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In early 1984 this country launched missiles at tankers near Iran's Kharg Island |
(Lane: What is Iran?)
Iraq
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This substance "of Paris" is hemihydrated calcium sulfate |
plaster
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Types of these worn by men include bow, clip-on & four-in-hand |
a tie
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When Idaho became a state the government stayed in this city, its territorial capital |
Boise
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Virginia Woolf often set her novels in this English capital city, her birthplace |
London
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Sandra Day O'Connor, Antonin Scalia, Anthony M. Kennedy |
Ronald Reagan
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On May 2, 1982 the HMS Conqueror torpedoed & sank Argentina's General Belgrano in this war |
the Falklands
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Chicle, a resin obtained from the Achras zapota tree, is used to manufacture this |
(Lane: What is candy?) (Alex: Be more specific.) (Lane: What are [**]?) (Alex: No. Oh, [**] is [*], so chewing [*], Right. We'll accept it.)
(chewing) gum (Chiclets accepted)
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This elastic band can be worn with a girdle to hold up hose, or around a sleeve to shorten it |
a garter
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In 1955 Arco, Idaho became the first U.S. town lighted with electricity supplied by one of these |
a nuclear power plant
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Nora Ephron called this "Valley of the Dolls" author "an extraordinary publishing phenomenon" |
Jacqueline Susann
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David H. Souter, Clarence Thomas |
George Bush
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When this nationalist Chinese leader died, his son Chiang Ching-Kuo continued as premier |
Chiang Kai-shek
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Traces of chromium oxide give this precious corundum gem its red color |
ruby
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In 1986 this company launched its line of pants called "Dockers" |
Levi Strauss
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A memorial to Ernest Hemingway stands on Trail Creek in this winter sports resort area |
Sun Valley
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This Southerner detailed the decline of the Compson family in his 1929 novel "The Sound and the Fury" |
Faulkner
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Byron White, Arthur J. Goldberg |
Kennedy
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In 1987 this country's president, Oscar Arias Sanchez, won the Nobel Peace Prize |
Costa Rica
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The chemical formula of this metal's ore cinnabar is HgS |
(Lane: What is mercury sulphate?) ... (Alex: We were going for the metal, [*], not the ore.)
mercury
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It's the 2-piece, usually green cotton outfit worn by surgeons in an operating room |
scrubs
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This 83-square-mile national monument is made up of "lunar" basaltic volcanic features |
(Lane: What is Crater National Park?)
Craters of the Moon National Park
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"Star Quality" is a collection of stories by this "Private Lives" playwright who definitely had star quality |
Noel Coward
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Thurgood Marshall |
(Lane: Who is Eisenhower?)
(Lyndon) Johnson
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As a result of this 1904-05 war, Russia lost Port Arthur & half of Sakhalin Island |
(Robert: What's the Soviet-Japanese War? The Sino-Soviet War?) ... (Alex: Yes, it wasn't the Soviet Union then.)
the Russo-Japanese war
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Kaolin, used in paper & pottery manufacture, is also called "China" this |
clay
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Clothing with Victorian floral motifs was popularized by this designer who died in 1985 |
(Lane: Who is Perry Ellis?)
Laura Ashley
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This city named for a Bannock Indian is home to Idaho State University |
Pocatello
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This Danish author who originally wanted to be an artist painted the portrait seen here: |
Isak Dinesen
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David Davis, Stephen J. Field, Salmon P. Chase |
Abraham Lincoln
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