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After a demonstration of this, the April 8, 1927 New York Times said, "Commercial use in doubt"
TV
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He's the only athlete in history to play in both the Super Bowl & the World Series
Deion Sanders
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Dating back to the revolution, it's the oldest continuously occupied military post in the United States
West Point
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The first winning presidential ticket of 2 sitting U.S. senators was the ticket of these 2 men
JFK LBJ
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The oldest of the 7 wonders of the ancient world, they're also the only ones still standing today
Pyramids
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Sailing on behalf of Spain in 1519, this Portuguese explorer's trip proved the Americas were a new world
Ferdinand Magellan
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Of the world nations whose English names contain "land", this nation has the most people, 60 million
Thailand
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It's the only U.S. island allowed to use a possessive apostrophe by the U.S. Board on Geographic Names
Martha's Vineyard
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This Mediterranean country is the world's only nation whose flag bears a geographic outline of itself
Cyprus
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A Civil War general, he was the last man to go directly from the House of Representatives to the presidency
Garfield
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The 1930 U.S. Census was the first to ask if residents owned one of these & 12 million were counted
Radio
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It's the westernmost state to border any of the Great Lakes
Minnesota
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Given its current name by John Wesley Powell, it was called Kaibab, or "mountain lying down" by the Paiutes
Grand Canyon
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It only has 3 communities with a population over 15,000 & is the least populous state east of the Mississippi
Vermont
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Used one way, this word is one of the official titles of the Pope; used another, it's an order of mammals
Primate
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It is an official language of about 30 countries, second only to English
French
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Phrase associated with very dissimilar events of April 19, 1775 & October 3, 1951
Shot heard from around the world
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In the continental United States, this city is the southernmost state capital
Austin TX
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He was the first man to become U.S. president as a result of the 25th Amendment
Gerald Ford
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Baptist minister Francis Bellamy penned this oath in 1892 to reflect his Christian Socialist beliefs
Pledge of Allegiance
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This brand won a top prize at the 1893 Chicago Expo & has carried the award in its name ever since
Pabst Blue Ribbon
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1 of the 3 U.S. Presidents to run on a third-party ticket after having already served as president
Teddy R, Fillmore, Van Buren
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The National Mall is bounded by these 2 avenues whose names recall historic documents
Constitution and Independence Ave
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From the Greek for "womb", this disorder was once thought to be peculiar to women
Hysteria
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This common expression of distress comes from an English representation of the French for "help me"
Mayday
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Over its 200-plus years, this country has had 28 different flags, a record for any country
USA
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Scooby-Doo's name was inspired by a line in this 1966 song standard
Strangers in the night
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This state is 2nd in blueberry production, 3rd in cranberries, 4th in peaches but 1st in chemical production
NJ
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It was inspired by support for economist Henry George's idea that only land should be taxed
Monopoly
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This 5-letter word can refer to one type of work by a composer, or to several works of different types
Opera
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Highly diversified, it's the only co. in the Dow Jones Industrial Average that was included in the original index of 1896
GE
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Alphabetically, they're the first & last of the 7 countries where the Andes are found
Argentina and Venezuela
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It only has 3 communities with a population over 15,000 & is the least populous state east of the Mississippi
Vermont
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One of the 2 state capitals whose names end with the letter "U"
Honolulu Juneau
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He was the first president to use a middle name
John Quincy Adams
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1 of the 3 national capitals in the Western Hemisphere that have "City" in their English names
Mexico City, Panama City, Guatemala City
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By virtue of the great quantity eaten, this vegetable is the leading source of vitamin C in the American diet
Potato
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This brand's famous logo originally represented Vulcan about to strike his anvil
Arm and Hammer
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It may come from a ship travel acronym for port windows on the outward journey & starboard coming home
POSH
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Of the more than a dozen countries through which the equator passes, this country stretches farthest south
Brazil
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Robert Chesebrough named this brand for the German word for water & the Greek word for olive oil
Vaseline
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By size, it's the largest country that borders only one other country
Canada
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Over 260,000 people have been buried here, starting in 1864
Arlington National Cemetery
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The world's highest city of over 1 million people sits at about 12,000 feet in these mountains
The Andes
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This '71 film opens on the words "To the police officers of San Francisco who gave their lives in the line of duty"
Dirty Harry
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On September 26, 1960 these 2 men squared off in the studios of WBBM in Chicago
JFK Nixon
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In area, they're the largest & smallest states that joined the Union in the 19th century
TX and WV
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Originally called "Prima Donna", it was renamed for a Renaissance painting & won an Oscar
Mona Lisa
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The DVD of this 1961 film includes "picture-in-picture commentary on how to make the trick shots"
The Hustler
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Of the 7 Wonders of the Ancient World, this one was the smallest
Statue of Zeus at Olympia
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It's the common English word that is pronounced differently when it becomes the name of a language
Polish
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One of the only 2 Canadian provinces that do not border a saltwater ocean or bay
Alberta Saskatchewan
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This 1995 double Oscar winner takes its title from a line used by Claude Rains in 1942's "Casablanca"
The Usual Suspects
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Walter Cronkite said it was first used in 1952 for "Not exactly a reporter, not exactly a commentator"
Anchorman
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2 of the 3 4-letter countries of Africa
Togo, Mali, Chad
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All of the mountains in the U.S. over 14,500 feet are in this state
Alaska
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French physicist Leon Foucault gave it its name, which is from the Greek for "to view the rotation"
Gyroscope
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This 2-word term was first used to describe advisors who spoke to the press after a 1984 Reagan-Mondale debate
Spin Doctor
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This phrase meaning "discuss the most important matter" dates back to 1920s movie editing
Cut to the chase
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After killing his wife's lover in Washington, D.C. in 1859, Rep. Daniel Sickles was the 1st to claim this, a 2-word term
Temporary insanity
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According to U.N. data, it's the world's most populous city named for a person
Sao Paulo Brazil
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The food item that some named for Vienna, others named for this city 400 miles away
Frankfurt
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Before the first income tax was levied, the U.S. government got 90% of its revenue in the form of these
Tariffs
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Partly from the Greek algos, "pain", it was first noted in 1688 in Swiss soldiers fighting far from home
Nostalgia
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The only 2 Democratic presidents defeated for reelection since the Civil War
Cleveland Carter
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It's the largest U.S. city in population that's named for an American individual
Houston
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Bill Harmsen, who raised horses in Colo., happily founded this candy co. in 1949 to make money during the winter
Jolly Rancher
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The only man named Time's Man of the Year 2 straight years, he shared the distinction with Kissinger in 1972
Nixon
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his word that begins with the Greek word for "all" was coined by John Milton & means "tumultuous disorder"
Pandemonium
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At about 63%, there are more atoms of this element than any other in your body
Hydrogen
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Odobenus, the genus name of this animal, comes from the Greek for "one who walks with his teeth"
Walrus
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Wilton, Connecticut, a quiet, affluent town near New York City, was the basis for this title town in a 1972 novel
Stepford
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This department contains the Federal Emergency Management Agency, the Secret Service & the Coast Guard
Department Homeland Security
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