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What is New Jersey?
In 1998, the Supreme Court found in favor of this state after it sued New York for partial reclamation of Ellis Island.
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What is “Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds?”
This song on the Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band album was actually inspired by a nursery school drawing by John Lennon’s son, Julian – not a love affair with psychedelic drugs.
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Who are the Beatles?
“Eight Days a Week.”
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Who is Gallagher?
He is probably best known for wearing a stupid hat while smashing a watermelon with an over-sized hammer.
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Who is Elizabeth II?
1952: received after she acceded to the throne.
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Who is Elian Gonzalez?
On November 25, 1999 he was found clinging to an inner tube three miles off the coast of Ft. Lauderdale, launching an eight-month international custody fight between his relatives in Miami and his father in Cuba.
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Who is Johann Sebastian Bach?
The Baroque German Composer wasn’t known for risqué compositions, but his “Air on a G-String” is a scintillating listen.
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Who are the Rolling Stones?
“Route 66.”
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Who is Woody Allen?
A director, actor, philanderer, and alleged child molester.
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Who is Mikhail Gorbachev?
1989: received after he “[tore] down that wall.”
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What is Philadelphia?
It served as temporary capital for the United States until construction in Washington, D.C. completed in 1800.
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Who is Geoffrey Chaucer?
He’s the “Father of English Literature” and the first poet buried in Poet’s Corner at Westminster Abbey.
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Who is Sinead O’Connor?
“Nothing Compares 2 U.”
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Who is Jane Goodall?
She was the daughter of an English businessman whose early travels to Africa inspired a 60-plus year career studying the behaviors of chimpanzees.
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Who are Bill Clinton and Ken Starr?
1998: they shared the award, despite their adversarial legal positions.
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Who is William of Orange (or William III)?
In 1688, English Parliament invited him to rule England, and he then used the combined military and economic power of England and the Netherlands to wage war on Louis XIV’s France.
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Who is Jennifer Love Hewitt?
In 199-five, she began a five-year stint playing Sarah Reeves Merrin on Party of Five.
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Bryan Adams
“Summer of ’69.”
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Who is Lucille Ball?
Actress, comedienne, model, executive, producer, and loving wife to husband, Desi.
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Who is Newt Gingrich?
1995: received after he led the “Republican Revolution.”
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Who is John Adams?
Legend has it that his last words were: “Jefferson still survives.” Sadly, he was mistaken; Thomas Jefferson passed away five hours before him.
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What is Das Boot?
This 1981 West German war film about the trials and tribulations of the German crew of U-219 was nominated for six Academy Awards, including a best director nod for Wolfgang Petersen.
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Who are the Commodores?
“Three Times a Lady.”
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Who are the Allman Brothers?
Their “Rambin’ Man” peaked at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 Chart in 1973.
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Who are “You?”
2006: received by millions of internet content creators.
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