AMERICAN ISLANDS | IRON, MAN | AMERICAN YEARBOOK | SEEING SHADES OF RED | THE NAME ON THE AIRPORT |
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What is Long Island
Nassau & Suffolk Counties are on this New York island
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What is golf
The irons used in this sport may be either "cast" or "forged"
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What is women
In 1920 the 19th Amendment gave this group the right to vote
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What is crimson
In song it's paired with clover, "over & over"
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What is Louis Armstrong
What a wonderful world! In 2001 the New Orleans airport was renamed to honor this jazz great's 100th birthday
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What is the Aleutian Islands
Shemya Island in this group was a refueling stop for military aircraft flying the great circle route to the Far East
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What is carbon
The irons used in this sport may be either "cast" or "forged"
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What is Alaska
In 1867 it cost the U.S. about 2 cents an acre to buy this
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What is ruby
It precedes -crowned kinglet & -throated hummingbird
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What is Gerald Ford
The airport serving Grand Rapids, Michigan is named for this 38th president
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What is Parris Island
Most U.S. Marine Corps recruits east of the Mississippi train on this island off the coast of South Carolina
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What is isotopes
Common iron consists of a mixture of 4 of these, iron-54 , iron-56, iron-57 & iron-58
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What is Andrew Jackson
In 1830 this president signed the Indian removal act allowing the relocation of eastern tribes
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What is Burgundy
Start your wine-ing, it's a former kingdom, duchy and province
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What is LaGuardia
The smallest of the 3 major airports serving NYC, it's named for the mayor who oversaw its construction
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What is Santa Cruz
Most U.S. Marine Corps recruits east of the Mississippi train on this island off the coast of South Carolina
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What is rust
Fe2O3 is one chemical formula for this common word, aka iron oxide
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What is Navy Seals
Team 6 of this elite fighting unit killed Osama bin Laden in 2011
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What is maroon
It also means to abandon & leave without aid or resources
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What is John Wayne
A 9-foot statue of this actor graces the terminal building of the Orange County, California airport named for him
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What is Mackinac Island
This Michigan island where no passenger cars are allowed was once a focal point of John Jacob Astor's fur trade
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What is hemoglobin
Iron is necessary for the formation of this blood protein that transports oxygen to the tissues
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What is immigration
1952's McCarran-Walter act dropped race-based quotas for this but imposed quotas based on nationality
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What is Scarlet Pimpernel
An English aristocrat took this title swashbuckling alter ego in a 1905 novel
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What is Pisa
This Italian city's airport is named for native son Galileo Galilei
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