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PATRIOTIC SONGS' OTHER LYRICS |
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...was the first to be tried for treason |
Aaron Burr
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"My native country, thee, Land of the noble free, Thy name I love" |
"America" ("My Country, 'Tis Of Thee" accepted)
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Sir Walter Raleigh obtained a charter from this British queen before sending out a colonizing party to Roanoke |
Elizabeth (I)
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This famous 18th century Kentucky frontiersman & hero is often depicted wearing a coonskin cap |
Daniel Boone
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Brands owned by this soup company include Prego sauces & V8 beverages |
Campbell's
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It followed "absolutely" & preceded "has to be there overnight" in a memorable FedEx ad |
positively
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...received a law degree from Indiana University in 1974 |
Dan Quayle
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"O beautiful for heroes proved in liberating strife" |
"America The Beautiful"
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The ships making the first trip to Roanoke did so from this British port city, site of another famous departure |
(Alex: They did it from [*].)
Plymouth
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This man's photos of Abe Lincoln & the Civil War helped fix the popular image of the U.S. in the mid-19th century |
(Mathew) Brady
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This suntan cream's nat'l ads began in 1953 & featured a little girl & the slogan "Don't be a paleface" |
Coppertone
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Gently or mildly, it describes how he's "killing me" with his Top 40 song |
softly
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...pleaded no contest to income tax evasion & wrote a novel, "The Canfield Decision" |
Agnew
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"The old church bell will peal with joy, hurrah! Hurrah!" |
"When Johnny Comes Marching Home"
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The first expedition to Roanoke returned home to England with this leafy plant of the nightshade family |
tobacco
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This musician's works include the song "A Pirate Looks At 40" & the book "A Pirate Looks at 50" |
Jimmy Buffett
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Dean Witter & Sears introduced this credit card in 1986 & consumers have been "finding" things to charge ever since |
Discover
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It precedes "ineligible" to describe a college athlete who can't play because of lousy grades |
academically
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...filled Hubert Humphrey's Senate seat in 1965 |
Walter Mondale
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"There was Col. Washington upon a strapping stallion, a-giving orders to his men, I guess there was a million" |
"Yankee Doodle"
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The first child born of English parents in America, she was the granddaughter of the governor of Roanoke Colony |
Virginia Dare
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This German received the first patent for a gas-fueled car on January 29, 1886 |
(Karl) Benz
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This stock exchange is known as "the Curb" because it once conducted business on the street |
the American Stock Exchange
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By definition, this adverb describes something that happens every 3 years |
triannually (or triennially)
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...served from 1941 to 1945 |
(Tom: Who was Harry Truman?) (Alex: Nope... Eve or Joseph? Vice President was [*]. Truman came later.)
Henry Wallace
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"Every heart beats true, under red, white and blue, where there's never a boast or a brag" |
"You're A Grand Old Flag"
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When John White returned to a deserted Roanoke in 1590, he found this famed 8-letter enigmatic word carved into a tree |
croatoan
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A Moscow cathedral is popularly named for this saint known as a "holy fool" |
St. Basil
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This insurance company used an umbrella in its ads as early as 1870 & for more than 125 years after |
Traveler's
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Actually, in the strict sense without inaccuracy or exaggeration, it's this 9-letter adverb |
literally
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