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Gold was found in Colorado, silver in the Comstock & this new resource in a Titusville, Pennsylvania well |
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Western star Allan "Rocky" Lane was the voice behind this TV horse, of course |
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This principality is surrounded by the French department of Alpes-Maritimes |
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Aktis, Greek for "ray", gave us actinium; radius, Latin for "ray", gave us this |
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To be impatient is to do this "at the bit" |
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As the USA's rail capital, its population went from about 30,000 to about 110,000 in the decade |
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In 1969 he did double duty as the host of "Concentration" & sidekick on "The Tonight Show" |
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This tiny Alpine principality is represented diplomatically by Switzerland |
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In 1828 a Norse god thundered onto the periodic table in the name of this element, No. 90 |
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To put your foot in your mouth means "Oops!"; to put this "in it" means to shut up |
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Pioneers heading west sang, "O don't you remember Sweet Betsy from" this place |
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This one-time pro football player scored as officer Joe Coffey on "Hill Street Blues" |
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According to tradition this republic east of Florence, Italy was founded in 301 A.D. by a stonecutter named Marinus |
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This metal's name comes from the Latin calx, meaning "lime", not bone |
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You can "cast stones" or "throw straws against" this, but it ain't worth the effort |
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This poet wrote to Emerson of his intent to confront people with "an American rude tongue" |
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Played by Martin Short, he's the nerdy character seen here: |
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Kwajalein, Bikini & Enewetak are atolls in this north Pacific island nation |
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The names of neodymium & this element are both traced back to the Greek neo, "new" |
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"You always have to take" this "with the sweet" |
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Metaphorically, "care must be taken also lest through the absence of" these "the flock be imperiled" |
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To the "Dred" of abolitionists, this man from a slaveholding family was chief justice of the U.S. |
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On "Homicide: The Movie", he reprised his "St. Elsewhere" role of Dr. Victor Ehrlich |
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In 1530 Holy Roman emperor Charles V gave this island nation to the Knights of St. John of Jerusalem |
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Found by Carl Gustav Mosander, terbium is named for Ytterby, a village in this country |
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This phrase for protecting yourself against anything that may cause you a loss comes from baseball |
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Abelard cites this sister of Moses to show women's importance in religion |
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