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CELEBRITY HIGH SCHOOL YEARBOOK |
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When asked to surrender, naval hero John Paul Jones supposedly quipped, "I have not yet begun to" do this |
fight
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This comedian was once suspended for three days from his Andover, Massachusetts high school for burning rubber in the parking lot |
(Alex: Yep, funny guy even then.)
Jay Leno
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As one of the Berber languages, Riff is mainly spoken in Algeria & this country |
Morocco
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This red-feathered friend is the state bird of a record 7 states |
the cardinal
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1961: "Look for the Golden" these |
Arches
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Traditional title of the kings who built the pyramids |
pharaoh
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American general William Hull was court-martialed for surrendering this Michigan city during the War of 1812 |
Detroit
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A cheerleader & 1980 graduate of Van Nuys High School; years later, she'd be "Idol"ized by millions |
Paula Abdul
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In the Kootenai tongue, a word's pitch changes its meaning, as in this most widely spoken world language |
Mandarin (Chinese)
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One naturalist reported that this state bird of Arkansas imitated the songs of 32 birds within 10 minutes |
the mockingbird
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2003: "I'm" doing this |
lovin' it
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To see Van Gogh's "Vase with 12 Sunflowers", head out to this American city's Museum of Art |
Philadelphia
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In 332 B.C. Mazaces, the Persian in charge of Egypt, wisely surrendered to this "Great" guy |
Alexander
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Sadly, this 1949 Fairmount, Indiana high school graduate would live but a few years after his picture was taken |
James Dean
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Volapuk, created in 1880 as one of these, was too complex to attract many permanent users |
an artificial language
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1 of 2 states that have a breed of chicken as the state bird |
Rhode Island (or Delaware)
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2000: "We love to see you" do this |
smile
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Light energy becomes organic energy through this plant process |
photosynthesis
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French forces resisted a Vietminh attack here for 56 days but surrendered in May 1954 |
(Sarah: What is Dien Bien? ...[*]!) (Alex: Yes. That pause kind of indicated to me that you were saying "foo" to me. But [*] is right.)
Dien Bien Phu
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This actress has total recall of her high school days in Pennsylvania, as a self-described uber-geek & outsider |
Sharon Stone
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Czech is in the West Group & Ukrainian in the East Group of this branch of languages |
Slavic languages
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Hawaii's state bird, the nene, is a close relative of this "Canadian" bird |
(Sarah: What is the grouse?)
the (Canada) goose
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1988: "Good time. Great" this |
taste
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From the Greek for "to appear", it's an unreal, ghostly being |
a phantom
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It was McAuliffe's widely quoted 1-word reply when asked by the Germans to surrender at Bastogne in 1944 |
"Nuts"
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He's the 12-time Grammy-winning country music legend & 1950 Dyess High School graduate seen here |
Johnny Cash
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We took the word nirvana from this classical language |
Sanskrit
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A state bird since 1947, its black & orange colors resemble those on the Calvert coat of arms |
(Sarah: What is the oriole?) (Alex: Be more specific.) (Sarah: What is the Maryland oriole?)
the Baltimore oriole
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1966: "McDonald's... the closest thing to" this |
home
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Appropriately, Paul Nurse shared the 2001 Nobel Prize in this category |
(Candy: What is Physics?)
Physiology
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