FAMILIAR PHRASE ORIGINS
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In medieval times, an act of bravery got you dubbed a knight & won you a pair of golden these
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ENGLISH WRITERS
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English poet Thomas Hoccleve, a contemporary of this man, called him the "firste fyndere of our fair langage"
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THE CHANGING U.S.A.
9/28 FINAL JEOPARDY! CLUE
(Kelly of the Clue Crew shows a map on the monitor.) According to the Census, this point has progressed westward since the U.S. was founded & has moved southwest since the 1960s
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THE 20TH CENTURY
9/29 FINAL JEOPARDY! CLUE
In February 1967 this Asian leader said his people would "never agree to negotiate under the threat of bombing"
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THE OLYMPICS
9/30 FINAL JEOPARDY! CLUE
Aside from racquet sports, one of the 2 other Summer Olympic sports in which men may currently compete against women
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Chaucer
Mean Center of Population
Ho Chi Minh
(1 of) Dressage/Equestrian or Sailing/Yachting
The players were correct on each of the extra clues.
U.S. BIRTHPLACES $1200: This Ohio city that was home to the Wright Brothers is considered the "Birthplace of Aviation"
SHORT STORIES $1600: His "Franny" & "Zooey" stories were first published in the New Yorker
DAMN YANKESS $800: Lincoln called this cartoonist "our best recruiting sergeant"
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J.D. Salinger
Thomas Nast