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In a 1977 article in Newsweek, he was quoted as saying, "I'm not the Carter who'll never tell a lie" |
Billy Carter
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Daniel Butterfield composed this bugle call after being wounded in a Civil War battle |
"Taps"
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Kenny Rogers was addressing her in 1977 when he sang, "You picked a fine time to leave me" |
Lucille
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Conchology refers to the collection & study of these |
shells
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It's the smallest state that has just 1 area code: 401 |
(Steve: What is Delware?)
Rhode Island
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It was King Arthur's legendary sword |
Excalibur
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In 1948 she got permission to leave her convent to help the poor of India |
Mother Teresa
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John Donne wrote, "Death be not" this |
proud
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This Doors hit begins, "You know that it would be untrue, you know that I would be a liar" |
"Light My Fire"
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The branch of entomology that studies these insects is called myrmecology, not picnicology |
(Steve: What are fish?)
ants
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This resort city on the East Coast was named for Francis Asbury, a Methodist bishop |
Asbury Park, New Jersey
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In the transcripts of the Watergate tapes, these were "deleted" |
expletives
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After the title of his cartoon, he was nicknamed "The Believe-It-or-Not Man" |
(Robert) Ripley
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It may not be the best medicine; Calchas the Soothsayer & Philomenes both are said to have died from it |
laughter
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It was Don McLean's only No. 1 Hit |
"American Pie"
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In sinology, one would study the language, literature & customs of this country |
China
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Of DO, RE or MI, the one that's a postal abbreviation for a U.S. state |
(Alex: Michigan.)
MI
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It's the criminal offense of obtaining funds by coercion or intimidation |
extortion
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He created Weary Willie as a cartoon character before playing the role himself in the circus |
Emmett Kelly
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These games were first held in 264 B.C. at the funeral of a Roman aristocrat |
(Ann: What are the Olympic games?)
the gladiator games
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1968 pop hit in which you'd hear the line "Where have you gone, Joe DiMaggio?" |
"Mrs. Robinson"
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Pyretology is the branch of medicine that studies these & how to reduce them |
fevers
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"Mysterious" name of the 17-acre Connecticut waterfront museum nicknamed "The Seaport" |
Mystic
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This philosophical movement grew out of the work of Soren Kierkegaard & Friedrich Nietzsche |
(Alex: We have a minute left.)
existentialism
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He founded the American Institute of Public Opinion in 1935 & the British Institute a year later |
(George) Gallup
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In his tenth avatar, this Hindu god will appear on a white horse & destroy the wicked |
Vishnu
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This 1962 hit named for a communications satellite was the only No. 1 record for the Tornadoes |
(Dave: What is "Sputnik"?)
"Telstar"
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Oology is the branch of ornithology that studies these |
eggs
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In 1904 Geronimo appeared at the World's Fair in this city & sold pictures of himself |
St. Louis
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It's the legal surrender of an alleged criminal to the jurisdiction of another country for trial |
extradition
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