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Today's Question: Promising a Chicken in Every Pot

Awards

• Was the Nobel who invented the Nobel prize some sort of explosives expert? What made him decide to start giving awards, especially the Peace Prize?
• Who is eligible for a Fulbright Award to travel in Japan?
• I understand that 3400 men and one woman have won the Congressional Medal of Honor. Who was the woman?
• What actor or actress has had the most Academy Award nominations?
• Who was the first actor to receive an Oscar posthumously?
• Does anyone keep track of the longest acceptance speech at the Oscars?
• Where did the Academy Awards trophy get its nickname, the Oscar?
• Who is the youngest Nobel prize winner?
• Has Beverly Cleary ever won a Newbery Award?
• What is the difference between a Newbery Medal winner and a Newbery Honor Book?
• What's the difference between the Newbery and Caldecott medals?
• Are Oscar Awards made of gold?
• Who was the first African American to be a Rhodes scholar?
• Who was the first African-American to receive the Congressional Medal of Honor?
• What is the Vocal Group Hall of Fame?

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