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| The flag of this country also appears on the flags of Tuvalu, Fiji & Australia |
Great Britain
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| She was Ophelia to Branagh's "Hamlet" in '96 but one year later, her career got a "Titanic" boost |
Kate Winslet
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| Completes the clock-changing mnemonic "Spring forward..." |
fall back
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| In 1979 Eisenhower was demoted off the dollar coin & replaced by this women's rights leader |
Susan B. Anthony
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| By definition, vasodilator drugs are used to widen these |
(Alexis: What are your...the eyes?) (Paige: What are eyes?)
blood vessels
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| Susanna Dickinson & her child were among the few Texan survivors of the 1836 battle at this site in San Antonio |
the Alamo
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| Oliver Hazard Perry's flag featured the words "Don't Give Up" this |
(Paige: What is hope?)
the Ship
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| Her character Penny Lane was in our eyes & in our ears after she was nominated for an Oscar for "Almost Famous" |
Kate Hudson
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| This line of a rhyme tells us what happened "in fourteen hundred and ninety-two" |
Columbus sailed the ocean blue
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| A few rare 1965 quarters were still made of this metal; the Mint switched to a clad coin that year |
silver
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| Abbreviated OTC, it describes a class of drugs deemed safe enough for self-medication |
over the counter
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| On January 22, 1973 this politician suffered a fatal heart attack near Johnson City, a town founded by an ancestor |
Lyndon B. Johnson
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| In its canton Greece's flag features a white one of these |
cross
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| "Today" she still works the A.M. shift, but in 2001 it was rumored she would become an afternoon host |
Katie Couric
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| Astronomically, remember "My very excellent memory just served up nine" these |
(Caley: What are pizzas?)
planets
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| The 1909-S V.D.B. version of this coin is a grail to collectors; just watch out for counterfeits |
Lincoln head penny
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| Cyclosporine is used to prevent this after an organ transplant (it won't help you when asking someone out) |
rejection
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| His death on Nov. 22, 1963 after riding through Dallas' Dealey Plaza shocked the world |
John F. Kennedy
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| This black bird of the crow family was a symbol of good luck in battle on Viking flags |
raven
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| Before becoming a "Voyager" captain, she played a love interest of Sam Malone's on "Cheers" |
Kate Mulgrew
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| The spaces on the treble clef are a simple F-A-C-E; on this clef they're remembered with "All cows eat grass" |
bass clef
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| Musical instrument pictured on the back of the U.S. Bicentennial quarter |
drum
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| Known by the brand name Rogaine, the drug minoxidil is used to treat this "losing" condition |
loss of hair
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| Born in El Paso in 1921, this "Star Trek" creator crossed "the final frontier" in 1991 |
Gene Roddenberry
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| Adopted in 1965, Ontario's flag features 3 of these leaves |
maple leaves
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| Celebrity birthdays for January 16 include Marilyn Horne, A.J. Foyt & this waif supermodel |
Kate Moss
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| To remember these from largest in area to smallest, try "Sam's horse must eat oats" |
the Great Lakes
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| Collectors don't use "tails" & "heads", they use the terms reverse & this |
(Alexis: What is face?)
obverse
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| It's the medical abbrev. used to identify the drug azidothymidine, a drug used to combat the AIDS virus |
(Alexis: What is ATD?)
AZT
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| J. Frank Dalton was buried in Granbury in 1951, after years of claiming to be this outlaw, who died in 1882 |
Jesse James
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