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THEY WERE EXPELLED: Once publisher of the USA’s largest newspaper chain, he was expelled from Harvard in 1885 for insulting his professors

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William Randolph Hearst

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BIG FARMER : This tall Army sergeant who became a WWI hero was presented with a farm by the state of Tennessee

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Alvin York

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SERGEANT YORK : WWI’s famous Sgt. Alvin York was born on Dec. 13, 1887 in Pall Mall in this “Volunteer State”

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Tennessee

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LEFTOVERS : In 1872 this American brig with a feminine name was found at sea–just the ship; the crew was missing

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Mary Celeste

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HORSE and WRITER: Robert Louis Stevenson rode his horse Jack to Apia, now capital of this Pacific island nation

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Samoa

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CITY OF BIRTH : Robert Louis Stevenson

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Edinburgh

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OBSERVATIONS and CELEBRATIONS : Chinese New Year for kids is a red envelope day; they get ‘em stuffed with this

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cash

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MELLOW FELLOWS: This Chinese philosopher of the 500s B.C.: “When anger rises, think of the consequences”

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Confucius

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BODIES OF WATER: This most sacred river of India was named for a Hindu goddess

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the Ganges

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4-WORD EXCHANGE: The Declaration of Independence mentions the unalienable rights of “life, liberty and” this

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The pursuit of happiness

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OUR FOUNDING FATHERS: He signed the Declaration of Independence twice: on July 4, 1776 and in large letters the following month

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John Hancock

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THICKER THAN WATER: Nearly 80 years later, this sunken battleship is still leaking oil in Pearl Harbor

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The USS Arizona

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HOLIDAYS and OBSERVANCES: Pearl Harbor Day is observed on this date, one “which will live in infamy’

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December 7th

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PARTS OF SPEECH : Here’s a very, very, very good clue from our non-lazy, teacher: very

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an adverb

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“C” FLAT: Divided into 64 squares, it’s usually found with royalty on it

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a chessboard

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COTTON: In 1794 he was granted a patent for his cotton gin

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Eli Whitney

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NAME THE CENTURY : Eli Whitney invents the cotton gin

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18th Century (1793)

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TELL ME “Y”: In China it’s also known as the Chang Jiang or “long river”

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Yangtze

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IN WHICH MONTH: Kwanzaa begins

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December

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CELLO: When you think of a cello solo, you’re probably thinking of this Baroque composer’s cello prelude from around 1720

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Bach

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BYE, GEORGE!: After this composer met his “Messiah” in 1759, he was buried in Poets’ Corner in Westminster Abbey

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George Handel

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I WANT CANDY: This word, a synonym for chewy, is found before “worms” & “bears” in the names of candy

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gummy

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SCIENCE GUYS: Born in Germany in 1879, he fled to America in 1932 & became a U.S. citizen in 1940

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Einstein

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THE FIRST MODERN OLYMPICS: As in ancient times, the first Modern Olympics, held in this country in 1896, had only male participants

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Greece

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WORD ORIGINS: The name of this head covering for Muslim women comes from the Arabic for “to cover”

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hijab

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FAMOUS FIRSTS: He was not only the first president to die in office but also served the shortest term, a mere month

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William Henry Harrison

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THE SMITHSONIAN FROM A TO Z: A: At the American Art Museum, 34 of his photos, including several of Yosemite

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Ansel Adams

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PHOTOGRAPHY: In digital photography, it’s the opposite of portrait mode

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landscape

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PHOTOGRAPHY: The button you press on most cameras to take the picture is called this “release”

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shutter

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GO FOR BAROQUE: His parents wanted him to be a lawyer, but he ended up composing the “Messiah”

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Handel

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PRESIDENTS’ MIDDLE NAMES: Howard

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William Taft

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LONDON: Street that’s home to London’s oldest theater and the Muffin Man

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Drury Lane

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COMPOSERS: He published “The Four Seasons” with poems that expressed what the music was intended to evoke about each season

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Vivaldi

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TENNIS: Long before losing to Billie Jean King, he won at Wimbledon in 1939

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Bobby Riggs

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ON A “WIM”: Site of the All-England Lawn Tennis Club

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Wimbledon

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ARTISTS: This “Fog Warning” artist’s 1st assignment for “Harper’s Weekly” was to sketch Lincoln’s inauguration

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Winslow Homer

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U.S. STAMPS: As a tribute to WWII Marines, the Post Office issued a 1945 stamp depicting this event

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the raising of the flag on Iwo Jima

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PRESIDENTS: The only president who fought in the French & Indian War

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George Washington

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AMERICAN QUOTATIONS: He resolved that “government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the Earth”

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Abraham Lincoln

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ROALD DAHL: This character “can make marshmallows that taste of violets”

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Willy Wonka

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THE 2020 OLYMPICS IN 2021: Not an anthem but Tchaikovsky was played at gold medal ceremonies for the ROC, short for this team, the result of a ban

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Russian Olympic Commitee

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THE 2020 OLYMPICS IN 2021: The first Hmong-American Olympian, she won all-around gold in gymnastics

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Suni Lee

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CHILDREN’S LIT: This Roald Dahl book begins, “These two very old people are the father and mother of Mr. Bucket”

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Charlie and the Chocolate Factory