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Like the Colorado, the Yellowstone River flows through a canyon named this |
Grand
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This Wisconsin football team's Hall of Fame includes a Vince Lombardi collection |
the Green Bay Packers
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He sent his first radio signals in 1895, when he was 21 |
Marconi
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The largest dam built by these rodents was 2,140 feet long, 12 feet high & 20 feet thick |
beavers
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Zooty, a slang term that means flashy, comes from the name of this '40s fashion fad |
a zoot suit
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This literary character declared, "I am the mightiest of the jungle fighters. You are Jane Porter" |
Tarzan
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The Big Black & Red Rivers flow into this mighty one |
the Mississippi
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One of the highlights at this Springfield, Mass. Hall of Fame is a film called "Hoopla" |
the Basketball Hall of Fame
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When he became emperor of Japan in 1926, he was 25 years old |
Hirohito
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Also called an ant bear, the giant species of this mammal has a sticky tongue over 1 foot long |
(Bob: What's an aardvark?) [Originally ruled incorrect; reversed after the break due to it being an antbear]
an anteater
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In 1834 a punch press invented by Xavier Jouvin revolutionized the making of these hand coverings |
gloves
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This cartoonist coined the phrase "Happiness is a warm puppy" |
Schulz
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Fulton's steamboat Clermont was sent up this river August 17, 1807 |
(Dan: What is the Missouri?)
the Hudson River
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Dick Button & Sonja Henie are among the notables honored at this sport's Colorado Springs Hall of Fame |
(Roberta: What is ice skating?) (Alex: Be more specific.)
figure skating
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Seen here, he was only 22 when a plane crash cut short his life: |
Buddy Holly
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This endangered ape of Borneo & Sumatra is now protected by law in Indonesia & Malaysia |
the orangutan
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Louis XIV often wore extremely wide ones of these on his shoes instead of buckles |
(Dan: What are buttons?)
bows
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In a December 29, 1940 fireside chat, he said, "We must be the great arsenal of democracy" |
F. D. Roosevelt
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The name of this tributary of The Wabash became a nickname for William Henry Harrison |
the Tippecanoe
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Exhibits at this sport's Hall of Fame in N. Carolina trace it from its origin in Scotland to the present |
golf
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At the tender age of 26, he became the commander-in-chief of the Carthaginian Army |
Hannibal
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Breeds of this domestic mammal include Suffolk, Cheviot & Merino |
sheep
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The "picture" style of this framed a woman's face & made her look as pretty as a picture |
(Bob: What's a hairdo?)
a hat
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"Patriot Games" author who said, "I've made up stuff that's turned out to be real, that's the spooky part" |
Tom Clancy
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This river forming most of the border between Georgia & South Carolina sounds like a grassland |
the Savannah
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If you "cross-country" to Ishpeming, Michigan, you'll find this sport's national hall of fame |
skiing
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She was 23 when her first novel, "The Heart Is A Lonely Hunter", was published |
Carson McCullers
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The songs of this whale with big flippers have been recorded for several albums |
(Bob: What's a blue whale?)
a humpback whale
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This skinny, miniskirted model inspired the 1960s fad of painting spiky lashes under the eyes |
Twiggy
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When named as Walter Mondale's running mate, she said, "Vice president--it has such a nice ring to it!" |
Geraldine Ferraro
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