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The U.S. flag didn't fly over this South Carolina fort from April 14, 1861 to Feb. 18, 1865 |
Fort Sumter
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This Mick Jagger group first hit the U.S. charts in mid-1964 with "Not Fade Away", a remake of a Buddy Holly tune |
The Rolling Stones
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As a teenager he wrote copy for his brother's newspaper, the Hannibal Journal |
Mark Twain
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Among swine, adult males are called boars & adult females are called these |
sows
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To focus, the shape of this eye part is changed by the ciliary muscles |
the lens
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Young, soft-boned herrings are popularly canned & sold as these |
sardines
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The gold here is stored in a 12,700-square-foot building with concrete & steel vaults |
Fort Knox
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She sang 6 songs on the soundtrack of "The Bodyguard", which sold 6 million copies in 10 weeks |
Whitney Houston
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When this author of "The Scarlet Letter" began getting published, he added a "W" to his last name |
(Nathaniel) Hawthorne
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On April 30, 1939 he played in his 2,130th consecutive baseball game |
Lou Gehrig
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Its 2 chains of nucleotides are twisted into a double helix held together by hydrogen bonds |
DNA
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The elephant type of this pungent herb often has bulbs the size of a small grapefruit |
garlic
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This fort is located on Locust Point, just 3 miles from the center of Baltimore |
Fort McHenry
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In 1973 he released his first album, "Greetings from Asbury Park, New Jersey" |
Bruce Springsteen
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This "Color Purple" author was once an editor of Ms. Magazine |
Alice Walker
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Formed when water vapor joins with nitrogen & sulfur oxides, it reportedly damaged half of Germany's trees |
acid rain
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Fungi reproduce by these; one giant puffball may contain trillions of them |
spores
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Cordon Bleu is typically made with chicken or this meat, with ham & cheese |
veal
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Fort Dearborn, named for the Secretary of War, was built on the site of this present city |
(Gary: What is Detroit?)
Chicago
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In 1971 this pop star had his only No. 1 hit with "You've Got A Friend" |
James Taylor
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In 1969 his "Journal of a Novel: The East of Eden Letters" was published posthumously |
Steinbeck
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In a new series of books, this teen detective goes to college & dumps her longtime boyfriend Ned |
Nancy Drew
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Asexual reproduction may use mitosis; sexual reproduction uses this division process |
meiosis
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Italians refer to duck as anitra; the French call it this |
canard
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This San Antonio fort named for a leader of the Texas Revolution supplied Teddy Roosevelt's Rough Riders |
(Beverly: What is Fort Houston?) (Alex: Be a little more specific.)
Fort Sam Houston
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This was Janis Joplin's only Top 40 hit as a solo performer |
"Me and Bobby McGee"
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His 1980 work "Of Women and Their Elegance" is an imaginary memoir by Marilyn Monroe |
(Beverly: Who is Gore Vidal?)
Norman Mailer
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Legwear Queen Elizabeth I wore in the 16th century, or the title of a 1957 Fred Astaire film |
Silk Stockings
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It's the bright yellow pigment in leaves & orange vegetables |
carotene
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Though today most Limburger cheese comes from Germany, it originated in this Low Country |
Belgium
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