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The Post Office charged 19ยข for each postcard ballot sent in to choose a young or old portrait of him |
Elvis Presley
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A safety tip says if your hair stands on end, hit the ground; this may be about to strike |
lightning
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Nadia Comaneci won 3 consecutive European Championships in this sport |
gymnastics
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Conservationists love this holiday that rhymes with birthday |
Earth Day
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This country leads the world in the production of raw silk |
China
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Deidre, Tom T., Monty |
Hall
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In April 1992 this dictator's grand- daughter Alessandra won a seat in Italy's Parliament |
Mussolini
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This first Atlantic tropical storm of the 1992 season hit Florida August 24, causing billions in damage |
Andrew
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Skiers hold this equipment during many events, but not ski jumping |
poles
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It's also known as Snap Apple Night, & you might celebrate it by bobbing for apples |
Halloween
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Silk is produced by the silkworm which is not a worm at all, but one of these |
a caterpillar
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Tony, Julia, Pernell |
Roberts
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In April 1992 the U.S. recognized Croatia, Slovenia & Bosnia- Hercegovina, which split from this country |
Yugoslavia
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Each day in the U.S., about 200 of these are launched carrying radiosondes |
(weather) balloons
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Dives are judged on a scale of 0 to this number |
10
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Swaziland celebrates this "banner" holiday on April 25, the U.S. on June 14 |
Flag Day
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Before World War II, the greatest use of raw silk in the U.S. was for this item of clothing |
hosiery
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Paul, Cindy, Billy Dee |
Williams
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Sergei Krikalev made the news when he was left stranded here during the USSR's breakup |
(Janet: What is... in a tank?)
space (the MIR)
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Composed of 3 oxygen atoms, this gas is created in thunderstorms |
ozone
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She was coached by her brother-in-law Bobby Kersee & her husband Al Joyner |
(Chip: Who is Jackie Joyner-Kersee?)
Florence Griffith Joyner (Flo-Jo)
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The Old English tradition of serving a boar's head on this holiday may derive from a Norse custom |
Christmas
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In 1810 the first silk mill in the U.S. was founded in Mansfield in this "Nutmeg State" |
Connecticut
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Eleanor, Jameson, Fess |
Parker
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Both named Terry, they were U.S. & British hostages released from Lebanon in 1991 |
Terry Waite & Terry Anderson
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It's the term for winds, like the trades, that follow a regular pattern |
prevailing winds
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Great Scott! He won the men's singles gold medal in figure skating at the 1984 Olympics |
Scott Hamilton
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On this day in 1992, National Public Radio broke the news that Richard Nixon was running again for president |
April Fool's Day
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To produce about 120 pounds of silk, 250,000 silkworms must eat 10 tons of leaves from these trees |
(Chip: What is the bayberry tree?)
the mulberry tree
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Ed, Julie, Emmylou |
Harris
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