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Among these that first appeared in the 1890s were "The Yellow Kid" & "The Katzenjammer Kids" |
comic strips
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With her ex-husband Jim in jail, she married Roe Messner October 3, 1993 |
Tammy Bakker
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After founder Thomas Watson's example, many offices at this computer company display "Think" signs |
IBM
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The Fountain of Youth Archeological Park in St. Augustine, Fla. stands on the site where he's said to have landed |
Ponce de Leon
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Schwingfest, or Swiss wrestling, is featured in this Buckeye State's Swiss festival in Sugarcreek |
Ohio
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Rider Haggard lived on this continent as a young man & later set his most famous novels there |
Africa
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Symbolized Ar, this gas that makes up about 1% of the air was isolated in 1894 |
argon
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This Southern Baptist's Evangelical Association publishes Decision magazine |
Billy Graham
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In 1989 this Memphis- based package delivery service bought Flying Tigers, an all-cargo carrier |
Federal Express
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A relative of Francisco Pizarro, Francisco de Orellana was the 1st European to navigate this South American river |
the Amazon
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The town of Liberal in this state boasts a replica of Dorothy's house from "The Wizard of Oz" |
Kansas
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He wrote about the devastating 1755 Lisbon earthquake in a 1756 poem & in his classic novel "Candide" |
Voltaire
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In 1891 a Dutch paleontologist found remains of early man on this Indonesian island |
Java
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He's an evangelist, a faith healer & a founder of a university in Oklahoma |
Oral Roberts
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When founded in 1873, this "Rock Solid" insurance co. was known as the Widows & Orphans Friendly Society |
Prudential
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Using heavy snow vehicles, Vivian Fuchs led the 1st known coast-to-coast crossing of this continent |
Antarctica
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Holiday World is a theme park in this Indiana town that gets a lot of mail at Christmastime |
Santa Claus
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In 1883 this American expatriate adapted his own novel "Daisy Miller" as a play |
Henry James
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In 1895 England almost went to war over Venezuela's border with this British possession |
(Bob: What is Guyana?)
British Guiana
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Her 1926 disappearance led to a perjury trial |
Aimee Semple McPherson
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In 1986 this chemical company introduced a stain-resistant carpet called Stainmaster |
DuPont
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On Sunday, April 5, 1722, Dutch explorer Jakob Roggeveen became the 1st European to reach this island |
Easter Island
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You can visit this president's Dixon, Illinois home, where he lived from 1920 to 1923 |
Reagan
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Some of the "Tales of" this German author appear in the 1817 collection "Nachtstucke", or "Night-Pieces" |
Hoffman
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In 1892 the cornerstone for this NYC cathedral was laid on Dec. 27, its patron saint's feast day |
St. John the Divine
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In 1889 he opened his Bible Institute in Chicago |
(Dwight) Moody
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In 1979 this postage meter firm bought Dictaphone |
[Chuck added an "and" between the names.]
Pitney Bowes
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When he died of a fever in 1542, his body was sunk in the Mississippi, the river he discovered |
(Chuck: Who is Marquette?) (Cris: Who is La Salle?)
Hernando de Soto
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The "chugging" noise made by hot springs, not a real boat, gave this Colorado town its name |
Steamboat Springs
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"Travels In Hyperreality" is a collection of essays by this author of "The Name of the Rose" |
Umberto Eco
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