Washington DC | COLORS | FOOD | LAKES AND RIVERS | FIRST LADIES |
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DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
WHAT THE "D.C." STANDS FOR
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RED
COLOR OF A LUCKY "LETTER DAY"
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MUSTARD
VARIETIES INCLUDE CHINESE AND DIJON
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RHINE
A GERMAN RIVER OR THE WINE GROWN ON ITS BANKS
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NANCY REAGAN
SHE FIRST MET HER HUSBAND WHILE COMPLAINING TO A S.A.G. ABOUT UNWANTED COMMUNIST LITERATURE
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GEORGETOWN
THE DISTRICT'S OLDEST NEIGHBORHOOD, IT WAS NAMED FOR A KING
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BLACK
JOHNNY CASH IS KNOWN FOR WEARING ONLY THIS COLOR ON STAGE
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PASTA
TYPE OF FOOD THAT COMES IN SHAPES OF BOW TIES, ELBOWS AND WAGON WHEELS
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MOUTH
THE END OF A RIVER THAT EMPTIES INTO A LAKE OR OCEAN
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MARY TODD LINCOLN
AFTER FIRST BREAKING THE ENGAGEMENT, LINCOLN WENT ON TO MARRY HER
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POTOMAC RIVER
287 MILES LONG, IT FLOWS PAST WASHINGTON AND INDUCES "FEVER" IN AMBITIOUS POLITICIANS
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BLUE
BABY, SKY AND STEEL
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AVOCADO
ALSO KNOWN AS AN ALLIGATOR PEAR
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TEXAS
SAM RAYBURN RESEVOIR IS THIS STATE'S LARGEST LAKE
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LADY BIRD JOHNSON
VIRGINIA GOVERNOR CHARLES ROBB'S MOTHER- IN- LAW
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CAPITOL HILL
THOUGH THIS MOUND ONLY RISES 88', IT'S SYNONYMOUS WITH THE BUILDING WHICH STANDS UPON IT
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GREAT WHITE WAY
BROADWAY'S NICKNAME
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ARTICHOKE
CALIFORNIA VEGETABLE WITH A CROWN AND A HEART
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CRATER LAKE
LOCATED IN OREGON, IT'S THE DEEPEST LAKE IN NORTH AMERICA
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ELEANOR ROOSEVELT
IN 1962 ADLAI STEVENSON EULOGIZED: "SHE WOULD RATHER LIGHT CANDLES THAN CURSE THE DARKNESS"
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JOHN FOSTER DULLES
FORMER SECRETARY OF STATE FOR WHOM WASHINGTON DC INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT IS NAMED
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RED, GREEN AND BLUE
THE 3 COLORS THAT MAKE UP THE DOTS ON A COLOR TV SCREEN
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BROWNIES
THE NON-CHOCOLATE VERSION ARE CALLED "BLONDIES"
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NIAGRA AND RIVER OF NO RETURN
EITHER OF TWO MARILYN MONROE FILMS WITH "WATERY" TITLES
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ABIGAIL ADAMS
ONLY WIFE OF ONE PRESIDENT AND MOTHER OF ANOTHER
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