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A type of protective headgear, or the construction worker who wears it |
a hard hat
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Mary Ludwig Hays earned this nickname by carrying water to the men at the Battle of Monmouth |
Molly Pitcher
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A macaw is a bird, & a macaque is one of these |
a monkey
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This state produces more tobacco products than all the other states combined |
North Carolina
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Comedy team who starred in "Slipping Wives" in 1927 & "A Chump at Oxford" in 1940 |
Laurel & Hardy
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In 1792, while still a student, Robert Southey wrote "Joan of Arc", a poem supporting this revolution |
the French Revolution
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The Thoroughbreds at this Florida racing park share their turf with a large flock of pink flamingos |
(Jeff: What is Hollywood?)
Hialeah
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She was a schoolteacher before she founded the American Red Cross |
Clara Barton
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The Romans called them horse-tigers |
(David: What are chariots?)
the zebras
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The Atchafalaya floodway in this state was designed to control floods on the Mississippi |
Louisiana
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1979 film which gave us the following Oscar-nominated song:
"Why are there so many songs about rainbows / And what's on the other side?..." |
The Muppet Movie
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She appointed William Wordsworth to the post in 1843 |
Queen Victoria
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This clown of commedia dell'arte is traditionally presented in multi-colored tights & a mask |
Harlequin
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The 1st woman executed by the U.S. government, Mary Surratt, was hanged for conspiracy in this crime |
the assassination of Lincoln
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It's connected to the front of a frog's lower jaw & its tip points back when the mouth is closed |
its tongue
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Gerald Ford is the only Congressman from this state to become president |
Michigan
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He's played fertilizer salesman Q. Fortune & mad scientist Dr. Frederick Frankenstein |
Gene Wilder
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Thomas Gray did it in 1757; Sir Walter Scott, in 1813 |
(Alex: We've got less than a minute to go.)
they refused the post of poet laureate
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Common in Europe, this land measure equals 10.000 sq. meters or 2.471 acres |
a hectare
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In 1890 this newswoman beat Phileas Fogg's record by going around the world in less than 80 days |
(Alex: She did it in 72; [*] was her name.)
Nellie Bly
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To protect its soft abdomen, a hermit crab will pick up & carry one of these |
a shell
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Over 70 varieties of gems & semiprecious stones can be found in this, the "Gem State" |
(Lanie: What is, uh, Montana?)
Idaho
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He played the 1st Black pres. in "The Man", based on the Irving Wallace novel of the same name |
James Earl Jones
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One of England's 1st poets laureate, he wrote to Celia, "Drink to me only with thine eyes" |
Ben Jonson
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In 16th c. England he ran a livery in which customers were given the horse nearest the door and had no choice |
(Alex: The man's name was [*] and hence the expression, Hobson's choice.)
Thomas Hobson
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A favorite subject of the artist George Romney, she was also Lord Nelson's lover |
Lady Hamilton
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What people in the U.S. call a horned toad isn't a toad but this type of animal |
a lizard
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Noted for its progressivism, this Midwest state passed the 1st Unemployment Compensation Act in 1932 |
Wisconsin
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The cast of this '39 George Cukor film consisted of 135 females, including Joan Crawford & Paulette Goddard |
(Lanie: What is The Group?) ... (Alex: The Group came many, many years later, Lanie.)
The Women
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John Dryden lost the laureateship when this Stuart king was forced out of office in 1688 |
James II
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