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High-altitude cirrus clouds are composed entirely of these crystals |
ice crystals
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When it comes to "Baby and Child Care", he claims, "You know more than you think you do" |
Dr. Spock
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Pabst Peak, Wyoming was so named because climbers of it drank a bottle of this made by Pabst |
beer
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This Union general ordered the people of Atlanta to evacuate their homes September 7, 1864 |
Sherman
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1993 marks the 120th birthday of this state's oldest surviving paper, the Bismarck Tribune |
North Dakota
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Though he was this man's VP, Jefferson played practically no role in his administration |
John Adams
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Astronomers speculate that quasars are the bright nuclei of these star systems |
galaxies
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In "Walden" he wrote, "Rather than love, than money, than fame, give me truth" |
Thoreau
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Both an Iowa county & its county seat are named for this daughter of Chief Powhatan |
Pocahontas
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Spotsylvania Court House & Appomattox Court House are among the Civil War sites in this state |
Virginia
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It's the dominant paper in our nation's capital |
The Washington Post
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In his "Notes on a Money Unit", Jefferson called for a unit named this |
(Joanna: What is the washington?)
the dollar
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Geysers & volcanos are sources of this type of energy that emanates from deep within the Earth |
geothermal
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H.L. Mencken called these payments to an ex-spouse "the ransom that the happy pay to the devil" |
alimony
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Elizabeth in this state is named for Sir George Carteret's wife |
New Jersey
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On the third day of this Pennsylvania battle, the Union Army's position resembled a giant fishhook |
(Alex: Yeah, you got in there ahead of Bob on that one.)
Gettysburg
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A monthly edition of the Vatican's L'Osservatore Romano is published in this native tongue of Pope John Paul II |
Polish
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In March 1790 in New York, Jefferson became the first secretary of this Cabinet department |
State
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From the Greek for "water measure", it's a device for measuring the density of liquids |
(Bob: What is a hygrometer?) (Alex: No. ... [More sternly] No.)
a hydrometer
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"Poor Richard's Almanac" included the line "Eat to live, and not" this |
live to eat
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Enid, Oklahoma may have been named for a character in this author's "Idylls of the King" |
Tennyson
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On August 21, 1863 Quantrill's Raiders set fire to the town of Lawrence in this state |
Kansas
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This country's last afternoon paper, the News of Adelaide folded in 1992 |
Australia
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Jefferson had mastered the classical languages before he entered this college in 1760 |
William & Mary
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Meaning "ancient life", it's the geologic era when the first amphibians & reptiles appeared |
(Joanna: What is the Cenozoic?)
the Paleozoic
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In his "Adagia", Erasmus wrote, "In the country of the blind, the one-eyed man is" this |
king
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10 states have counties named for this Massachusetts signer of the Declaration of Independence |
(Joanna: Who is Adams?)
John Hancock
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Rutherford B. Hayes & William McKinley both survived this, the war's bloodiest one-day battle |
Antietam
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Atlantis, a New York daily published from 1894 to 1972, catered to immigrants from this country |
(Adam: What is Ireland?) ... (Alex: So you did well. Your intuition was right on the money, and you wound up losing just $200.)
Greece
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She was the widow of Bathurst Skelton when Jefferson married her in 1772 |
Martha Wayles
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