COMFORT FOODS
GENERAL
THE 60'S
FAMOUS FIRSTS IN HISTORY
GENERAL
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CREATED IN THE EARLY 20TH CENTURY, BUT POPULAR IN THE nEW ENGLAND STATES,  IT IS CALLED "FLUFFERNUTTER"  WHAT IS IT?

A PEANUTBUTTER  AND MARSHMELLOW FLUFF SANDWICH

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ON APRIL 18, 1977 HE WON THE PULITZER PRIZE IN JOURNALISM FOR HIS NOVEL:  _____________, THE SAGA OF AN AMERICAN FAMILY.

ROOTS  BY ALEX HALEY

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WHICH NEWSMAN WAS FAMOUSLY KNOWN AS THE MOST TRUSTED MAN IN 1960'S  AMERICA?

WALTER CRONKITE

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WHO WAS THE FIRST POPE TO ENTER THE GREAT SYNAGOGUE OF ROME?

JOHN PAUL II  IN 1986.

BY 1993 HE PUSHED THE VATICAN TO RECOGNIZE THE STATE OF ISRAEL.

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IN 1817, CONGRESS DIVIDED A TERRITORY THAT BECAME THESE TWO STATES, THAT ARE PRACTICALLY IMAGES OF EACH OTHER.

ALABAMA AND MISSISSIPPI

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KETCHUP IS OFTEN BAKED RIGHT INTO THIS MAIN DISH THAT SHARES ITS NAME WITH A POP MUSIC STAR.

  MEAT LOAF

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THE LAST TIME THERE WERE NO LIVING FORMER PRESIDENTS, WAS WHEN THIS MAN WAS PRESIDENT?

RICHARD NIXON

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WHICH DRUG CAUSED A GLOBAL MEDICAL SCANDAL DUE TO  1960'S BIRTH DEFECTS?

THALIDOMIDE  -  DRUG PRESCRIBED TO ALLEVIATE EARLY MORNING SICKNESS.

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WHO WAS THE FIRST POPULARLY ELECTED LEADER OF RUSSIA?

BORIS YELTSIN  IN 1991. HE RESIGNED ON THE EVE OF THE YEAR 2000.  DIED IN 2007

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IN HIS TEENS, THE PITTSBURGH 'PICKLE KING' WAS RUNNING A BUSINESS TO SUPPLY GROCERS WITH FRESH  PRODUCE.

HENRY HEINZ

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THE NAME OF THIS BASIC TOMATO-BASED SPAGHETTI  SAUCE MEANS "IN SAILOR'S STYLE."

MARINARA    ITALIAN

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IT IS THE ONLY CONTINENT WITH NO ACTIVE VOLCANOS?

AUSTRALIA

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WHAT WAS THE NAME OF THE ACTIVISTS WHO RODE BUSES TO PROTEST JIM  CROW?

FREEDOM  RIDERS

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WHICH US  FIRST LADY WAS THE FIRST TO WIN IN HER OWN RIGHT AN ELECTIVE OFFICE?

HILLARY CLINTON   -   1994  NEW YORK  SENATE

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THIS SPIELBERG HOLOCAUST FILM WAS BASED ON A BOOK BY THOMAS KENEALLY.

SCHINDLER'S LIST

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THESE DEEP-FRIED MEXICAN TREATS ARE OFTEN COATED WITH CINNAMON AND SUGAR.

CHURROS

400

THE NAME FOR THIS NEWS AGENCY MEANS  "PENINSULA",  REFERING TO THE ARABIAN PENINSULA.

AL  JAZERA 

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WHICH SPECIFIC COMPANY PRODUCED THE MOST POPULAR MAIL ORDER CATALOGUES?

SEARS

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WHAT WAS THE FIRST FOOD EVER MICROWAVED?

POPCORN  IN 1945

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1944'S "ABSENT IN THE SPRING"  IS ONE OF THE NON-MYSTERY NOVELS SHE WROTE UNDER THE NAME - MARY WEST

AGATHA  CHRISTI

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A 1950'S FAD, STILL POPULAR TODAY, THIS TOY WAS INSPIRED BY A CONNETICUT BAKERY'S PIE TINS.

FRISBEE

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WITHIN A   THREE  1/2 YEAR PERIOD,   HE BECAMD MAYOR OF BUFFALO,  GOVERNOR OF NEW YORK AND  US  PRESIDENT.

GROVER CLEVELAND

MAYOR IN 1881

GOVERNOR IN 1882

US PRESIDENT IN 1884

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IN WHICH SOUTHERN CITY DID THE 1960'S LUNCG COUNTER SIT-INS FIRST BEGIN?

GREENSBORO, NORTH CAROLINA

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WHERE WAS THE FIRST OFFICIAL SKYSCRAPPER BUILT?

CHICAGO  IN 1884

HOME INSURANCE BUILDING

DEMOLISHED IN 1931

 10 FLOORS THEN 12 FLOORS

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KEVIN COSTNER STARRED IN THIS 1989 FILM BASED ON THE NOVEL,  "SHOELESS JOE".

FIELD OF DREAMS