Landmarks

Slated for demolition, it held 2 madmen, 4 forgers & a nobleman when the mob came for its gunpowder

The Bastille

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NFL Team Names

2 of the 4 teams in the NFL with completely alliterative names

Buffalo Bills, Jacksonville Jaguars, Seattle Seahawks, Tennessee Titans

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Cyber Glossary

In computerese this word from the Hindu faith means an icon of a user in virtual reality

avatar

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19th Century American Authors

He wrote, "I wanted to live deep and suck out all the marrow of life, to live so sturdily and spartan-like..."

Thoreau

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English

Group of 4 letters that sounds different within words for done, exhaustive, hack, idea, branch & coarse

O-U-G-H (through, thorough, cough, thought, bough, rough)

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Legendary People

He lived with his girlfriend, a fat priest & a 7-foot-tall archer

Robin Hood

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The Early 20th Century

On April 11, 1912, from a pier in Queenstown, Ireland, Francis Brown took one of the last known photos of this

The Titanic

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The Earth

As Earth wobbles slowly on its axis, this moves in a "Chandler Circle" with a diameter of about 1 to 70 feet

The North Pole

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Travel and Tourism

City that boasts the tallest U.S. monument, completed in 1965

St. Louis (The Gateway Arch)

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Medieval Firsts

In the Middle Ages, this man introduced fireworks to western Europe

Marco Polo

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Americana

Baptist minister Francis Bellamy penned this oath in 1892 to reflect his Christian Socialist beliefs

The Pledge of Allegiance

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Fictional Characters

In works written about 300 years apart, Nick Bottom & Pinocchio find themselves transformed into these

donkeys

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Colleges and Universities

(This New York univ. is named for the family whose company was the first to sell toothpaste in a tube

Colgate University

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Food and Drink

In 2001 a 5,861-gallon version of this drink was served up at a Jimmy Buffett-owned place in Orlando

margarita

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National Anthems

This country's national anthem was written on the night of April 24, 1792

France

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Presidential Firsts

The first president to cross the Atlantic Ocean while in office, he did so to meet with other world leaders

Wilson

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The Pulitzer Prizes

The first man to win the Pulitzer Prize for his film criticism, he's lobbied for a Pulitzer Prize for the movies

Roger Ebert

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Historic Americans

He turned down an appointment as a U.S. senator in 1875 because it meant accepting a pardon for treason

Jefferson Davis

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Calendar

The only day of the week named for a Roman god

Saturday (for Saturn)

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Astronauts

Born Edwin in 1930, this Apollo astronaut legally changed his name in 1982 to his popular nickname

Buzz Aldrin

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Business and Industry

The Welch's Company has its corporate headquarters in this Mass. town

Concord

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Women in Sports

In 2006 the National Tennis Center in New York was renamed in her honor

Billie Jean King

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Journalism

In an 1897 editorial that stated, "Thank God! He lives, and he lives forever" this question was answered

Is there a Santa Claus? (Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Clause)

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