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13) On this date in 1927,(Personality, please) took off from New York to cross the Atlantic for Paris aboard his airplane the "Spirit of St. Louis." The trip took 33 1/2 hours.
A) Jacob German
B) H.D. Hyde
C) Charles Lindburgh
D) Norman Rockwell
E) Levi Strauss

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14) On this date in 1930, the first airplane was catapulted from a (Type of Craft, please).
<Visit Indiana Jones, & his dad!>

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15) On this date in 1932,(Personality, please) took off to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean. She became the first woman to achieve the feat.
A) Amelia Earhart
B) Mavis Hutchinson

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16) On this date in 1939, The first regular air-passenger service across the Atlantic Ocean began with the take-off of the "(Name of Vessel, please)" from Port Washington, New York.
<Sounds like Joe DiMaggio>
A) Nautilus
B) Yankee Clipper

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17) On this date in 1978,(Personality, please), at age 53, became the first woman to run across America. It took her 69 days to run the 3,000 miles.
A) Amelia Earhart
B) Mavis Hutchinson

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18) On this date in 1980, the submarine (Name of Vessel, please) was designated as a National Historic Landmark by the U.S. Secretary of the Interior.
A) Nautilus
B) Yankee Clipper

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19) On this date in 1990, the (Name of Craft, please) sent back its first photographs.
<Then they found out she needed glasses.>

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20) On this date in 2010, Scientists announced that they had created a funtional synthetic (Specify, please).
<A double-helix staircase.>

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I) He was a major MGM contract star. He also had a noted military career and was a World War II and Vietnam War veteran, who rose to the rank of Brigadier General in the United States Air Force Reserve.(Personality, please)(20 May, 1908 – 02 July, 1997) has received several awards and nominations for his work. Ten of his films have been preserved in the United States National Film Registry. His roles in “Mr. Smith Goes to Washington”(1939),“The Philadelphia Story”(1940),“It's a Wonderful Life”(1946),“Harvey”(1950), and “Anatomy of a Murder”(1959) earned him Academy Award nominations (he won for “The Philadelphia Story”). He also won a Golden Globe Award for his role in the television series “Hawkins”.

Anne Robinson wrote:

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Dance like Fred Astaire, or scissor one toupee

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II)(Personality, please)(20 May, 1913 – 12 January, 2001) was an engineer and the co-founder, with David Packard, of the ____t-Packard Company (HP).

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III) This Armenian-American film, television, and stage actor enjoyed a starring role as Captain Lee Crane in the ABC television version of Irwin Allen's “Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea“ with Richard Basehart. The show ran for four years.(Personality, please)(20 May, 1927) also had a semi-regular role on ABC's “The Colbys”.

Anne Robinson wrote:

__________ ELIZABETH TAYLOR FILMS __________
She was a year younger than James Dean when they made this 1956 film

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IV) Referred to as the “Goddess of Pop”, she has won an Academy Award, a Grammy Award, an Emmy Award, three Golden Globes and a Cannes Film Festival Award among others for her work in film, music and television. She is the only person in history to have received all of these awards.(Personality, please)(20 May, 1946) began her career as a backup singer and later came to prominence as one half of a pop rock duo, with the success of their song "I Got You Babe" in 1965. She subsequently established herself as a solo recording artist. A well received performance in the film “Silkwood” earned her a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress of 1983.

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V) She is known for her role as Natalie Green, the smart student of Edna Garrett (played by Charlotte Rae), on the TV show “The Facts of Life”.(Personality, please)(20 May, 1966) is the current voice for Velma Dinkley in the “Scooby-Doo” franchise, which she has held since 2002.

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VI) Throughout his racing career, he has won titles in Indy cars and stock cars as well as midget, sprint and USAC Silver Crown cars, giving him the recognition of "one of the finest racers of his generation." (Personality, please)(20 May, 1971) currently owns and drives the No. 14 Office Depot/Mobil 1/Burger King Chevrolet Impala in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series for his own team,____-Haas Racing under crew chief Steve Addington. He is the only driver in history to win a championship in both IndyCar and NASCAR. He is also the first driver in Cup to win the championship by virtue of a tie breaker (number of wins during the season is the first level tie breaker, he had 5 while eventual runner up Carl Edwards had 1).

Anne Robinson wrote:

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Be number one on a list of entertainers in a show

MPMARTIN wrote:

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Giant?

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Cut The Rug

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Headliner