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This leader of Woman Suffrage co-founded the Woman's Suffrage Association in 1989.
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Anthony, Susan Brownwell.
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She was featured on the short-lived U.S. dollar coin.
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This leader of Woman Suffrage was featured on the short-lived U.S. dollar coin.
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Anthony, Susan Brownwell.
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She co-founded the Woman's Suffrage Association in 1989.
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This Philippine politician was president of the Philippines from 1986-1992.
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Aquino, Corazon.
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A Philippine president would have been given A KEY, NO?
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This Palestinian political leader and leader of the Palestine Liberation Organization shared the 1994 Nobel Peace Prize with Yitzhak Rabin.
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Arafat, Yasir.
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Too easy -- no hint.
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Greek mathematician and inventor known for his Principle of Buoyancy.
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Archimedes.
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This smart Greek could have had his own ARCH DE MEDES.
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Greek mathematician and inventor known for crying "Eureka!"
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Archimedes.
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This smart Greek could have had his own ARCH DE MEDES.
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Greek playwright considered the greatest ancient comedy writer; eleven of his great plays survive.
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Aristophanes.
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Only the ARISTOcrats could view his comedies.
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Greek philosopher who studied under Plato and later tutored Alexander the Great.
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Aristotle.
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This smart guy once cried "OH! TILE!" when trying to decide on what floor covering to use in his bathroom.
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Greek philosopher who opened the school, the Lyceum.
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Aristotle.
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This smart guy once cried "OH! TILE!" when trying to decide on what floor covering to use in his bathroom.
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This African-American musician is best known for pioneering the improvisational Jazz Trumpet.
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Armstrong, Louis.
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This man must have a STRONG ARM to be able to hold up his trumpet for extended periods of time.
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This man was the first to walk on the moon.
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Armstrong, Neil.
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Too easy -- no hint.
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American revolutionary traitor.
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Arnold, Benedict
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Too easy -- no hint.
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English poet best known for _Dover Beach_.
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Arnold, Matthew.
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The DOVE flew OVER the ARM MOLD. Weird? Yes.
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This president succeeded Garfield after the president's death.
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Arthur, Chester Alan
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The GIGAR from the FIELD of them became and AUTHOR.
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American tennish player who was the first African-American to win the U.S. Open, Australian Open,and Wimbledon.
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Ashe, Arthur.
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This African-American was ASHY.
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President of Syria who was defense minister before leading a successful military coup that made him premier then president.
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Assad, Hafez al-
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There was a picture of a DONKEY in the AD for Syria.
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American dancer born in Omaha, NE as Frederick Austerlitz.
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Astaire, Fred.
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_ _ _ _ and Ginger, spinning madly. . .
What do we care? Movies are there! |
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This American fur merchant excercised a virtual monopoly on the fur trade in the U.S. territories.
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Astor, John Jacob.
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This DONKEY ran a monopoly on all furs bought in STOREs.
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The richest man in the U.S. on his death.
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Astor, John Jacob.
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This DONKEY ran a monopoly on all furs bought in STOREs, which made him rich.
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This British statesman was a former leader of the Labour party, and member of Winston Churchill's cabinet, and he bacame prime minister in 1945.
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Attlee, Clement.
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"A little TEA, LEE," said the British Statesman.
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American ornithologist from Santo Domingo who began collecting the extensive ornithological observations that led to the publication of _The_Birds_of_America_ in 1838.
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Audobon, John James.
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Too easy. . .
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One of the masters fo the English novel, (s)he is best known for works such as _Sense_and_Sensibility_, _Pride_and_Predjudice_, _Mansfield_Park_, and _Emma_.
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Austen, Jane.
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This is SOO easy . . .
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Texas, need I say more? . . .
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Austin, Stephen.
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Texas's capital city is . . .
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Italian physisicist who created his namesake law, that gasses with equal volume, pressure, and temperature conditions contain the same number of molecules. . .
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Avogadro, Amadeo.
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. . . and his namesake constant is the number of molecules or atoms in a mole.
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English mathematician most famous for his attempt to create a primitave computer, which he called an analytical engine.
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Babbage, Charles.
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CABBAGE is not a good thing to stick inside a computer.
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German composer best known during his lifetime as an organist.
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Bach, Johann Sebastian.
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You can travel BACK in time by listening to one of his works.
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English philosopher who wrote the Instauratio Magna.
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Bacon, Francis.
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He must've bought a bunch of BACON, FRANCIS, with his posthumus profits on his unfinished work.
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English painter whose works include _Three_Studies_for_Figures_at_the_Base_of_a_Crucifixion_.
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Bacon, Francis.
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The profit he made from his works could've bought a bunch of BACON, FRANCIS.
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American rebellion leader who led an uprising in colonial Virgina, although it was cut short when he died of Malaria.
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Bacon, Nathaniel.
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If only NATHAN had eaten a little more BACON, he might've lived.
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English scientist and philosopher often credited with foreseeing many great scientific advances.
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Bacon, Rodger.
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How much BACON did this RODGER (as in Bannister) to predict all of these things?
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British soldier famous for founding Boy Scouts.
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Baden-Powell, Robert.
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It is BAD 'n to POW 'l Boy Scouts with guns.
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British explorer who, although he did not succeed in finding the Northwest Passage, he did find his namesake bay.
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Baffin, William.
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Too easy. . .
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British diplomat who negotiated the Rush-Bagot Convention, limiting U.S. armaments on the Canadian border.
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Bagot, Sir Charles.
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I left a BAG of OATS on the Canadian border.
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U.S. public official who served as campaign chairmant for Georger H. W. Bush.
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Baker, James Addison, III.
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I bet the White House has a great BAKER!
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American ballet choreographer who helped found the School of American Ballet.
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Balanchine, George.
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This guy is one BALLET MACHINE.
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Spanish conquistador who found the Pacific Ocean.
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Balboa, Vasco.
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I found a BALD BOA in the Pacific ocean.
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African-American author famous for _Go_Tell_It_on_the_Mountain_, _Just_Above_My_Head_, and _Notes_of_a_Native_Son_.
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Baldwin, James.
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On BALD mountain, there were heavy WINDs.
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British statesman who issued the Balfour Declaration that pledged British support for the creation of Israel.
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Balfour, Arthur James.
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When Israel became a country, all BALL was held FOR him.
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French writer who wrote _Pere_Goriot_, _Cousin_Bette_, and _The_Human_Comedy_.
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Balzac, Honore de.
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The name BAL'ZAC is a really funny like a comedy is.
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British athlete who was the first man to run a mile in under four minutes.
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Bannister, Sir Rodger.
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Too easy. . .
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Canadian physisist who was the first to isolate insulin.
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Banting, Sir Frederick.
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Much BANTER was made about insulin.
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American 20th century composer who wrote _Adagio_for_Strings_, _Knoxville. . . _, and _Antony_and_Cleopatra_.
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Barber, Samuel.
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The BARBER of Seville is an opera and this guy writes them (and other music, too).
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