cylindrical Greek vase seen here is called a lekythos & usually held this oil sacred to the Greeks |
olive oil
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To tell a friend that something is really his bag, say "it's right up" these 2 words |
your alley
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It took until the 21st century for Oregon to honor this Clark with a summit named Clark's Mountain |
(Sherri: Who is Meriwether Clark?)
William Clark
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The name of this fan-shaped shellfish is from the French for "shell" |
(John: What is a conch?)
a scallop
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This Hall of Fame shortstop was known as "The Wizard of Oz" for his deft fielding |
Ozzie Smith
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Andre Maurois wrote a 1949 biography called "A la Recherche de" this other French author |
Proust
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This tin-glazed earthenware named for a city just southeast of The Hague was first made in the 17th century |
(Alex: Aaron?) [Aaron shakes his head]
Delftware
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This officious person always has meddling to do |
a busybody
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John E.'s Pond is on Block Island in this state, about 9 miles off the mainland |
Rhode Island
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Each year over 100 million of the red species of this shellfish on Christmas Island mass migrate to spawn in the sea |
crabs
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It was the nickname of the horse Phar Lap, and also preceded "Machine" in the nickname of a baseball team |
Big Red
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If you didn't read John McCormick's 1987 biography on this philosopher, you may be condemned to repeat it |
Santayana
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In 1901 Edward VII gave permission for this Lambeth, London pottery to use the word "Royal" in its name |
Royal Doulton
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Degenerative muscular disease |
muscular dystrophy
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