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| After publishing it for 25 years, Benjamin Franklin sold this "Almanack" in 1758 |
Poor Richard's Almanack
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| When he retired on Oct. 6, 1993, this star had the highest NBA career scoring average with 32.3 |
(Steve: Who's... uh, Johnson?)
(Michael) Jordan
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| The Singapura cat originated on this island |
Singapore
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| He gave Adam & Eve their first grandchild |
(David: Who is Seth?)
Cain
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| Lord Kelvin called this man’s invention of the telephone "the most wonderful thing in America" |
Alexander Graham Bell
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| In a 1975 book this "French Chef" advised, "Learn how to cook! That's the way to save money" |
(Julia) Child
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| On Nov. 26, 1789 this holiday was observed nationally for the first time |
Thanksgiving
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| The shot put & this men's track & field event use objects that weigh 16 pounds |
(Steve: What's the discus?)
the hammer throw
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| Completed in 1937, the Bonneville Dam on this U.S.-Canadian river made it easier to navigate |
(David: What is the St. Lawrence?)
the Columbia River
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| He was 500 years old when he begat Shem, Ham & Japheth |
(David: Who is Methuselah?)
Noah
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| This inventor of condensed milk was a direct descendant of Roger Williams |
Gail Borden
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| "Flying may not be all plain sailing... but the fun of it is worth the price", she said before she disappeared |
(Amelia) Earhart
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| Though founded in 1701, it wasn't until 1716 that this university moved to New Haven |
Yale
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| In 1992 this Yugoslav woman led all tennis players in earning with $2,622,352 |
(Roseann: Who is Maria--Marina, uh, Nav, oh boy, Navratilova?) ... (Alex: Yugoslav, not Czechoslovakian.)
(Monica) Seles
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| This country's flag is the banner of the Muslim Wahabi sect once led by Ibn Saud |
Saudi Arabia
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| Before banishing Adam & Eve from Eden, God improved their wardrobe from these to coats of skins |
fig leaves
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| This founder of a Michigan-based chemical co. received over 100 patents before his death in 1930 |
(Herbert Henry) Dow
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| This late actress was fond of saying, "I used to be Snow White... but I drifted" |
Mae West
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| In 1766 America's first permanent theatre opened in Phil. with "Katharine and Petruchio", based on this play |
[Steve did not include the leading article in his response.]
The Taming of the Shrew
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| This U.S. woman won the Olympic 500-meter speed skating event in 1988, 1992 & 1994 |
Bonnie Blair
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| This country's Max Planck Institute has the world's largest fully-steerable radio telescope |
Germany
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| They're the first specific animals mentioned in the Bible; they were in the water & were great |
(David: What were the fishes?)
whales
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| "This is" the movie process launched by inventor Fred Waller in 1952 |
Cinerama
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| This naturalist said, "The more you learn about the dignity of the gorilla, the more you want to avoid people" |
Dian Fossey
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| In July 1741 he delivered his famous sermon "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God" |
(Roseann: Who is Cotton Mather?) (Steve: Who is Increase Mather?)
Jonathan Edwards
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| This team coached by Chuck Noll is the only team to win back-to-back Super Bowls twice |
the (Pittsburgh) Steelers
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| Manama is the capital of this Persian Gulf island nation |
Bahrain
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| God's first words |
Let there be light
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| Reportedly first isolated in 1957 in Stockholm, Sweden, chemical element 102 is named for this inventor |
(David: What is Lawrencium?)
Alfred Nobel
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| In her 1952 autobiography, she wrote. "If I didn't start painting, I would have raised chickens" |
(David: Who is O'Keeffe?)
Grandma Moses
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