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| 2 years before turning traitor, he rallied the Americans to victory at the Second Battle of Saratoga |
Benedict Arnold
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| John Ford, son of immigrants from this country, directed 1952's "The Quiet Man", which was set there |
[The end-of-round signal sounds.]
Ireland
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| Dropping the "S" from the last name of a TV Superman gives you the last name of this movie Superman |
(Alex: George Reeves was the TV Superman.)
(Christopher) Reeve
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| 20th century U.S. presidential middle name |
(Nancy: What is Fritz?)
(John) Fitzgerald (Kennedy)
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| Descartes believed "Cogito ergo sum", "I" do this, "therefore I am" |
I think
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| In transportation, the horseless carriage is a car & the iron horse is this |
Train
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| In speaking against the Stamp Act in May 1765, he said, "If this be treason, make the most of it" |
(Chris: Who is Thomas Paine?) (Mary: Who is Adams?)
Patrick Henry
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| Correct name, with no possessive "S", of the creator of a Lynchburg, Tennessee whiskey brand |
Jack Daniel
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| In 1972, he won his final gold medal swimming the butterfly leg in the 4x100-meter relay |
Mark Spitz
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| Descartes devised the analytic or coordinate type of this |
(Nancy: What is the Cartesian coordinate?)
geometry
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| In 1869 the 10th Hussars introduced to England this game also called "hockey on horseback" |
Polo
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| In 1781 he was given command of the Navy's largest ship, America, but the ship was turned over to France |
John Paul Jones
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| One swallow does not make this "Hot Stuff" disco superstar |
Donna Summer
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| From the German word for cutlet, it describes meat dipped in egg, breaded & fried |
Schnitzel
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| Like Locke & Voltaire, Descartes was a major figure of the era known as the "Age of " this |
Reason
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| This breed's 3 main bloodlines go back to the Darley Arabian, the Godolphin Arabian & the Byerly Turk |
Thoroughbred
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| John Adams' "Thoughts on Government" claimed this title quality was sadly lacking in Tom Paine's pamphlet |
Common sense
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| This "Principle"d author wrote a 1969 bestseller on the subject of human incompetence |
Laurence Peter
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| "Bar" none, it's a commandment of the Jewish law |
Mitzvah
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| In 1649 he accepted an invitation from Queen Christina to visit this country; he died there in 1650 |
Sweden
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| In this sport, a second refusal can cost you 6 faults |
Jumping
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| Born to a prosperous Boston brewer, he's been called the "Father of the American Revolution" |
Sam Adams
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| James, father of this British thinker, made him study Greek at 3 & Latin at 8 -- those are ages, not times |
John Stuart Mill
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| It's the ancient Mexican sacred site seen here |
Chichen Itza
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| Descartes was one of these, not for fighting rivals, but for saying the world had 2 basic substances |
(Alex: And we have about a minute left.)
a dualist
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| "All the Pretty Horses" is volume 1 of his Border trilogy |
Cormac McCarthy
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