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In June, Ty Cobb beat this home run king in a charity golf match |
Babe Ruth
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This poet's "Tam o' Shanter" was inspired by Alloway Kirk, a church in Ayrshire, Scotland |
Robert Burns
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You'll find it at 90 degrees north latitude in the Arctic Ocean |
the (geographic) North Pole
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In the 1940s he began a rating service for radio programs, then expanded to television |
Nielsen
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In 1933, George M. Cohan appeared in the first play he didn't write, this author's first comedy "Ah, Wilderness!" |
Eugene O'Neill
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Since 1968, the number that has meant emergency in the United States |
911
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In April, Andrew Jackson Houston, son of this general, was appointed to the Senate from Texas |
Sam Houston
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According to Dorothy Parker, "Men seldom" do this "at girls who wear glasses" |
make passes
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Qatar & Oman are among the smaller countries on this peninsula |
the Arabian Peninsula
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For his part in the Watergate cover-up, this Attorney General spent 19 months in prison |
(John) Mitchell
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George C. Scott & Dustin Hoffman both won this Off-Broadway Award as unknowns |
an Obie
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These shared telephone lines were once used by as many as 20 households |
party lines
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Representing California, Rosemary LaPlanche won this title in Atlantic City on September 6 |
Miss America
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Kipling urged, "Come you back to" this Burmese city "where the old flotilla lay" |
Mandalay
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Geothermal heating has made this island country one of the world's cleanest |
Iceland
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By 1890, his company dominated America's sleeping car business |
(George) Pullman
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Before starring in the film, he was "Abe Lincoln in Illinois" onstage in Robert Sherwood's play |
Raymond Massey
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A short distance race or the long distance service supplied by United Telecom & GTE |
a sprint
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In November, John L. Spencer banned the Greta Garbo film "Two-Faced Woman" in this city |
Boston
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This poet was born in Galesburg, Illinois to a Swedish immigrant whose original name was Danielson |
(Carl) Sandburg
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Bermuda lies in this sea, noted for its seaweed |
(Bob: What is the Caribbean Sea?)
the Sargasso Sea
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This New York Tribune founder died in 1872, less than a month after losing the presidential election |
Horace Greeley
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Laurence Olivier played the title character & Anthony Quinn King Henry II when this play debuted in the U.S. in 1960 |
Becket
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Around 1904, it was recommended Bell operators answer callers with this two-word request |
(Alex: You have a minute left in this round, Bob.)
"Number, please"
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Defeating William O'Dwyer, he won a 3rd term as New York City mayor |
Fiorello LaGuardia
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Author of "When the Frost is on the Punkin", this Hoosier poet liked to write in Indiana dialect |
(Bill: Who's John Greenleaf Riley?) (Judie: Who's Whittier?) (Alex: Bill was sort of there, he got two poets confused. Who is [*]? I believe you were thinking of Greenleaf Whittier.)
James Whitcomb Riley
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Chad, Cameroon & Benin all border this country, Africa's most populous |
Nigeria
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His political cartoons were instrumental in defeating Boss Tweed |
Thomas Nast
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This is the musical version of "Liliom", a play which starred Ingrid Bergman in 1940 |
(Judie: What is Lily?)
Carousel
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In 1987, when its shares first traded, NTT, this country's phone company, became the world's largest in stock value |
Japan
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