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YOU'VE BEEN TRADED
LET'S HAVE A "BALL"
BAD TIME CHARLIE
THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES
A PRAYER TO BE NAMED LATER
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'On Dec. 26, 1919 the Red Sox traded this man to the Yankees for cash; the cash would not equal his 714 home runs'
Babe Ruth
200
'A voting paper'
a ballot
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'Christmas 1977 wasn't very merry for this silent film star who died that day'
Charlie Chaplin
200
'(Alex reports from the National Archives.) In 1940 in a letter to the President, this then 14-year-old future world leader asked FDR for a $10 bill, yet he doesn't cash the checks we send him for Guantanamo'
Fidel Castro
200
'It's the common word for a prayer of thanks before meals'
grace
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'In 1996 the Hornets traded the rights to this then H.S. scoring phenom to the Lakers for Vlade Divac; ouch'
Kobe Bryant
400
'A sentimental or romantic song'
a ballad
400
'Notorious pirate Charles Gibbs made an 1831 exit by hanging at this New York island later famous as an entrance'
Ellis Island
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'(Alex reports from the National Archives.) American history might have been very different if this future country had agreed to the offer of statehood contained in Article 11 of the Articles of Confederation'
Canada
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'Its Catholic version forgives trespasses & trespassers; in some Protestant versions, debts & debtors'
the Lord\'s Prayer
600
'In 1988 the Oilers sent this "Great One" (& 2 others) to the L.A. Kings, getting 2 players, 3 picks & $15 mil. in return'
Wayne Gretzky
600
'Proverbially, it doesn't stand a chance in hell'
a snowball
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'Charles Arthur Floyd, better known as this, was shot dead by G-men in 1934'
"Pretty Boy" Floyd
600
'(Alex reports from the National Archives.) Well, we're not going for mood lighting on this one, but there has to be dim lighting in order to protect & preserve the important documents. Here's the clue.) No one knows how it got there, but there is a handprint in the lower left-hand corner of this important national document, just beneath the concluding words, "and our sacred honor"'
the Declaration of Independence
600
'The Vidui prayer is recited on this holiest Jewish day & also on one's deathbed'
Yom Kippur
800
'In '04 the Rangers traded this 3B to the Yanks for Alfonso Soriano & a minor leaguer; he's since had a controversy or 2'
Alex Rodriguez
800
'Heavy material placed in a ship's hold'
ballast
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'As a consequence of his drug & alcohol problems, this jazz pioneer was confined to a mental hospital in 1946'
Charlie Parker
800
'(Alex reports from the National Archives.) One of the Archives' treasures is a 1912 wax cylinder recording, like this one, of this American president talking about his Progressive Party's movement for social & industrial justice

"Are the American people fit to govern themselves, to rule themselves, to control themselves?"'
Theodore Roosevelt
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'In 2000 Venka-Tachalapathi Samuldrala became the first of this faith to open the U.S. House with an invocation'
Hindu
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'In 1993 the 49ers sent this QB (along with a safety & a 3rd round pick) to the Chiefs for a 1st rounder'
Joe Montana
1000
'"Giselle" or "Les Sylphides"'
ballet
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'He was executed in London January 30, 1649'
King Charles I
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'(Alex reports from the National Archives.) The Constitution was signed by representatives of each of the 13 colonies, except for this one which opposed increasing federal power; because it was the last to ratify, it is now our 13th state'
Rhode Island
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'A prayer of this saint included the line "Who am I, worm of the Earth..."; always with the animals'
St. Francis of Assisi