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INTERNATIONAL SPACE HALL OF FAME INDUCTEES |
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THE WHO, WHAT, WHEN, WHERE OR WHY OF READING |
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In 1995, it was a Canadian invasion, as her album "Jagged Little Pill" hit No. 1 on the U.S. album chart on October 7th |
Alanis Morissette
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In 2012 this entrepreneur's Dragon became the first privately owned spacecraft to dock with the Intl. Space Station |
Musk
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In 2005 a bridge in Pittsburgh was renamed for this artist; the bridge serves as a gateway to his museum |
Warhol
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Quick word for a group of vehicles such as taxis or boats owned & operated as a unit |
fleet
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For about 870 years this country's parliament met on the northern shore of Lake Thingvalla |
Iceland
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If you're looking for these incredible title creatures, a J.K. Rowling compendium will alert you "Where to Find Them" |
Fantastic Beasts
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Pearl Jam was an opening act when this band kicked off its "Blood Sugar Sex Magik" tour Oct. 16, 1991 |
(Ken: Happy ROCKTOBER, you got all five.) [Applause]
the Red Hot Chili Peppers
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Two months before retiring from the U.S. Senate, this Ohioan became the oldest person to orbit the Earth, at age 77 |
John Glenn
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Somerset Maugham's "The Moon and Sixpence", about a stockbroker who heads to Tahiti to be a painter, is loosely based on him |
Gauguin
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Firmly fixed in place; you & a pal might be that kind of "friends" |
fast friends
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Until the 15th century, Pisa was on the Ligurian Sea, but silt from this principal river of Tuscany left it 6 miles from shore |
(Olaf: What is the Po?)
the Arno
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Parents-to-be might want to take a look at Heidi Murkoff's "What to Expect When" this is happening |
When You're Expecting
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On Oct. 1, 2000 Midnight Oil played their hit "Beds Are Burning" at the Olympic closing ceremonies in this city |
(Ken: They were an Australian band, that's correct.)
Sydney
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This astrophysicist & Cornell professor won a Pulitzer for "The Dragons of Eden", his book on the evolution of human intelligence |
(Will: Who is Neil deGrasse Tyson?) ... (Ken: He was the Neil deGrasse Tyson of his time, [*].)
Carl Sagan
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First exhibited in 1853, Rosa Bonheur's masterpiece is "Le marché aux chevaux", which translates to this |
(Olaf: What is The Parade of Horses?)
a horse fair (horse market)
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The chimney type of this bird is often called a "flying cigar" because of its dark silhouette as it flies |
a swift
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A bit east of Madrid, dams on this river form an artificial lake known as the Sea of Castile |
(Olaf: What is the Ebro?)
the Tagus River
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Bertrand Russell's essay "Why I Am Not" this type of person does grant Jesus "a very high degree of moral goodness", just not divinity |
(Will: What is a religious person?) (Olaf: Oh, what is a god?)
a Christian
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It's hard to imagine David Letterman in tears, but he was when this man made his last public appearance on Dave's show October 30th, 2002 |
Warren Zevon
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This cosmonaut went into space only once--April 12, 1961--but what a historic ride! |
Yuri Gagarin
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He wrote a poem that said, "My brush, above my face continually, makes it a splendid floor by dripping down" |
(Will: Who is Pollock?) ... (Ken: Dripping because he was painting on the ceiling--it's [*].)
Michelangelo
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This 2-word South Dakota town is known as the "Gateway to Mount Rushmore" |
(Carol: Don't have it.)
Rapid City
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In Ireland's County Kerry, Lough Leane, Muckross Lake & Upper Lake are collectively known as the Lakes of here |
Killarney
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A deadly Cold War battle between East & West plays out in Berlin in John le Carré's thriller "The Spy Who" took this action |
(Carol: What is "Who [*]"?)
Came in from the Cold
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In Oct. 1988 he went on trial for plagiarizing his own CCR song "Run Through The Jungle" in "The Old Man Down The Road" |
John Fogerty
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In 1960, this German-American was named Director of the Marshall Space Flight Center where he developed the Saturn V rocket |
Wernher von Braun
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The group of British painters called this brotherhood got together in 1848 but had parted by 1854 |
the Pre-Raphaelites
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This 2-word cornmeal-based dessert is made with molasses, sugar & spices |
hasty pudding
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In this Alpine lake the Strait of Promenthoux separates the sections of Grand Lac & Petit Lac |
Lake Geneva
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Dr. Cole Hendron races to save humanity as a rogue planet hurtles towards Earth in the sci-fi epic "When" this happens |
(Will: What is When [*]?)
Worlds Collide
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