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BILLBOARD'S ALL-TIME TOP COUNTRY ALBUMS |
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In 2015 researchers workin' "9 to 5" honored the Appalachian roots of this singer by naming a local lichen for her |
Dolly Parton
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In 1891 he applied for a patent on the first American motion-picture camera |
Edison
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From the Greek for "pretender", it's someone who expects standards that he doesn't live up to |
a hypocrite
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"The Lighthouse at the End of the World" is in this S. Amer. country near Ushuaia, one of the world's southernmost cities |
Argentina
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When hackers hit the U. of E. Anglia in this country, Climategate bloomed, aiding climate change deniers |
the U.K. (or England)
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Take a chance on this 1978 Kenny Rogers album |
The Gambler
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The Siberian herd of these animals seen here feeds on lichens during the winter |
caribou (or reindeer)
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(I'm Chuck Todd.) Someone I would have loved to interview on "Meet the Press"' is this president who left office in 1861 & left the nation on the brink of civil war--where did it all go wrong? |
Buchanan
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Yeehaw! It's a type of lively square dance or a festive hootenanny where it might be performed |
(Pat: What is a hullabaloo?)
a hoedown
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Built in 1764, the USA's oldest surviving light is Sandy Hook, where the Atlantic meets New York Bay in this state |
(David: What is Maine?)
New Jersey
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This anchorman's name preceded "-gate" after he reported on George W. Bush's activities during the Vietnam War |
Dan Rather
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His "No Fences" & "Ropin' the Wind" |
Garth Brooks
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Some say a lichen called Lecanora esculenta was this "from heaven" eaten by the Israelites in the Bible |
manna
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No grim reaper, in the 1850s his harvest machine company became the world's largest maker of farming implements |
(David: Who is Deere?)
Cyrus McCormick
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It's the artery that supplies the liver with fully oxygenated blood |
the hepatic artery
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Boston Harbor's Little Brewster Island has the U.S. government's only manned light, manned by this military service |
(Alex: Yes, with a minute to go.)
the Coast Guard
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In 2015 when this diminutive singer was caught on camera licking unsold wares, Donutgate was born |
Ariana Grande
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From 1997, her "Come on Over" |
Shania Twain
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Let's take a test; once used to color beverages, this substance that determines acids & bases is extracted from lichens |
(Brad: What is hydrogen?)
litmus
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Dubbed "The Father of American Music", he composed the song heard here |
Stephen Foster
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The object seen here; metaphorically, it's any difficult situation you may not want to be part of |
a hornet's nest
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This N.C. cape's lighthouse, the USA's tallest at 200 feet, was used as a lookout tower for German subs in WWII |
(Pat: What is Roanoke?)
Cape Hatteras
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Bob Woodward & this reporter gave their account of their Watergate investigation in "All the President's Men" |
Bernstein
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Completes the Kenny Chesney title "No Shoes, No Shirt, No" these |
Problems
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Dyes from lichens grown on rocks in the Hebrides were traditionally used to color yarns in the Harris type of this wool fabric |
tweed
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The first Southern black woman elected to the house, she represented Texas from 1973 to 1979 |
(Barbara) Jordan
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A major coastal region of western Saudi Arabia, it contains Mecca & Medina |
the Hejaz
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Each November 10, Split Rock Lighthouse on Lake Superior lights its beacon in memory of the 1975 sinking of this ship |
the Edmund Fitzgerald
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The Telegraph said Oscar Pistorius' Bladegate allegations were "the end of innocence" for this event |
the Paralympics
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Their 2010 album "Need You Now" |
Lady Antebellum
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