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The 1st official championship of this new baseball league was won by the Chicago White Sox |
(Catherine: What is the uh, American Baseball League?) (Alex: [*], right.)
the American League
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In the 1950s Maureen Connolly & Althea Gibson dominated the women's division of this sport |
tennis
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His favorite residence was the woods & mountains of Arcadia where he played his pipes |
Pan
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An African ground squirrel in the Kalahari shades itself by fluffing out this |
its tail
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It's the largest city in New England |
Boston
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In a new comic book, this arachnid super-hero teaches kids how to cope with alcoholic parents |
Spider-Man
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Wilhelm Maybach, technical director at Germany's Daimler Works, built the 1st one of these cars |
(Carol: What was a Diesel?) (Delene: What was a [*] Benz?)
Mercedes
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In 1966 the future Dutch queen created a furor by marrying a German veteran of WWII |
Beatrix
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These sylvan deities were part man & part goat & served Bacchus |
satyrs
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When it sprays a predator, a skunk is aiming for this |
the face
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Newport was a co-capital of this state from 1854-1900 |
Rhode Island
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A birthstone for May, it would make the Wizard of Oz feel at home |
an emerald
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With $5,000 he set up a factory above a Boston fish market to make safety razors |
(King) Gillette
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This famous nurse was born in 1820 in an Italian city--hence, her first name |
Florence Nightingale
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Classified between human & god, the dryads were these female spirits of the woods |
nymphs
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In Jan. 1988 a group of these chased away a shark that was attacking a surfer off Australia |
dolphins
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It's the only New England state without a seacoast on the Atlantic Ocean |
Vermont
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If your name is Jascha, Yehudi or Itzhak, you know that this resin comes from the sap of pine trees |
rosin
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Jean H. Dunant, founder of this organization, was a co-winner of the Nobel Peace Prize |
(Delene: What is Amen--Amnesty International?)
the International Red Cross
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She was a missionary in China before becoming 1 of the most flamboyant evangelists of the roaring '20s |
Aimee (Semple) McPherson,
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Artemis, the goddess of wildlife, was the twin sister of this son of Zeus |
Apollo
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You have them all over your body, but a dog has them only in the pads of its feet & its nose |
sweat glands
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On landing in the Cape Cod area in April 1614, this founder of Virginia gave New England its name |
(Delene: Oh, dear... my mind just went blank.)
Captain John Smith
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The 2 "Golden Girls"' who won Emmys in 1988 |
(Carol: Who are Betty White and... Estelle Getty?)
Beatrice Arthur & Estelle Getty
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He proved that yellow fever is caused by a virus & spread by mosquitoes |
Walter Reed
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In 1976 marine biologist Dixy Lee Ray was elected governor of this state |
[Normal applause for solving the Daily Double but no acknowledgment for Catherine running the category]
Washington
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Its mast was from the forest of Dodona where the trees were endowed with the power of prediction |
(Catherine: What was the Odyssey?)
the Argo
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Panthera is the genus for the big cats, & this is the genus for most small cats |
Felis
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When the British tried to take back Conn.'s charter, it was hidden, tradition says, in this type of tree |
(Carol: What was the Charter [*]?)
oak
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This great English romantic poet drowned in a boating accident in 1822 |
(Catherine: Who is Lord Byron?)
Shelley
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