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Who is Abraham Lincoln?
In the 1830s he was Postmaster of New Salem, Illinois
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What is the home page?
There's no place like this cozy page, the first page of a website
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What is tongue?
To examine your throat the doctor needs a "depressor" for this
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Who is Babe Ruth?
In the 20s, the Yankee's pinstripes made this tubby home run king look thinner
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What is science fiction?
H.G. Wells "The Time Machine" & "The war of the Worlds" pioneered this type of "fiction"
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Who is John F. Kennedy?
In 1961 he appointed his brother-in-law Sargent as director of the Peace Corps
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What is the world wide web?
In the online world, the abbreviation WWW means this
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What are the vocal cords?
The doctor may have to say "99" to hear the vibrations of these cords down into the chest
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What is volleyball?
6'7" Carl Henkel is a scary sight at the net in the beach type of this sport
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Who is Oliver Twist?
This hero ends up getting adopted so the book could have been called "Oliver Brownlow"
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Who is Jimmy Carter?
He details his childhood in Rural Plains, Georgia in the book "An Hour Before Daylight"
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What is Yahoo?
Yeehaw! It's one of the world's most popular Internet directories
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What is the ear?
The name of the otoscope means "to view" this organ & that's what a doctor does with it
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What is Yoa Ming?
In 2002, 7'5" Chinese player was drafted number 1 overall by the NBA's Houston Rockets
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What is a albatross?
In "the Rime of the Ancient Mariner" the Mariner foolishly kills one of these
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Who is Ronald Reagan?
He almost defeated Pres. Ford in the 1976 GOP primaries; he won the presidency 4 year later
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What is organization?
In Internet domain name, .gov stands for government, .net stands for network, .org for this
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What is pulse?
(heart rate)
When measuring this, the doctor uses his fingers because the thumb has it's own
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Who is Tom Brady?
This former Michigan Wolverine is the winniest quarterback in the NFL, with 235
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Who is Jane Austin?
We'll leave it up to you whether this author of "Sense and Sensibility" was a "Plain Jane"
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Who is Woodrow Wilson?
In 1918 he set forth his "Fourteen Points" on which he thought lasting peace could be made
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What is cyberspace?
This type of "space" is slang for the Internet
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What is mercury?
A thermometer has to be shaken to be used again because this liquid stays at the last reading
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What is weight lifting?
Lasha Talakhadze, broke his own in 2019 world record, with 484 kilograms (1,067 pounds) in this sport
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What is paradise?
In the works by John Milton, this was "lost" in 1667 but "regained"
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