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A 1561 hurricane destroyed the Spanish settlement at what is now Pensacola in this state |
Florida
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This Lakers star won a 1992 Grammy for the best spoken word album: "What You Can Do to Avoid AIDS" |
Earvin "Magic" Johnson
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The longest of these ice cream desserts measured 4.55 miles; it had a lot of ap"peel" |
a banana split
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In a standard-size symphony orchestra, 35 of the 100 or more musicians may play this instrument |
the violin
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The U.S. Presidential Inauguration Day Parade takes place on this street |
Pennsylvania Avenue
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It precedes stew, setter & potato |
Irish
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This city became the capital of the Louisiana territory in 1722 |
New Orleans
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In the 24 seasons he's owned this team, George Steinbrenner has changed managers 20 times |
the New York Yankees
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The largest of these sweet treats featured more than 3 million chocolate chips |
a chocolate chip cookie
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In the musical styles of this island, reggae came after ska & rock steady, mon |
Jamaica
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The ruins of the Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church lie at the end of Kurfurstendamm, this city's most famous boulevard |
Berlin
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He was chairman of the Chrysler Corporation from 1979 to 1992 |
Lee Iacocca
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This Pilgrim & his wife, the former Priscilla Mullins, had 11 children |
John Alden
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Between 1937 & 1950, this American boxer fought in 27 heavyweight title fights, winning 26 |
Joe Louis
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The biggest of these pies weighed 30,115 lbs. & contained over 600 bushels of fruit; Mom was jealous |
apple pie
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In America this Italian term for "master" is applied only to conductors |
maestro
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This main street running through downtown San Francisco once featured 4 sets of streetcar tracks |
Market Street
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In math, the symbol for this looks like an 8 on its side |
(Alex: With less than a minute to go.)
infinity
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In Delaware colonists from this Scandinavian country built some of the first log cabins in America |
Sweden
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In May 1995 this country's Black Magic yacht beat the Young America to win the America's Cup |
(Paul: What is Australia?)
New Zealand
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A bottle of 50-year-old Glenfiddich, this potent potable, was sold in 1992 for about $71,200 |
scotch whiskey
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In 1922 Ravel orchestrated "Pictures at an Exhibition", a suite Mussorgsky wrote for this instrument |
piano
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It's said Saint Paul lived on a street called Straight in this present-day Syrian capital |
Damascus
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Named for a prophet, it's the only book of the Bible that begins with an "I" |
Isaiah
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The Penobscot Indians, whose homeland is in this state, first encountered Europeans in the early 1500s |
(Paul: What is Massachusetts?)
Maine
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The backwards one-revolution jump in this sport is named for Ulrich Salchow |
(Mita: What is ice skating?) (Alex: Be more specific.)
figure skating
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The world's oldest cake, made around 2200 B.C., is in a food museum in Vevey in this Alpine country |
Switzerland
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John Dowland was a notable Renaissance composer of pieces for this medieval stringed instrument |
the lute
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The Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts & Columbia University are located on this NYC thoroughfare |
(Mita: What is 6th Ave.?)
Broadway
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It's any plant or animal that feeds mainly on bugs |
(Peter: What is an iconotor?)
an insectivore
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