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In 1682, La Salle claimed the lower Mississippi territory for Louis XIV, calling it this |
Louisiana
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Lena Horne got her start in the chorus of this Harlem club in 1933 |
the Cotton Club
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Willamette University, oldest in the West, is in this state |
Oregon
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"Rowdy" Roddy Piper & Andre the Giant are among the "heavies" in this sport |
professional wrestling
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Nonsense, or where you might go to get your pig cleaned |
hogwash
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On Feb. 6, 1952, she was proclaimed queen of Canada |
(Alex: And we've got less than a minute to go in the round.)
Elizabeth II
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She majored in philosophy at UCLA, but became overnight star after "Ode to Billie Joe" was released |
Bobbie Gentry
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Freshmen traditionally had to wear this headgear as a symbol of subordination to upperclassmen |
beanies
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"Horsey" member of Britain's royal family, she competed in '76 Olympics equestrian events |
Princess Anne
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Raw liver is a favorite snack of this head of Hazzard County & enemy of the Dukes |
Boss Hogg
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He was accused of treason & beheaded, but not before he found the Pacific Ocean |
Balboa
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Oft-married actress, at age 13 wrote & illustrated tale of her 1st love--a pet chipmunk |
Elizabeth Taylor
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Town called home of the University of Notre Dame du Lac |
South Bend, Indiana
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From Scandinavian for "shoot", its goal is hitting clay targets thrown into air |
skeet shooting
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The Larousse Encyclopedia of Animal Life says everything about this African animal is ugly |
(Phyllis: What's a wild hog?) ... (Alex: There's a picture of that animal next to the word ugly in the dictionary.)
a warthog
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On Sept. 7, 1822, Pedro declared this country's independence from Portugal |
Brazil
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In 1943, at age 9, this singer had own BBC show, "Pet's Parlor" |
Petula Clark
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This Cambridge, Massachusetts school charges even higher tuition than its neighbor, Harvard |
(Dan: What is Radcliffe?)
MIT
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Landmarks all over this city are named for sir Thomas Raffles, who bought the island it's on |
Singapore
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Pitching for this team, Don Larson threw a no-hitter in the '56 World Series |
[ERRATUM: The pitcher's name is Don Larsen.]
the New York Yankees
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Phrase which came from fact that the tender & expensive cuts of meat are on top sides of pig |
(Phyllis: What is putting on the hog?)
eating high on the hog
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In 1664, the English, in the name of this duke, seized Manhattan from the Dutch |
the Duke of York
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Before taking this name, Brenda Gail Webb was part of her older sister Loretta Lynn's show |
Crystal Gayle
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In 1971, he founded Virginia's Lynchburg Baptist college, now Liberty University |
Jerry Falwell
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The Taj Mahal was built for this purpose |
[The end-of-round signal sounds.]
a tomb
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At 200 ft. below sea level, the lowest golf course in the world is in this California "low" spot |
Death Valley
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If you've run "hog wild" through this category, you've done it in this total way |
(Alex: Believe me, ladies and gentlemen, we may not see a hog category on Jeopardy! for quite some time.)
gone whole hog
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