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| In July 1855 this collection of 12 poems by Walt Whitman was first published in Brooklyn |
Leaves of Grass
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| In 1753 George Richmann was electrocuted trying to duplicate this man's lightning experiment |
Franklin
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| In Africa it's the chief religion north of the Sahara |
Islam
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| This athlete & her husband Al Joyner once won a trip to Jamaica on "The Newlywed Game" |
Florence Griffith-Joyner
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| Founded in 1802, this Scottish city's Review was renowned for its political & literary criticism |
Edinburgh
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| In Chausson's opera "King Arthur", this wife of Arthur strangles herself with her own hair |
Guinevere
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| This "Trees" poet was killed in action in France on July 30, 1918 |
Joyce Kilmer
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| Though expelled from Harvard, this geodesic dome inventor later held more than 2,000 patents |
(Michael: Who is Art Buckminster Fuller?) [Michael is originally credited with a correct response, but this is corrected before the next Daily Double is played.] (Alex: "R." for Richard.)
R. Buckminster Fuller
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| About a fourth of this country's people live in the city of Amman |
Jordan
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| This pianist has been called "The Clown Prince of Denmark" |
(Victor) Borge
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| "Looking Good" & "Spotlight" are departments of this magazine whose name is the objective case of "We" |
Us
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| In "Il trovatore", Lenora avoids marrying di Luna by swallowing poison from this piece of jewelry |
her ring
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| On July 10, 1962 this communications satellite was launched from Cape Canaveral |
Telstar
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| Bernard Lyot invented the coronagraph, allowing observation of this body's coronas |
the sun
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| On Chad's flag the red stands for fire & unity, the yellow for the sun & the blue for this |
(Sally: What is loyalty?)
the sky
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| Bob Caron, the tail gunner on this plane that bombed Hiroshima, died in 1995 at age 75 |
the Enola Gay
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| Born Martha Kostyra, she's really "Living" with her own magazine off cooking & decorating tips |
Martha Stewart
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| In "La Muette de Portici", set in Naples, Fanella leaps into the mouth of this volcano |
Vesuvius
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| In the 1948 convention of the States' Rights Party, Fielding Wright was selected as his running mate |
(Strom) Thurmond
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| This German graf was largely responsible for inventing the rigid airship |
Zeppelin
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| Of the more than 50 independent countries in Africa, it's the largest in area |
the Sudan
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| He wrote & directed the 1950s film "The Seventh Seal", which i based on his own play "Tramalning" |
(Ingmar) Bergman
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| This woman who wrote the book "Passages" is a contributing editor of Vanity Fair |
(Bernie: Who is Sheeny?)
(Gail) Sheehy
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| In a Verdi opera Radames is to be buried alive & this heroine hides in the tomb to share his fate |
Aida
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| On July 7, 1898 Pres. McKinley signed a joint resolution of Congress annexing this future state |
Hawaii
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| This armsmaker died at his Hartford, Connecticut home, Armsmear, in 1682 |
Colt
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| It's the southernmost country on the Balkan peninsula |
Greece
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| His painting "Three Flags" sold for just $900 in 1959; in 1980 it was resold for $1 million |
(Jasper) Johns
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| Known as "The Movie Magazine", it's named for a movie event |
Premiere
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| Owen is found dead after sleeping in a haunted room in this "Billy Budd" composer's "Owen Wingrave" |
Benjamin Britten
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