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| His father Nicolo & Uncle Maffeo took him on their second trip to China, not their first |
Marco Polo
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| This computer brand founded in 1982 used a "Q" in its name so that it could be trademarked |
Compaq
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| Start with "a clean" one of these & it's still gray |
slate
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| Referring to Wilson's 14 points, Georges Clemenceau said, "The good Lord had only" this many |
10
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| On "Frasier" Martin once had to pretend he was gay on this romantic holiday |
Valentine's Day
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| On May 31, 1938 viewers saw what may have been TV's first game show when the BBC broadcast this type of "bee" |
a spelling bee
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| Like his father Thorvald, who was banished from Norway, he was banished from Iceland around 980 |
Eric the Red
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| Looking for something Mattel could make for boys, Elliot Handler came up with this die-cast car line |
Hot Wheels
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| This fireplace residue gave its name to a fairy tale stepsister & to a shade of gray |
(John: What is ash?)
cinder
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| 19th century author who wrote, "They have their Hamlets, but we have our Karamazovs!" |
(Sara: Who is Tolstoy?)
Dostoevsky
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| It's high hijinks on the high seas in this 2003 film as Cuba Gooding, Jr. pretends to be gay |
[The end-of-round signal sounds.]
Boat Trip
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| This auto race dates back to May 30, 1911 |
the Indianapolis 500
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| In his 1938 book "Alone" he describes the 5 months he spent alone near the South Pole |
(Sara: Who is...)
Richard Byrd
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| The name of these tortilla chips is roughly Spanish for "little bits of gold" |
Doritos
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| GM is associated with this Michigan city that some find a striking shade of gray |
Flint
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| In "Solitude" Ella Wheeler Wilcox followed this line with "Weep, and you weep alone" |
"Laugh, and the world laughs with you"
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| In May 2002 this paper put up on e-Bay some of its "Dot Heads", the portraits it uses on its front page |
(Sara: What is The New York Times?)
The Wall Street Journal
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| After Britain took his ship The Half Moon, he should have quit; but no, he got The Discovery & sailed off to his death |
(Gary: Who was Captain Cook?)
Henry Hudson
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| Dow's VC plastic wrap was renamed this after a tree in India because it was short & had no negative connotations |
(Sara: What is Reynold's Wrap?)
Saran Wrap
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| Birds that come up on the Random House word menu's list of grays include the pelican & this "peaceful" one |
the dove
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| Sir James Dewar is quoted, "Minds are like" these safety devices; "they only function when they are open" |
parachutes
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| In May 1991 Fidel Castro removed his troops from this country |
Angola
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| In 1884 the U.S. sent Robert Peary to survey a route for a canal through this country, not Panama |
Nicaragua
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| As its sugar cubes resembled certain game pieces, the American Sugar Refining Company named its product this |
(Sara: What is Chess?) (John: What is Dice?)
Domino
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| From the Latin talpa, "mole," comes this shade of gray |
taupe
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| This poet wrote "One's-Self I Sing", I Hear America Singing" & "I Celebrate Myself, and Sing Myself" |
Walt Whitman
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| A female suicide bomber assassinated this candidate for Prime Minister of India May 21, 1991 |
(Sara: Who is Indira Gandhi?)
Rajiv Gandhi
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