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| When these women warriors had male babies, they killed them or made them slaves |
Amazons
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| Legend has it that this hat should have 100 pleats to stand for the 100 ways to prepare eggs |
a chef's hat
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| This 1979 coin was called "the Agony dollar" because the public disliked it so much |
the Susan B. Anthony dollar
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| Liberty Day, March 23, is the anniversary of his "Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death" speech |
Patrick Henry
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| He "can take a sunrise, sprinkle it with dew, cover it in chocolate and a miracle or two" |
"The Candy Man"
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| The Bundesrat & Bundestag |
the legislature of Germany
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| Among the "A" men this Greek goddess of love loved were Aries, Adonis & Anchises |
Aphrodite
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| Red dye made in this Moroccan city provided the color for this, formerly the national hat of Turkey |
Fez
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| This bill got its nickname because the Roman numeral on it resembles a sawhorse or sawbuck |
(Pat: What's the $5 bill?)
the $10 bill
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| Lest you forget, Shopping Reminder Day will remind you there are only 24 more days until this |
Christmas
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| You must remember this Herman Hupfeld song that Dooley Wilson sang in Casablanca |
"As Time Goes By"
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| The Diet or Kokkai |
the legislature of Japan
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| The Trojan hero of a masterpiece by Virgil |
Aeneas
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| An Italian city that was a center for hat fashions gave us this term for a maker of women's hats |
(Alex: [*], from Milan.)
a milliner
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| The two-word term that denotes coins & bills that can be used as lawful money to pay debts |
legal tender
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| January 19, the birthday of this general, is also celebrated as Confederate Heroes Day |
Robert E. Lee
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| The theme song from a James Bond film called him "The man with the Midas touch" |
Goldfinger
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| The Knesset |
(Shane: What is [*]'s legislature?)
the Israeli legislature
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| Roman goddess of dawn for whom certain nightlights in the sky are named |
Aurora
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| Although he went hatless through much of his campaign, JFK wore this type of hat at his inauguration |
a top hat
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| This $10 gold piece, issued from 1795-1933, was named for the bird on its back |
(Donna: What is the double eagle?) ... (Alex: It is not the double eagle. It is the [*].)
the eagle
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| National Handwriting Day is popularly observed on the birthday of this famous American |
(Donna: Who is Palmer?) (Alex: No, sorry. Who is [*]? A man who is perhaps more famous for his handwriting than for the other important elements.)
John Hancock
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| In "Over the Rainbow," "troubles melt like" these "away above the chimney tops" |
lemon drops
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| The Cortes |
the Spanish legislature
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| Sophocles wrote a play about this daughter of the incestuous union between Oedipus & Jocasta |
Antigone
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| In the late 1800s & early 1900s hats were decorated with feathers from a marabou, a type of this bird |
(Donna: What is an ostrich?)
a stork
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| This U.S. Secretary of the Treasury issued the first greenbacks in 1861 |
Salmon P. Chase
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| In Islam, the festival of the breaking of the fast marks the end of this holy month |
(Alex: And we have a minute left.)
Ramadan
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| Title line that follows, "Here I go again, I hear those trumpets blow again, all aglow again" |
(Pat: What is "Falling in Love with Love"?)
"Taking A Chance On Love"
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| The Dail & the Senate |
Ireland
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