Also a Greek Letter
Historical Women
Heavily Guarded Places
Played Him in the Movies
Off the Beaten Path
Acronyms
Phrases!
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If you have multiple dogs, this one is the “top dog".
What is alpha? Dogs, of course, descend from wolves, who live in family groups where the “alphas” are generally the parents. Listen to your elders, pups!
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She was the first person to fly solo across both the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.
Who is Amelia Earhart? She and her airplane disappeared while flying across the Pacific Ocean in her attempt to circumnavigate the globe. She was never found and was legally declared dead two years after her disappearance.
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The U.S. president’s airplane is known as this.
What is Air Force One? The VC-25, or modified 747, can be refueled in the air and has electromagnetic pulse protection, missile defense systems, encrypted communications, and an operating room.
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You know him as Rocky Balboa in the Rocky movie franchise.
Who is Sylvester Stallone? Stallone is said to be surprised the Rocky series has lasted as long as it has. It now comprises the original six Rocky films as well as the Creed movies, where Rocky’s legacy lives on.
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On road trips or sitting on the bus to summer camp, kids would sing a song about beer that started with this number.
What is 99? 
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KFC is an acronym for this
Kentucky Fried Chicken!
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"Bite the bullet" means this.
To face a difficult or unpleasant situation courageously!
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This is a U.S. airline.
What is Delta? When the airline was established, it was a crop-dusting company. In 1928, it was bought and rebranded Delta Air Service, a commercial air carrier serving the Mississippi Delta region. Today, it’s a major international airline with its own oil refinery to produce jet fuel.
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She founded the American Red Cross.
Who is Clara Barton? During the Civil War, Barton was a nurse and an educator. In 1881, she founded the American Red Cross. Barton and Susan B. Anthony were contemporaries and friends.
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The royal family’s jewels are kept at this tourist attraction under heavy guard.
What is the Tower of London? In addition to guard details and 100 closed-circuit cameras, the jewels are kept in a bomb-proof glass case.
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This actor plays the Scarecrow in the 1939 film The Wizard of Oz.
Who is Ray Bolger? Several of the actors play two roles in the film—characters in Kansas as well as in Oz. Bolger plays Hunk in Kansas.
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“I’m a man of means by no means” is a line from this popular 1965 song by Roger Miller.
What is “King of the Road”? The song tells of a man who’s left the traditional way of life behind for the freedom of the open road
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ASAP is an acronym for this.
AS SOON AS POSSIBLE
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What does it mean to "break the ice"
To start a conversation or make people feel comfortable.
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This is used to represent the ratio of the circumference of a circle to its diameter—a mathematical constant.
What is pi? It is an irrational number with digits that go on forever, but written out to the fifth decimal it is 3.14159. Pi is also the 16th letter of the Greek alphabet.
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This Polish-born French scientist discovered polonium and radium.
Who is Marie Curie? She won two Nobel Prizes: one solo award in chemistry and one in physics with her husband, Pierre Curie, and Henri Becquerel.
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This is the area between North and South Korea.
What is the DMZ (or demilitarized zone)? It runs along the 38th parallel and is guarded by troops from both sides as well as American troops. Visitors are allowed to place their feet on both sides of the heavily guarded zone.
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He plays Captain von Trapp in the 1965 movie The Sound of Music.
Christopher Plummer? In his 2008 memoir, Plummer jokingly claims to have been raised by an Airedale terrier and recalls no interaction with his parents during his early years.
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When hiking in a national park, you might run into this bear who warns, “Only you can prevent wildfires"
Who is Smokey? The Smokey Bear campaign was inaugurated in 1944, making Smokey and his message 80 years old
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DOB is an to acronym for this.
Date of Birth!
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What does it mean to "cut to the chase" ?
To get to the point without wasting time
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This is the final round of testing before releasing the product to the public; it is also a “blocker” pharmaceutical.
What is beta? A beta blocker lowers blood pressure by reducing the heart rate.
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This Golden Age Austrian American actress starred with luminaries such as Clark Gable and Spencer Tracy and played a crucial role in World War II due to her technological expertise.
Who is Hedy Lamarr? During World War II, she and George Antheil received a patent for a secret communications system that allowed messages to change radio frequencies so the enemy could not capture and decode them.
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This military base in southern Nevada is rumored to house the remains of alien beings. It is commonly known by this name.
What is Area 51? Its official name is the Nevada Test and Training Range at Groom Lake, and it is where the U-2 spy plane was produced and tested.
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He plays Don Lockwood and sings the title song in Singin’ in the Rain.
Who is Gene Kelly? Kelly was known to be a perfectionist and to yell at his costars during filming. Debbie Reynolds was found crying under a piano once due to the mistreatment.
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The best view of this natural light display in Earth’s polar regions would be far from the lights of civilization.
What are the aurora borealis (or the northern lights)? The lights are caused by the interaction between charged particles (electrons and protons) and Earth’s magnetic field
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TBA is an acronym for this!
TO BE ANNOUCNED
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If you "put all your eggs in one basket" what are you doing?
To focus all your resources or efforts on one thing
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These rays have the smallest wavelengths and the most energy on the electromagnetic spectrum.
What is gamma? Neutron stars, pulsars, and supernova explosions can produce gamma rays.
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She was the first female prime minister of India.
Who is Indira Gandhi ? She served from 1966 to 1970 and then again from 1980 until her assassination in 1984.
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This 18th-century luxury spa and resort in Sulphur Springs, West Virginia, contains an underground bunker that was once heavily guarded.
What is the Greenbrier? Built in 1778, the resort became home to the secret bunker in the 1950s intended to house the U.S. Congress in case of a nuclear event. The bunker has been declassified since 1992.
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This actor plays Professor Henry Higgins in the 1964 film My Fair Lady.
Who is Rex Harrison? After losing most of the sight in his left eye from a bout with measles, Harrison’s mother took him to the theater to cheer him up. That is when he became determined to become an actor.
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This overnight train chugs through a vast swath of Middle America on its north-south route and is memorialized by Arlo Guthrie’s 1972 hit tune of the same name
What is the City of New Orleans? Amtrak still runs the route with the same name. The 900-mile (1,448-kilometer) trip takes 19 hours and has 23 stops along the full route
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SCUBA is an acronym for.
Self-Contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus
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What does it mean to "make hay while the sun shines" ?
To take advantage of a favorable opportunity