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This soft-stemmed swamp plant is named for its skunk-like odor |
Skunk cabbage
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It's not unusual that this hipster had his first hit with "It's Not Unusual" in 1965 |
Tom Jones
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This author of the poem "Daddy" committed suicide in 1963, before she could work out her parental issues |
Sylvia Plath
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Barbara Cook won a Tony for playing Marian the Librarian in the original production of this musical |
The Music Man
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In March of 1957, this rock star sold the home seen here at 1034 Audubon Drive in Memphis & moved into bigger digs |
Elvis Presley
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Morgan Freeman film where he drives his web-footed boss to her boyfriend Donald's house |
(Alex: Well done, gentlemen, in the category!)
"Driving Miss Daisy Duck"
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Chickweed & soapwort, as well as carnations, are members of this "colorful" family |
Pink
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He's the "animal" seen here |
Davy Jones (of The Monkees)
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He read almost as well as he wrote: "Do not go gentle into that good night..." |
Dylan Thomas
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Gwen Verdon kicked up her heels as Claudine in this classic Cole Porter musical named for a dance |
Can-Can
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Scout's Rest Ranch in North Platte, Nebraska was the home of this great western showman |
Buffalo Bill Cody
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One of the quartet of fighting terrapins uses it to give his shell a brilliant shine |
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle Wax
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Cloth-of-gold & saffron are species of this hardy perennial in the iris family |
(Dave: What are daffodils?)
Crocus
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She's Mrs. Marty Ingels |
Shirley Jones
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In 1917, at age 52, this Irishman got married & published his book "The Wild Swans Of Coole" |
William Butler Yeats
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Adelaide & the chorus girls at the Hot Box Club sing "Take Back Your Mink" in Act II of this musical |
Guys And Dolls
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This American author's estate outside Havana was called Finca Vigia, or Lookout Farm |
Ernest Hemingway
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Dick Clark's dance show featuring U.S. citizens who misbehave abroad |
"The Ugly American Bandstand"
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In the 1700s Linnaeus standardized this system of giving each species a genus & a species name |
(P: What is classification?) (Dave: What is taxonomy?)
Binomial nomenclature
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This "large" 3-time All-Pro Dallas Cowboy took time off from football to box in 1979 |
Ed "Too Tall" Jones"
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In 1998 this young pop star published her poems in the book "A Night Without Armor" |
Jewel
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Mary Tyler Moore stepped lightly as Holly Golightly in a short-lived musical based on this short novel |
Breakfast At Tiffany's
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Now a memorial to him, his Arlington house was inherited by his wife, Mary Randolph Custis |
Robert E. Lee
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The end of his Rico character comes when he's marooned on an island |
Edward G. Robinson Crusoe
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The pollen of a perfect flower is contained in this enlarged tip of the stamen |
(Dan: What is the pistil?)
Anther
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A left-wing American magazine bears the name of this labor union official born in Cork, Ireland in 1830 |
Mother Jones
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Author heard here reading an entire poem: "So much depends upon a red wheelbarrow glazed with rainwater beside the white chickens" |
William Carlos Williams
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Tom Thumb, The Ringmaster, & Jenny Lind are all characters in this musical |
Barnum
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The ceiling of the great hall in this Cornelius Vanderbilt home in Rhode Island is painted as a cloud-swept sky |
The Breakers
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Opera diva who was Nazi Germany's last major counteroffensive in December 1944 |
(Dan: Who was Kathryn Battle of the Bulge?)
Kathleen Battle of the Bulge
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