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You must include this in your last minute shopping...shopping for the right answers, i. e,
but said shopping can't mean research. And don't repeat questions please.

1..C___ M_____ Pneumoconiosis is an occupational disease.

2..Over-the-top acting is often called s______ c______.

3..Mockingbird Hill & How High the Moon artist?

4..The poorest Middle East country(?) has 1/3 of pre-schoolers suffering from malnutrition.

5..Muhammed Ali taunted which opponent with, "What's my name?"

6..Cirneco dell'Etna, Bergamasco & Boerboel are new..?

7.."Sleight of hand and twist of fate,
On a bed of nails she makes me wait."

8..Author of The American Crisis essays from the 18thC?

9..What is former Wimbldeon champ Amelie Mauresmo doing nowadays
that's pretty revolutionary?

10..Where is the Sea of Marmara?

11..What happened to Mary the elephant in Erwin, Tn in 1916?

12..What well-known person is given credit for the Barack/Raul phone call?

13..Who is the Independent New England Senator who likes socialism?
 
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3. Ella Fitzgerald
11. Was hung for killing its trainer
13. Bernie Saunders
 

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2. Shatner complex? (as in William)
5. Liston?
7. Ok this one I know. With or Without You (U2)
 

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Will we ever know why VAUC has gone from clean-up hitter to lead-off batter this time?

3..Zorro, include his partner please.
 

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11. Thomas Edison electrocuted her to prove that Tesla's theories were dangerous.
13. Bernie Sanders
 
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10. The body of water between the Dardanelles and the Bosporus straits.
 

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11..Edison electrocuted Mary?!!!! No, direct current wouldn't be enough. Westinhouse coulda dun it.
 

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11..Edison electrocuted Mary?!!!! No, direct current wouldn't be enough. Westinhouse coulda dun it.

Ah, TOPSY! That elephant's name was Topsy. (And there's question as to Edison's involvement in that death but he did electrocute animals all the time earlier.) (Edison was a jerk.) (Seriously.)
 

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6..Newly accepted members of the American K_____ Club.

11..Not only a jerk, Wally, but a thief, taking credit for others' inventions. Looking back, if only Westinghouse had been the long-living one
instead.
 

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5. Ernie Terrell - Terrell refused to use Ali's new name; insisted on calling him Cassius Clay
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1..Wally has Coal Miners, AKA Black Lung Disease, for which there is no cure.

2..Waq-a-Wally(who replaces the mole) with scenery chewing.

3..Zorro starts things with Les Paul; drive makes sure Les is not lonely and paints in Mary Ford.

4..Bangladesh would not be Middle Eastern. Wally's on top with Yemen.

5..It's not nice to aggravate Ali with his slave name. VAUC & geordi cite Ernie Terrel as the aggravator.

7..With or Without You restores Meyers' confidence that he knows a thing or 2. Well, no, not even 2.
Waq correct here too.

8..Rbny has Thomas Paine.

9.. Waq has seen her giving advice to former Wimbledon champ Andy Murray/

10..Zorro & ed4 place it. It separates Euro Turkey from Asian.

11..Both Topsy and Mary retaliated against inexperienced (and possibly mean-spirited) handlers.
Mob justice back then, along with a fondness for hanging, resulted in Mary's demise.
Ine & Wally will answer all pachyderm questions you have.

12..VAUC and Tevye sing , "The Papa".

13..The Vermonter Bernie Saunders, as Ine & Wally know, even though he's not an elephant...nor a donkey
for that matter.
 
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