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This agricultural product was at 1 time used for money in Kentucky |
tobacco
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The English would call these "French beans", not twine beans |
string beans
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This statue was 1st found in 1820, along with pieces of her arms |
the Venus de Milo
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Moses, Saint Peter, and the infant Jesus have all been painted with these on |
(Alex: Believe it or not, they were all painted with [*], wearing [*].)
glasses
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Some 19th century east Indian money was shaped like these, though it didn't grow on them |
trees
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One of its earliest categories was for Best "Kinescope Show" |
the Emmys
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The main product of the Darby Dan Farm |
racehorses
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Since advent of pasteurization, this brine or vinegar method is mostly used for flavor, not preserving |
pickling
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Probably at the outset, Chinese writing & this art form were almost identical |
[The end-of-round signal sounds.]
painting
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Ben Franklin needed them, so he invented them |
bifocals
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Due to hoarding of metal coins after WWI, Germany issued currency made of this animal product |
(Alex: We've got about a minute to go in the round.)
leather
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Washington called this badge, given to those wounded in action, the Badge of Military Merit |
the Purple Heart
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Though it's not known for sure where he wrote it, Stephen Foster wrote this Kentucky state song |
"My Old Kentucky Home"
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It was grown in South Carolina in 1890, but was too costly to compete with Asian brews |
tea
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Nearsighted Napoleon preferred using one of these |
(Jeff: What is a telescope?)
a monocle
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The white paper used for U.S. money has strands of these 2 colors in it |
(Beryl: What are [*] & [**]?) (Alex: Sorry, that-- I mean, yes, that's right. What are [*] and [**]?) (Beryl: Or [**] and [*].) (Alex: [**] and [*].)
red & blue
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For singing Irving Berlin & Duke Ellington songs, this singer won two of the 1st Grammys in 1958:
"We're having a heat wave / A tropical heat wave / The temperature's rising, / It isn't surprising, / She certainly can can-can" |
Ella Fitzgerald
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Alben Barkley was last Kentuckian to hold this office |
Vice President of the United States
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Flank steak quickly flame grilled & sliced in thin diagonal strips |
London broil
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Experts believe the distortion in El Greco's paintings was due to this defect |
(Alex: They think he had [*].)
astigmatism
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Of basic national monetary units, this is the world's most common name |
(Beryl: What is the franc?) (Alex: I thought you might go for that. That was my first choice also, but it's the [*].)
the dollar
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This Harper Lee novel about racial inequality, her 1st, won her a 1961 Pulitzer |
To Kill a Mockingbird
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"All The King's Men" which won 1947 Pulitzer was written by this Kentuckian |
Robert Penn Warren
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The 2 most popular flavorings used in candy |
(Jeff: What are chocolate & peppermint?)
chocolate & vanilla
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His Babylonian code gave his subjects permission to use "aids to vision for infirm eyes" |
Hammurabi
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Term for money that must by law be accepted as payment of debt |
legal tender
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First awarded in 1947, its trophy includes the masks of comedy & tragedy |
the Tony
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