20th Century People

David Ben-Gurion described her as "The only man in my cabinet"

Golda Meir

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State Capitals

This state capital is on the site of a cross erected by Capt. Christopher Newport May 24, 1607

Richmond, VA

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The Movies

The night before their first mass jump in 1940, paratroopers at Fort Benning saw a Western about this man

Geronimo

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U.S. Geography

It's the only U.S. state that touches 2 oceans

Alaska

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Musical History

It's the nursery rhyme that inspired the title of a famous musical based on a 1913 G.B. Shaw work

London Bridge (Shaw --> Pygmalion --> My Fair Lady --> London Bridge)

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Shakespeare

Oddly enough, this 3-word phrase is the only Latin phrase spoken in the play "Julius Caesar"

Et tu Brute?

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Diplomatic Relations

Of the 4 countries in the world that the U.S. does not have diplomatic relations with, the one that's farthest north (as of 03/2009)

North Korea

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Films of the 60s

In the top films of 2 consecutive years in the 1960s, she played a nanny & a governess

Julie Andrews

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Olympic Teams

Formed in 1988 & subject of a 1993 film, this team had its first sponsor, Red Stripe Lager, for the Nagano games

Jamaican boblsed team

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(yes, this was a double)

Science

As it has no mass, this particle travels at about 186,000 miles per second

photon

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American Literature

The only native Californian to win the Nobel Prize for Literature

Steinbeck

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Biology

This outermost skin layer may be five times thicker on the palms & soles than on the rest of the body

Epidermis

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Artists and their Works

1962: "Group of Five Campbell's Soup Cans"

Andy Warhol

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Their First Novels

Oui! Oui! in 1863 this science fiction pioneer published his first novel, "Five Weeks in a Balloon"

Jules Verne

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The Iliad, MacBeth, or the Hobbit

After Smaug is killed, the "Battle of Five Armies" ensues

The Hobbit

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Phrases in the King James Bible

Cain's 5-word question to God in Genesis 4:9, when asked of Abel's whereabouts

Am I my brother's keeper?

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Angelina Jolie

Angelina voiced Tigress, one of the "Furious Five" in this 2008 movie

Kung Fu Panda

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Books and Authors

In 2003 Mitch Albom had a No. 1 bestseller with "The Five People You Meet" here

in heaven

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I Know That Song

Five For Fighting flew high with this song that says, "I'm more than a bird, I'm more than a plane"

Superman

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Movie Taglines

1995: "Five criminals. One line up. No coincidence"

The Usual Suspects

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Texas Hold 'Em Hands

You've been dealt a "speed limit" if you hold a pair of these

fives

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