THE MARK TWAIN PRIZE FOR AMERICAN HUMOR |
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Ellen DeGeneres was proud to be honored in this center "where so many space shuttles have been launched" |
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Silver Spring, Maryland is a suburb of this city |
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Racecar driver Lewis Hamilton paid tribute to her on the 20th anniv. of her death, in a poem called "England's Rose" |
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Number of years in a sesquicentennial |
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Abbreviated VOD, it's one way to watch television |
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June 12, 2018: The first meeting between a U.S. president & a leader of this country |
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In 2018 this actress added the prize to her record 6 consecutive Emmys for Best Actress in a Comedy |
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The ghost town of Manganese is in this state with the same 2-letter abbreviation as manganese |
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Keats' poem about him includes the lines "Honour to Maid Marian, and to all the Sherwood-clan!" |
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Denominations of Monopoly money; it's the same number the U.S. currently prints |
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This petroleum corporation uses the stock symbol XOM |
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August 6, 1926: Gertrude Ederle swims this |
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This "Shrek" & "Beverly Hills Cop" performer said the prize is actually an award, because a prize comes with money |
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5,675 feet high, this city is home to the Coors Brewing Company |
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In a Robert Browning poem, he got rid of the rats! That "fought the dogs and killed the cats" |
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Cox included, number of crew on the largest boat in the sport of rowing |
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February 15, 1898: This is sunk by an explosion |
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Longtime employee Biff Henderson showed up with headset to help this late night host accept his trophy in 2017 |
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Metalworking in North America began on the north side of Michigan's U.P. near what's now Copper Harbor on this Great Lake |
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In St. Martinville, Louisiana, not in a forest primeval, is a statue of this Acadian heroine, separated from her beloved |
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People in the Juilliard, a famed group of string players, when it was formed in 1946 |
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In French abbreviations, UE is the European Union & EU is this country |
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April 12, 1861: Shooting starts here |
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Mel Brooks, Mary Tyler Moore & Dick Van Dyke were on hand to honor this writer/comedian in 2000 |
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The Texas city named this "Springs" uses the "ph" in the middle, not the "f" |
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Votes needed in the full U.S. Senate to end a legislative filibuster |
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I swear on the Good Book that Zp stands for this Bible book |
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May 26, 1868: A Senate vote goes in this man's favor, barely |
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