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Matthew Perry has said he got this character's "Could it be?" catchphrase from 2 brothers he knew as a kid

 Chandler

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"Thank You for Life" is a volume of letters from transplant recipients to the families of these people

donors

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A tramp abroad, he moved to the U.S. in 1913, left for Europe in the '50s & was back in the U.S. in 1972 for an honorary Oscar

Charlie Chaplin

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These people believed their god had told them to establish a new home & they did around 1325 in the valley of Mexico

the Aztecs

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Edgar Allan Poe was an ally to the titular hero in this action horror novel, but did not appear in the 2012 film adaptation

Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter

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Some scenes with this character & her twin sister Ursula were shot using Lisa Kudrow's sister Helene as a double

Phoebe

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In May 2011 the President came to this Virginia community to give the CIA the thanks of a grateful nation

Langley

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In 1997 a memorial fund in her name was established to continue her humanitarian work

Princess Diana

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A heroic stand against an invading army from this nation at 1862's Battle of Puebla is remembered every Cinco de Mayo

France

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Come gather by the fire while I share this 1843 story about a murdered man who "took a licking and kept on ticking"

The Tell-Tale Heart

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On the 2021 reunion show the six stars were joined by actors like Christina Pickles and him, who played Ross & Monica's parents

Elliott Gould

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In 2014, Sergeant-at-Arms Kevin Vickers got a 2-minute ovation from a grateful House of Commons in this city

Ottowa

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British policemen owe their nickname--"bobbies"--to this statesman

Robert Peel

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At Opening Ceremonies in 1968, hurdler Enriqueta Basilio became the first woman to light the Olympic this vessel

Cauldron

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One of Poe's stories is called "The Thousand-and-Second Tale of" this storytelling woman

Scheherazade

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It's the coffee shop where the friends hang out

Central Perk

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After hearing of the U.S. entry into WWII, he "went to bed and slept the sleep of the saved and thankful"

Winston Churchill

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At 13, instead of being bar mitzvahed, this Jewish-born future prime minister was baptized in the Church of England

Benjamin Disraeli

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In 1853 Mexico sold territory south of the Gila River to the U.S. for $10 million in this acquisition

Tne Gadsden Purchase

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A poem by Poe begins, "Hear the sledges with" these

the bells

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This duo created their masterpiece with the theme song "I'll Be There For You"

The Rembrandts

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When this Wampanoag chief who'd helped them fell ill in 1623, grateful pilgrims nursed him back to health

Massasoit

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Succeeding William of Orange, she was the last Stuart Monarch

(Queen) Anne

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In 1810, in a sermon & early call for Mexican independence, Father Miguel Hidalgo issued the "Cry of" this town

Dolores

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 "And one by one dropped the revellers in the blood-bedewed halls of their revel" in "The Masque of" this

the Red Death