Baby Pictures
Nursery Rhymes & Fairy Tales
Before He was President
Word Origins
Medical History
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Who is this famous person?
Richard Nixon
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The animal musician in "Hey, Diddle, Diddle"
The Cat
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He commanded PT-109
John F. Kennedy
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This other word for a graduation ceremony comes from the Old French for "to begin"
Commencement
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In 1980 this medical organization announced that smallpox had been eradicated worldwide
The W.H.O. . The World Health Organization
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Who is this famous actor?
Tom Hanks
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Jack Lemmon comedy title included in the "Pease Porridge" rhyme
"Some Like it Hot"
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He accepted Robert E. Lee's surrender at Appomattox Court House
Ulysses S. Grant
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The conversation between play characters, it's from Greek words for "across" & "speech"
Dialogue
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Around 1747 British navy doctor James Lind discovered that eating these could prevent scurvy.
Citrus Fruits
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Who is this famous actor?
Leonardo DiCaprio
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Contrarian Mary gets her garden growing with these 2 things & some pretty maids all in a row
Silver Bells & Cockle Shells
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He was a law professor at the University of Arkansas
Bill Clinton
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This word is said to come from the Persian word “shāh māt” (شاه مات), which translates to ‘the king is dead’.
Checkmate
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In 1897 Felix Hoffmann first synthesized this pain reliever
Aspirin.
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Reese Witherspoon
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A boy breaks into someone's home after he screws up at home. He steals a bird from the occupant, then murders the occupant.
What's the fairy tale?
Jack & the Beanstalk
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He was the N.Y.C. Police Commissioner
Teddy Roosevelt
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This word comes from the term for a female goblin that sits on you while you sleep, and tries to induce bad thoughts.
Nightmare
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In 1982 Dr. William DeVries implanted the Jarvik-7, one of these, into patient Barney Clark
An Artificial Heart
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Who is this person?
Kelly Roman
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Briar Rose is the Grimm brothers' name for Sleeping Beauty; the Disney film also gave her this bright name
Aurora
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He was Thomas Jefferson's Secretary of State
James Madison
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This word comes from the Latin word meaning "Of the Left". This, because ancient Romans thought that left handed people were untrustworthy and unlucky.
Sinister
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Using identical twins, Dr. Joseph Murray performed the first of these organ transplants in 1954.
Kidney
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Who is this person?
Rebecca Liming
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Fairy tales collected by the brothers Grimm include "Snow White" & her, "Aschenputtel" in German
Cinderella
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He served as Tennessee's first U.S. representative
Andrew Jackson
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A wealthy & powerful businessman, it was borrowed from the Japanese who in turn borrowed it from the Chinese words for "great prince"
Tycoon
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This gland was thought useless until 1961, when it was found that the T cells that come from it kill tumor cells
The Thymus