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    | Pierce Downer gave his name to Downers Grove, 21 miles west of the Loop in this state | Illinois 
 
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    | A group of these "pearl" bivalves is called colony, bed or reef | oysters 
 
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    | 1924 college backfield: Harry Stuhldreher, Jim Crowley, Don Miller, Elmer Layden | the Four Horsemen 
 
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    | This G-man got booked & printed in Curt Gentry's bio subtitled "The Man and the Secrets" | (J. Edgar) Hoover 
 
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    | In the 1780s Josiah Wedgwood invented the pyrometer to read this in the kiln so firing could be more accurate | temperature 
 
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    | Young fellow seen here turning 3 on his special day | birthday boy 
 
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    | In 1602 an explorer named this Massachusetts island for both its local flora & one of his female family members | Martha's Vineyard 
 
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    | In 2004 the city of Reggio Emilia, Italy passed a law banning the killing of this shellfish by dropping it in boiling water | lobster 
 
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    | In 1974 Muhammad Ali reclaimed his heavyweight boxing title from this man in the "Rumble in the Jungle" in Zaire | George Foreman 
 
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    | "Touch of Light" opened the world's eyes to the life of this writing system creator | Braille 
 
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    | China's Yung Lo period was noted for its paper-thin white bowls called t'o t'ai, also known by this brittle name | eggshell 
 
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    | A letter with no signature was sent this way | anonymously 
 
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    | You can go up on Cripple Creek southwest of this Colorado peak named for an Army officer | Pikes Peak 
 
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    | Some of these shellfish, such as genus Crangon, change color to fit surroundings; maybe to cocktail-sauce red? | shrimp 
 
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    | In a 1972 AFC playoff game, Franco Harris made the winning TD with a "divine" shoestring catch dubbed this | the Immaculate Reception 
 
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    | "Illustrations of Camp Life" is a chapter title in a biography of this 19th century photographer | (Aaron: Who is Audubon?) (Sherri: Who is Adams?)
 
 Mathew Brady
 
 
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    | The tall, cylindrical Greek vase seen here is called a lekythos & usually held this oil sacred to the Greeks | olive oil 
 
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    | To tell a friend that something is really his bag, say "it's right up" these 2 words | your alley 
 
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    | It took until the 21st century for Oregon to honor this Clark with a summit named Clark's Mountain | (Sherri: Who is Meriwether Clark?) 
 William Clark
 
 
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    | The name of this fan-shaped shellfish is from the French for "shell" | (John: What is a conch?) 
 a scallop
 
 
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    | This Hall of Fame shortstop was known as "The Wizard of Oz" for his deft fielding | Ozzie Smith 
 
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    | Andre Maurois wrote a 1949 biography called "A la Recherche de" this other French author | Proust 
 
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    | This tin-glazed earthenware named for a city just southeast of The Hague was first made in the 17th century | (Alex: Aaron?) [Aaron shakes his head]
 
 Delftware
 
 
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    | This officious person always has meddling to do | a busybody 
 
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    | John E.'s Pond is on Block Island in this state, about 9 miles off the mainland | Rhode Island 
 
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    | Each year over 100 million of the red species of this shellfish on Christmas Island mass migrate to spawn in the sea | crabs 
 
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    | It was the nickname of the horse Phar Lap, and also preceded "Machine" in the nickname of a baseball team | Big Red 
 
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    | If you didn't read John McCormick's 1987 biography on this philosopher, you may be condemned to repeat it | Santayana 
 
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    | In 1901 Edward VII gave permission for this Lambeth, London pottery to use the word "Royal" in its name | Royal Doulton 
 
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    | Degenerative muscular disease | muscular dystrophy 
 
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