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The first leg of the Pony Express included a ferry ride for horse & rider across this river to Elwood, Kansas |
(Christiane: What is the Mississippi?)
the Missouri
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Los Jefes |
the (Kansas City) Chiefs
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Notorious gangster "Machine Gun" Kelly spent 1934 to 1951 in this West Coast lockup |
Alcatraz
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An autobiography of this legendary Olympic swimming champion was appropriately titled "Beneath the Surface" |
Michael Phelps
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In lacrosse as well as ice hockey, play starts with this |
the face-off
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To combat barnacles in the 18th c., the Brits began sheathing boats with this element, Cu on the periodic table |
copper
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Although he didn't create the phrase "Go West, young man", he did say, "Go to the great West" |
Horace Greeley
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Los Vaqueros |
the (Dallas) Cowboys
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If you were already a convict banished to this nation & committed a crime, you got sent to a tougher prison on Norfolk Island |
Australia
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Ashlee Vance subtitled her book about this entrepreneur "Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic Future" |
(Alex: We're running out of time.)
Elon Musk
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Adjective for a plan that can't fail |
foolproof
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Success! I've defeated the barnacle named for the neck of this bird; now for some grog |
the gooseneck barnacle
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It precedes "Gazette" in the name of the newspaper that Ben Franklin bought in 1729 & made into a leading paper |
Pennsylvania
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Los Cuarenta y Nueve |
the (San Francisco) 49ers
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For 18 years Nelson Mandela was jailed at Robben Island Prison, 6 miles north of this legislative capital |
(Eli: What is Pretoria?) (Rebecca: What is Bloemfontein?) (Christiane: What is Johannesburg?)
Cape Town
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"Hero of the Empire" is about young Winston Churchill's life-changing time in 1899 & 1900 in this war |
the Boer War
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This Arizona city on old Route 66 lies in the midst of the world's largest Ponderosa pine forest |
Flagstaff
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Gizmodo called the Navy's self-guided robotic hull cleaner an "underwater" this home robot "for barnacles" |
Roomba
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The British captured him on Sept. 21, 1776 on Long Island & hanged him as a spy |
Nathan Hale
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Las Aguilas |
the Philadelphia Eagles
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Fort Jefferson, where Dr. Mudd was imprisoned after the Lincoln assassination, is in these arid islands |
the Dry Tortugas
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A bio says this Chicagoan added dairying to his bootlegging & was one of the first to put expiration dates on milk |
Al Capone
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If you've written a book & are autographing a copy, this blank page is a good one to use |
the flyleaf
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Two-word name of this animal that likes to eat barnacles; come on, Johnny, let's invest in one |
a sea otter
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In 1811 the Pacific Fur Company established this fur trading post on the Columbia River |
(Alex: Named for John Jacob Astor--[*].)
Fort Astoria
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Los Cuervos |
(Christiane: What are the Bears?)
Ravens
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The island of Elba where Napoleon was first exiled is a few miles off the coast of this country that today it's part of |
Italy
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This Fox News host's memoir "Settle for More" includes her part in the events of the 2016 GOP primaries |
Megyn Kelly
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This word refers to any land held by a feudal lord |
a fief
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This pirate punishment in which one is dragged under the boat could dislodge a barnacle or 2 |
keelhauling
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