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Gunslinger Billy Claiborne used this "childish" nickname after the original outlaw died |
Billy the Kid
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Harper's Bible Dictionary says it's the precious metal mentioned most often--385 times |
gold
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In the late 1500s, gartered, knit silk ones replaced woven ones |
stockings
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These Scottish islands are noted for their ponies |
the Shetlands
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The Interstate Commerce Commission was created in 1887 to regulate this means of transportation |
railroad
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The second of James Fenimore Cooper's "Leatherstocking Tales" |
Last of the Mohicans
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Harry Longbaugh acquired this nickname when he was a teenage outlaw, as Butch could have told you |
(Patricia: Who is Butch Cassidy?)
the Sundance Kid
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Enoch lived only 365 years; this son of his lived over 2 1/2 times as long |
Methuselah
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Style of full-legged pants gathered at the ankle, or the odalisques' residence where you'd wear them |
a harem
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Early Portuguese explorers called this island "Ilha Formosa" or Beautiful Island |
(Bob: What is Formosa or [*]?)
Taiwan
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In 1961 JFK chose this man, his brother-in-law, to become the 1st director of the Peace Corps |
Sargent Shriver
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This historical novel by Bulwer-Lytton, chronicling the eruption of Vesuvius, was filmed 6 times |
The Last Days of Pompeii
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An attack on the Deadwood stagecoach was 1 of the exciting acts in his Wild West show |
(Patricia: What is, who is Wild Bill Hickok?)
Buffalo Bill (William Cody)
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Nazirites like Samson had 3 main dont's: drinking wine, going near dead bodies & this |
cutting your hair
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This 19th c. device which pushed a skirt out in back was also called a tournure |
a bustle
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St. Pierre & Miquelon is a French overseas department off the coast of this country in the Americas |
Canada
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It's a provision not likely to pass on its own merit, attached to a bill that is certain to pass |
a rider
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1956 Edwin O'Connor novel about the demise of F. Skeffington, an aging big city mayor |
The Last Hurrah
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The most famous of the Younger Brothers, he toured with carnivals after he was paroled from prison |
Cole Younger
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The plot of her book has her marrying, widowed, traveling, gleaning & remarrying |
Ruth
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This feminist edited a journal called the Lily, but is best remembered for baggy trousers |
Amelia Bloomer
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A memorial on South Bass Island in this lake honors Commodore Perry's victory in the War of 1812 |
Lake Erie
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This agency audits the operations of most of the other agencies in the federal government |
the General Accounting Office (GAO)
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This Hubert Selby novel with a NYC borough in the title was the subject of an obscenity trial in England |
Last Exit to Brooklyn
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He was jailed for his part in NYC's Astor Place Riots, not for the hyperbole of his western "dime novels" |
Ned Buntline
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While visiting Lystra, in Acts chapter 14, Paul & this companion were mistaken for Mercury & Jupiter |
(Patricia: Who is Luke?)
Barnabas
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"Pasta" name for the dandies of the 1770s who wore excessively ornate clothing |
macaroni
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Haleakala, the largest extinct volcano in the world, lies on this island, the 2nd largest in Hawaii |
(Bob: What is Oahu?)
Maui
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Since 1981 this Illinois congressman has chaired the House Ways & Means Committee |
Dan Rostenkowski
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Poet Thos. Moore wrote of this flower "left blooming alone; all her lovely companions are faded and gone" |
"The Last Rose of Summer"
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