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What is Alaska?
Known as the "Indiana Icicle", Charles Fairbanks has one of the largest cities in this state named for him
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What is mercury?
In 2004 Sony produced the first silver oxide battery that was free of this element, & it's going down in thermometer use, too
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What is San Diego?
Despite what Ron Burgundy says, this city is named for a Spanish monk
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What is chopsticks?
Use these paired Asian utensils to stir; they break up foods that stick together & wooden ones don't scratch non-stick pans
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What is the Yankees?
Their tsunami of World Series titles includes 1936 to 1939 & 1998 to 2000
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Who is Spiro Agnew?
In 1973 this vice president resigned over things he did while he was governor of Maryland
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What is AA?
Also known as penlight, this 2-letter type of battery has the magical ability to fail in my TV remote after about 3 weeks
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What is Astoria?
Named for the founder of the American Fur Company, this Oregon city has deepwater port facilities
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What is Sour Cream?
To make classic French onion dip, stir a packet of soup mix into this dairy product, maybe from Daisy or Knudsen
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What is the Green Bay Packers?
In the 1960s these Midwesterners earned 5 NFL Championship trophies
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What is agriculture?
Henry Wallace served for seven years as secretary of this before becoming vice president in 1941
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What is nickel & cadmium?
Ni-Cad is short for these 2 elements in a rechargeable battery invented back in 1899
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What is Lake Tahoe?
Take the 580 from Reno to the 431 & you'll see the majesty that is this body of water
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What is a martini?
Some prefer stirring this classic cocktail; shaking it, the preferred method of Nick Charles, is said to bruise the gin
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What is the Boston Celtics?
They swept over the NBA, winning the title every year from 1959 to 1966
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Who is James Monroe?
Daniel Tompkins, his vice president during the Era of Good Feelings, was very often absent from his duties
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What is a 9-volt battery?
In 1956 Eveready made the first of this type of battery used in smoke detectors
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What is Tacoma?
Known for its Narrows Bridge, this city is on Puget Sound's Commencement Bay
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What is risotto?
A shorter-grain rice like Arborio is the marquee ingredient of this Italian dish that requires constant stirring
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What is the Edmonton Oilers
They came from the Canadian prairie to win 5 Stanley Cups from 1984 to 1990
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Who is (James) Buchanan?
Briefly veep to 14th president Franklin Pierce, William Rufus DeVane King was roommates with this future 15th president
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What is lithium-ion?
A Nobel Prize went to 3 scientists for the invention of this hyphenated battery that "enabled the mobile revolution"
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What is Scottsdale?
Frank Lloyd Wright's Taliesin West is in this city, a resort suburb of Phoenix
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What is a whisk
A stirring motion is the worst way to use this implement that comes in balloon & flat types; a side-to-side motion gets better results
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What is the Oakland A's
Reggie, Catfish & this Bay Area team ran off 3 straight World Series titles from 1972 to 1974
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