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| Congress eliminated this metal from dimes & quarters & reduced it in half-dollars |
silver
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| This airline's AAdvantage program is the oldest frequent flyer program |
American Airlines
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| In "Lost Horizon" the High Lama tells Conway the history of this strange land |
Shangri-La
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| In Britain one of these is equal to about 4.5 liters; in the U.S., only about 3.8 |
a gallon
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| The "middle" part of this organ is an air cavity in the temporal bone |
the ear
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| His works have inspired several operas, including "Pickwick" |
Dickens
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| This company introduced its $20 Swinger camera |
(Andy: What is Kodak?)
Polaroid
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| Pierre Balmain designed the Malay sarongs worn by this airline's flight attendants |
Singapore Airlines
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| Solzhenitsyn chronicled "One Day in the Life of" this character whose last name is Shukhov |
Ivan Denisovich
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| This mile is made up of 6,076 feet |
a nautical mile
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| Popularly called the shinbone, it's the larger of the 2 bones in the lower leg |
(Andy: What is the femur?) (Kriss: What is the fibula?)
the tibia
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| Of Pasta, Paella or Panettone, the first woman to sing the title role of "Norma" |
(Kriss: Who is Paella?) (John: Who is Panettone?)
(Giuditta) Pasta
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| When one of these occurred on Nov. 9, 1965, it affected 30 million people in an 80,000-square-mile area |
a blackout
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| In July 1992 this bankrupt airline was found guilty of willful misconduct in the Lockerbie disaster |
Pan Am
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| In the last chapter of this Steinbeck novel, Rose of Sharon delivers a stillborn child |
The Grapes of Wrath
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| The longest measure of time, the Hindu kalpa, is equal to 4,320,000,000 of these |
years
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| While humans have 2 of these collarbones, dogs don't have any |
(Kriss: What are scapulae?)
clavicles
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| This charismatic Greek-American was acclaimed for her 1947 performance as "La Gioconda" in Verona |
Callas
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| From the capsule, James McDivitt joked to this 1st U.S. spacewalker, "You smeared my windshield, you dirty dog!" |
(Ed) White
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| This airline was named for its Chicago airport hub |
Midway Airlines
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| Stingo is the narrator of this William Styron novel about a Polish survivor of Auschwitz |
Sophie's Choice
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| The coulomb is the International System unit of this type of charge |
electric charge
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| Resting on the maxilla, the zygomatic is this bone in the face |
the cheekbone
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| This Gian Carlo Menotti opera debuted on Christmas Eve, 1951 |
(Andy: What is... The Cricket on the Hearth?)
Amahl and the Night Visitors
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| This PBS host may have written in his journal in July, "I replaced George Reedy as presidential press secretary" |
(John: Who is Tony Brown?)
Bill Moyers
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| This airline acquired both Piedmont & PSA in the 1980s |
(Andy: What is Southwest?)
USAir
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| Offred is chosen to be a handmaid in this author's "The Handmaid's Tale" |
Margaret Atwood
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| A micron is one-millionth of this measure |
a meter
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| It's the collective name for the bones that form the fingers & toes |
the phalanges
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| Despite her parents' schemes, Marenka marries the man she loves in this Smetana opera |
The Bartered Bride
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