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He was Thomas Jefferson's private sec'y before he & Clark went exploring |
(Meriwether) Lewis
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In a normal delivery, this part of the baby appears first |
head
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Christian Rudolph Ebsen's "friendly" stage name |
Buddy
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A double bass is also known as this type of fiddle, so don't wave anything red in front of it |
bull
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This great pianist, who died in November 1989, was Arturo Toscanini's son-in-law |
Horowitz
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Spindletop oil field, site of the first "gusher" in North America, is a national landmark in this state |
Texas
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The Wilmot Proviso tried to outlaw this practice in any territory acquired from Mexico |
slavery
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In 1985 health officials said this OTC drug could reduce the risk of a second heart attack |
[Rich's lights quickly flicked on then off and he started to respond while Angela's lights went on full as is normal. Alex saw all of it and called on Rich to respond.]
aspirin
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MIchele Dusiak, who knew "how to succeed" on Broadway before she moved to "Knots Landing" |
Michele Lee
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Cheer for the home team, or dig through the earth with your nose |
root
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Mike Love dubbed him "The Captain" when he played keyboards for the Beach Boys |
Daryl Dragon
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This city grew up around a flagpole erected to celebrate the U.S. Centennial of 1876 |
(Alex: [*], Arizona is right.)
Flagstaff
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In 1869 the final link in the Transcontinental RR was completed in what's now this state |
Utah
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Herpes simplex causes these small skin blisters around the mouth |
cold sores
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You may be "Spellbound" to learn that this leading man's first name is Eldred |
Gregory Peck
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As a verb, this part of a flower means "to stop" |
(Angela: What is the stamen?) (John: What is a petal?)
stem
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Schumann called him "a genius!"; George Sand probably had a few other names |
Chopin
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New Mexico's state vegetables are the frijol & this one, often hung on strings to dry |
chili pepper
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He wrote, "I went to the woods because I wished...to front only the essential facts of life" |
(Henry David) Thoreau
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You can be immunized against this infectious disease known as lockjaw |
tetanus
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"Fiery" stage name of ecdysiast Fannie Belle Fleming |
(John: Who is Blaze? Starr?)
Blaze Starr
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Comedians differentiate between this & a wife, but the dictionary says they're the same |
lady
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In "Animal Crackers" he said, "I'll play you one of my own compositions by Victor Herbert" |
(John: Who is Groucho?) (Rich: Who is Victor Herbert?)
Chico Marx
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Its state song is from a 1943 Rodgers & Hammerstein musical |
(Alex: We have less than a minute in the round.)
Oklahoma
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The first official championship match in this sport in the U.S. was held at the Newport Casino in Rhode Island |
(Rich: What is billiards?)
tennis
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Syncope, often called this, is a temporary impairment of blood flow, especially to the brain |
(Rich: What is a stroke?)
fainting
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Italian-born character actor Vincente Scognamiglio, who played Cher's dad in "Moonstruck" |
Vincent Gardenia
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Completes the line from W.E. Henley, "I am the master of my..." |
fate
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These dual pianists met as children while attending Juilliard |
Ferrante & Teicher
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This nat'l park in the Painted Desert contains giant logs that are over 150 million years old |
Petrified Forest
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