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| She's the first female track & field athlete to win medals in 5 different events at a single Olympics. | |
| This somewhat negative term arose because twisting fibers into thread was mainly a woman's job. | |
| Phoebe Snetsinger, she of the apropos first name, set a record for this activity, about 8,400 species. | |
| Once slang for brain, this 2-word phrase now means the Heritage Foundation or the Brookings Institution. | |
| Gavdos, an islet administratively part of this larger island, is Europe's southernmost point. | |
| In a last-minute change in his manuscript, Charles Dickens renamed Little Fred this. | |
| This title character who debuted in 1999 was created by former marine biology educator Steve Hillenburg. | |
| In 1960 this new national leader made the longest speech in United Nations history, 4 hours & 29 minutes. | |
| The Chinese government, which controls all of these in the U.S., won't let a new one be named until it's 100 days old. | |
| 'Did I request thee, maker, from my clay to mould me man ...' is the epigraph to this 1818 novel. | |
| First designed as a surgical disinfectant, in 1895 it was available to dentists & by 1914 was sold OTC. | |
| In the NATO phonetic alphabet (Alpha, Bravo, etc.), the 2 that are title Shakespearean characters. | |
| In 1582 the man born Ugo Buoncompagni proclaimed this solar dating system still used today. | |
| Josephine Cochrane's 1886 version of this consisted of a copper boiler, wire baskets & a pump. | |
| The almost 4-decade collaboration of these 2 Germans began in Paris in 1844. | |
| In 1826 Daniel Webster eulogized these 2 men, saying, 'They took their flight together to the world of spirits'. | |
| This 1973 thriller was re-released in 2000 with extra footage, including a scene in which Ritalin is prescribed. | |
| In 1901 U.S. Surgeon General Walter Wyman helped establish a hospital in Hawaii for this disease. | |
| 'I am the rose of Sharon' & 'When you know your name, you should hang on to it' are from 2 different books titled this. | |
| This title character's full name is Oscar Zoroaster Phadrig Isaac Norman Henkle Emmannuel Ambroise Diggs. | |
| In 1899 he was released from Devil's Island & pardoned for 'treason under extenuating circumstances'. | |
| This fruit of North America shares its name with a literary character who debuted in an 1876 novel. | |
| Born in January 1919, the month Teddy Roosevelt died, he was given the middle name Roosevelt. | |
| Its 1st broadcast, February 24, 1942, said, 'The news may be good. The news may be bad. We shall tell you the truth'. | |
| Ironically, he might have saved himself from death in 1779 if he had known how to swim. | |
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| Born in 1564, he was employed by Elizabeth I's Secretary of State to uncover Catholic plots against her reign. | |
| After a 58-year flirtation, this woman called it off temporarily in issue No. 720. | |
| Of the 8 members of the G-8 industrial nations, the one with the smallest population. | |
| Daniel means 'God is my judge', Ezekiel, 'God strengthens'; & this name in Genesis 32, 'he strives with God'. | |
| The first 2 New York Times headlines set in 96-point type were in these 2 years, 5 years apart. | |
| For his role in writing this 1861 document, Thomas Cobb of Georgia has been compared to James Madison. | |
| With a book about the south, he became the first president--past or present--to publish a novel. | |
| Experts believe that 16th C. Dutch growers, through breeding, gave this vegetable its color to honor their ruling house. | |
| The libretto for 'William Tell' was in this language, the native tongue of neither the composer, Rossini, nor the subject. | |
| In area it's the largest African country through which the Greenwich meridian passes. | |
| Her recording career lasted just 8 years, starting in 1955 with 'A Church, A Courtroom, And Then Good-Bye' | |
| The 2 U.S. presidents whose middle names are also the last names of 2 other presidents. | |
| 2 of the 4 Shakespeare plays in which ghosts appear on stage. (Please respond in ABC order). | |
| In 2002 the Library of Congress had William B. Jones, Jr. speak on this 1941-1971 comic book series in its collection. | |
| A controversial 1979 war film was based on a 1902 work by this author. | |
| In the '20s the alleged spirit powers of Margery caused a rift between these 2 men, a magician & a writer. | |
| 2 of the 3 men who went from being either a U.S. senator or congressman directly to the presidency (please respond in ABC order, last names only). | |
| In November 2000, Pope John Paul II proclaimed this 16th century Englishman as the patron saint of politicians. | |
| A Spanish dictionary defines it as 'circulo maximo que equidista de los polos de la tierra'. | |
| Norma McCorvey recently sought a reversal to her landmark 1973 case in which she had this name. | |
| Before Victoria & Elizabeth II, this was the last British monarch to reign during 2 different centuries. | |
| Ford Madox Ford, in the ‘20s, hadn’t “read more than six words” by this man before vowing to “publish everything he sent me”. | |
| Marilyn plots her husband's murder at a honeymoon site in this, her only film with a 1-word title. | |
| Called the 2 most innovative 19th century American poets, one didn't read the other after being 'told that he was disgraceful'. | |
| This Monsanto product was developed as a covering to turn asphalt lots in urban areas into playgrounds. | |
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| On Monday, December 13, 3 people designated these will meet in Cheyenne, Wyoming to help decide the world's future. | |
| The last thing visitors see in the exhibit area of the Salem Witch Museum is a huge photo of this politician. | |
| 'Somnium', an early work of science fiction, was written by this German & published posthumously in 1634. | |
| Legend says this musical was inspired by Lunt & Fontanne's backstage bickering during a Shakespeare play. | |
| The 2nd-smallest independent country in area in the Western Hemisphere; in the '80s it was invaded by the 2nd largest. | |
| Last name of the Chicago cab fleet operator who started the 'Drive-Ur-Self' rental system. | |
| After his public comments were criticized by FDR, he resigned his Air Corps Reserve commission in April 1941. | |
| They first teamed up in 1974; one a quiet Latin teacher & the other a former clown college student. | |
| The brother of this leader is believed to be the first known European to have died in the Americas. | |
| After several decades off it, works by this man seen here returned to the New York Times Bestseller List in 2003. | |
| With only about 425,000 people, it's South America's least populous independent mainland country. | |
| In 1893, as it was disappearing, F.J. Turner wrote a famous essay on 'The Significance of' it 'in American History'. | |
| 'The Babysitter Murders' was the working title for this 1978 thriller. | |
| It began in 1886 as an extension of an upper crust family's list of whose house they'd visit & who they'd receive. | |
| This king was the great-grandfather of France's King Louis XV. | |
| Souvenirs sold at this attraction include 1962 World's Fair glassware & mugs boasting 'I made it to the top'. | |
| In early drafts, the heroine of this novel was named Pansy & her family home was called Fontenoy Hall. | |
| Its solo female winner is awarded the Venus Rosewater Dish. | |
| This Fortune 100 company got its name from what it bought from sailors & sold to natural history collectors. | |
| The 'Playboy Riots' took place in this world capital in 1907 following a theatrical premiere. | |
| Aptly, his middle name contained the word 'rich'. | |
| Teddy Roosevelt used this boxing phrase to announce his 1912 candidacy & said, 'The fight is on & I'm stripped to the buff'. | |
| Of the 5 times Congress has declared war, the 3 during the 19th century were against these 3 nations (Please respond in ABC order). | |
| Of the Social Security Administration's top 10 boys' names in 2000, the 2, ending in the same letter, on a list of the 12 Apostles. | |
| Most of this firm's 70,000 seasonal white-collar employees work only 4 months a year. | |
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