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| Sgt. Paul Ray Smith posthumously received the Medal of Honor in 2005, the first for actions in this war |
(Andrew: What is the Gulf War?)
the Second (Persian) Gulf War
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| In 1842 President Tyler ordered the end of military actions against this Florida tribe, but no peace treaty was signed |
the Seminoles
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| In a 1992 TV biopic, Robert Duvall was this Soviet man of steel |
Stalin
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| Basmati, an aromatic type of this grain, is grown in the foothills of the Himalayas & is especially popular in India |
rice
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| The only existing "Beowulf" manuscript dates to around 1000 & resides in a library in this capital |
London
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| Rings & pommel horse are part of this Olympic sport |
gymnastics
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| John Stafford Smith composed "To Anacreon In Heaven", later used as the tune for this song |
(Dan: Uh... what is, uh... "Oh! Susanna"?)
"The Star Spangled Banner"
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| Judy Davis won an Emmy in 2001 for her portrayal of this show-biz Judy & her tumultuous life |
Judy Garland
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| Samuel Johnson called it "a grain which in England is generally given to horses, but in Scotland supports the people" |
oats
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| Beowulf lives in Geatland in Sweden but travels to this other Scandinavian country to aid King Hrothgar |
Denmark
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| In Hodgkin's disease, these nodes become enlarged |
lymph nodes
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| In 1838 Joseph Smith came up with a 10% solution & introduced this practice to the LDS church |
tithing
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| This Montana tribe that shares its name with a black bird calls itself Apsaalooke, or "children of the large-beaked bird" |
Crow
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| In 1997 Jack Lemmon & George C. Scott led a stellar cast in a remake of this jury drama |
12 Angry Men
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| It's the main grain for malt production |
barley
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| Heorot is a hall that functions as a seat of govt. as well as a place to down tankards of this fermented honey beverage |
mead
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| Seen here, at 9,570 feet, it's Greece's highest mountain |
Olympus
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| William Smith, a Weymouth, Massachusetts minister, was this First Lady's father |
(Autumn: Who is Martha Washington?)
Abigail Adams
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| Historically, the Mojave were known as the Pipa Aha Macav, "people by the river"--this river |
the Colorado (River)
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| In "Death of a Centerfold", Jamie Lee Curtis played this starry-eyed Canadian teenager who became a Playboy Playmate |
(Dan: Who is Pamela Anderson?)
Dorothy Stratten
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| In the 1950s pollen grains of this were discovered in Mexico City & estimated to be 60,000 years old |
corn (maize)
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| When one of these creatures ravages his land, the elderly Beowulf slays it but is mortally wounded |
a dragon
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| This type of punch is delivered with great force & can result in a knockout |
a haymaker
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| When he launched FedEx in 1973, it delivered 186 packages the first night; now it handles more than 10 mil. a day |
Frederick Smith
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| Now starring on "Shameless", he played a traveling salesman with cerebral palsy in "Door to Door" |
William H. Macy
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| From the Latin for "hard", it's wheat used chiefly in making pasta |
(Andrew: What is semolina?) [The end-of-round signal sounds.]
durum
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| This evil monster who's terrorized King Hrothgar's land for 12 years is a demon descended from Cain |
Grendel
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| It's a figure of speech like "cruel kindness" or, as some soldiers say, "military intelligence" |
(Andrew: What is a euphemism?)
an oxymoron
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