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    | After publishing it for 25 years, Benjamin Franklin sold this "Almanack" in 1758 | 
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    (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?)
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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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