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Letitia Tyler was the first first lady to die in this residence, in 1842 |
the White House
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The name of this country's second- largest paper, Asahi Shimbun, means "The Rising Sun" |
Japan
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When these are served casino, they're on the half shell & topped with butter & bacon |
(Alex: And we have about a minute to go in the round.)
oysters
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Returning from Europe in May 1888, this Old West entertainer had to bury his horse, Charlie, at sea |
Buffalo Bill
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As a playwright, Pope John Paul II translated Oedipus' story into this, his native language |
Polish
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The unsinkable Molly Brown survived the wreck of this "unsinkable" ship |
the Titanic
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Her father, William Stephenson Bloomer, was an industrial supplies salesman |
Betty Ford
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John Walter founded the Times of this city in 1785 as the Daily Universal Register |
London
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Arroz con pollo is these 2 main ingredients cooked with saffron |
chicken & rice
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It's the study of hearing & hearing disorders |
audiology
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This oracle prophesied that Oedipus would slay his father & marry his mother |
The Oracle of Delphi
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Robinson Crusoe got shipwrecked near this major river that flows through Venezuela |
(David: What is the Amazon?)
the Orinoco
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She spent part of her honeymoon in Abilene, Kansas, where she met her husband's family |
Mamie Eisenhower
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The Arkansas Gazette was founded in Arkansas Post & moved to this city in 1821 |
Little Rock
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It describes a chopped, spiced ham or a hard-boiled egg whose yolk is mixed with paprika & mayonnaise |
(Sandy: What is devil's eggs?) (Alex: Devil's, well, no, I don't think we can accept it.)
deviled
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Meaning "aging", this phrase was first applied to horses because their gums recede with age |
(Alex: So do ours, I think. Getting [*].)
long in the tooth
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After he found his wife dead, Oedipus did this to himself with her brooches |
poked out his eyes
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A schooner called Ghost is wrecked & ends up as a wreck in this Jack London novel |
The Sea Wolf
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The only first lady on Life Magazine's list of the 100 most influential Americans of the 20th century |
Eleanor Roosevelt
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Founded in the Big Apple in 1919, this daily was the USA's first successful tabloid |
(George: What's the New York Post?)
the Daily News
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Spheres of ground meat spiced with nutmeg & allspice, browned, then cooked in a cream gravy |
Swedish meatballs
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"Arrowhead country", this state's area north of Lake Superior, is shaped like an arrowhead |
(George: What is Michigan?)
Minnesota
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When Oedipus answered her riddle, she killed herself |
(David: What was the phoenix?) [The end-of-round signal sounds.]
the Sphinx
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The 1813 death of Theodosia, this 3rd U.S. VP's daughter, is a mystery, but she probably died in a shipwreck |
(Sandy: Who is Jefferson?) (George: Who is Adams?)
(Aaron) Burr
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She met her husband when they were both students at Stanford in 1894 |
(George: Who is Bess Truman?)
Lou Hoover
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After being expelled from Harvard, he took over his father's San Francisco Examiner |
William Randolph Hearst
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It's a dish of lobster & cream sauce that's stuffed back in the shell & browned |
Lobster Thermidor
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This Spanish city's most famous attraction is the running of the bulls during the Fiesta de San Fermin in July |
Pamplona
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This British colony's other name, the Somers Islands, honors a man who was shipwrecked there in 1609 |
(David: What are the Falklands?)
Bermuda
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