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In 1988 Pan Am rerouted its flights over this body of water where an Iranian plane was shot down |
Persian Gulf
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With plumage as white as you-know-what, it's the owl of the Arctic |
snow owl (snowy owl)
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During the winter of 1777-78 Baron von Steuben drilled & trained the men at this Penn. camp |
Valley Forge
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French-Canadian by ancestry & American by birth, his real name was Jean-Louis Lebris de Kerouac |
Jack Kerouac
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In colonial America, ladies wore masks outdoors for this purpose |
to keep their skin white (keep sun or wind off their face)
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In July it was announced he would wed Kimberley Conrad, Miss January 1988 |
Hugh Hefner
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The world's longest porch, 880', is part of the Grand Hotel on this Michigan Island |
(Robert: What is Saginaw Island?)
Mackinac
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Encyclopedia of Mammals likens these "social organs" of a walrus to antlers of deer or horns of sheep |
tusks
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On June 16, 1775 Americans began to dig into this hill next to Bunker Hill |
Breed's Hill
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His summer home, now called "Bleak House", is where he penned the novel of the same name |
Dickens
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Socks whose pattern is derived from the tartan of the Campbell clan of western Scotland |
argyles
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After Swiss Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre consecrated 4 new bishops, the pope did this to him |
ex-communicated
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To visit Six Flags over Texas or see a Texas Rangers home game, go to this city |
Arlington
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These large animals feed mainly on small seals but also eat fish, seaweed, grass & caribou |
polar bears
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Before we had the Daughters of the Revolution, we had the "Sons of" this, who fought the Stamp Act |
(Robert: Wha, uh, who are the Sons of the Boston Tea Party?) ["American" was not in the wording of the clue.]
Liberty
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Poet Ted Hughes, the current holder of this title, was once married to Sylvia Plath |
Poet Laureate of England
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Hilmers, Covey, Lounge, Hauck & Nelson |
(Peggi: Who were the uh, men inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame?)
astronauts on the space shuttle (crew of the Discovery)
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The Topkapi Palace in this city boasts the world's finest collection of Chinese porcelain |
(Alex: When you think of the film starring Melina Mercouri, Topkapi in [*].)
Istanbul
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As a Lt. Colonel, he was aide-de-camp & sec'y to Gen. Washington, who later made him a cabinet secretary |
Alexander Hamilton
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Author of "Agnes Grey", she's Emily & Charlotte's lesser-known sister |
Anne Brontë
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Traditionally a group that initiates fashion changes or type of style that daring or unorthodox |
[The end-of-round signal sounds.]
avant-garde
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After the incident in which he used a gun, this columnist said he still favors gun control |
Carl Rowan
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U.S. city in which you can follow cabbie Don Herron on a tour of the Dashiell Hammett Trail |
San Francisco
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George Rogers Clark helped the U.S. gain this territory which included present day Mich. & Ohio |
(Sue: What is the Northwestern Territory?) (Alex: [*], right, and we've got less than a minute to go.)
Northwest Territory
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Born Romain Kacew in Lithuania, he wrote "Lady L" & married actress Jean Seberg |
(Robert: Who is Roman Polanski?)
Romain Gary
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From French for "Croatian", it was originally a scarf worn by Croatian mercenaries |
cravat
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It's Michael Dukakis' middle name |
Stanley
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