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What is the (inner) ear?
Involved in balance, the fluid-filled semicircular canals are in this part of the body
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Who is William Penn?
This Quaker received a tract of land west of the Delaware River from Charles II
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Who is L. Frank Baum?
He was an axel grease salesman before writing "The Wonder Wizard of Oz"
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What is vanilla?
A black & white is a chocolate soda with this flavor ice cream
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Who is Superman?
(acc: Clark Kent)
in '38 Joe Shuster co-created this guy who could "leap tall buildings in a single bound"
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What are teeth?
(acc: Jaw)
The term malocclusion refers to the improper meeting of these
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Who is Thomas Paine?
Of Quaker descent, this revolutionary wrote the pamphlet "Epistle To The Quakers" in 1776
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Who is J.K. Rowling?
Her debut novel was "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone" in 2001
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What is Dr. Pepper?
Wade Morrison named this soft drink after the Virginia doctor who gave him his first job
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Who is Joe DiMaggio?
A Paul Simon song asks this legendary N.Y. Yankee "Where Have You Gone?"
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What are vertebrae?
As a child, you have 33 of these bones that make up the spine; later some fuse together
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Who is Herbert Hoover?
This president of Quaker background presided over the beginning of the Depression
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Who is John Grisham?
This author of legal thrillers returned to a REAL courtroom in '96 & won a $683,500 verdict
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What is V-8?
It's been America's bestselling name brand vegetable juice for over 50 years
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Who is Joseph Stalin?
He ruled the USSR from 1929 to 1953
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What is the cornea?
The iris, or colored part of the eye, is covered by this transparent outer layer of tissue
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What is Rhode Island?
Roger Williams disagreed with Quaker teachings but gave refuge in this colony
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Who is Stephen King?
He has had the most films made from his books than any other living author. how chilling
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What is Pepsi-cola?
This cola is named for an enzyme that aids in digestion
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Who is Larry Bird?
The middle name of this Celtics hall-of-fame player & ex-Pacers coach is just Joe
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What are neurons?
Helped by axons & dendrites, nerve cells called these conduct impulses around the body
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Who is Richard Nixon?
Francis, this 37th U.S. President's dad, became a Quaker after marrying Hannah Milhous
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Who is Michael Moore?
This "Roger and Me" & "Fahrenheit 9/11" director hit no. 1 on the bestseller list with his book "Stupid White Men"
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What is A&W?
Roy Allen joined up with Frank Wright & began using this brand name for root beer in 1922
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Who is Joseph Heller?
"Closing Time" was his 1944 sequel to "Catch-22"
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