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... that the Oregon State Beavers men's basketball team (Gill Coliseum pictured) is coached by Craig Robinson, brother-in-law of US President-elect Barack Obama?

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-[[Image:USS Supply 1873.jpg|100x100px|USS ''Supply'', formerly the SS ''Illinois'']]
+[[Image:Gill Coliseum.jpg|100x100px|<!-- THE ROLLOVER CAPTION GOES HERE -->]]
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+{{*mp}}... that the '''[[Oregon State Beavers men's basketball]]''' team ''([[Gill Coliseum]] pictured)'' is coached by [[Craig Robinson (basketball coach)|Craig Robinson]], brother-in-law of US President-elect [[Barack Obama]]?
-{{*mp}} ... that the '''[[Pennsylvania class steamship|''Pennsylvania'' class]]''' [[ocean liner]]s—'''[[SS Pennsylvania (1872)|''Pennsylvania'']]''', '''[[SS Ohio (1872)|''Ohio'']]''', '''[[SS Indiana (1873)|''Indiana'']]''' and '''[[SS Illinois|''Illinois'']]''' ''(later '''''[[USS Supply (1873)|USS ''Supply'']]''''', pictured)''—were the largest iron ships ever built in the [[United States]] upon their completion in 1874?
+{{*mp}}... that the privately-held phone call switch company '''[[TouchWave]]''' was purchased for US$46&nbsp;million two years after its 1997 founding?
-{{*mp}}... that "'''[[Albino Ballerina]]'''", the final single by [[indie rock]] band [[Sweet Jesus]], gained extensive critical acclaim before the band's commercial success dwindled and they soon disbanded?
-{{*mp}}... that the '''[[history of netball]]''' is linked to that of [[basketball]], and that [[netball]] was primarily developed as a [[women's sport]]?
+{{*mp}}... that the [[Republic of Ireland|Irish]] [[quiz show]] series '''''[[Brendan O'Carroll's Hot Milk and Pepper]]''''' was named after a [[constipation]] cure?
+{{*mp}}... that [[linguist]] '''[[Carol Chomsky]]''' developed the technique of repeated reading, in which children gain fluency by reading along with a recording of a text until they can do so on their own?
-{{*mp}}... that [[Charles Darwin]] was a frequent visitor to '''[[Osmaston Hall]]''' in [[Derby]], [[England]]?
+{{*mp}} ... that the '''[[Scotch Professors]]''', a group of 19th-century [[Scottish people|Scottish]] [[Football (soccer)|footballers]], are credited with inventing the [[Combination Game|passing style]] of the modern game and spreading the sport globally?
-{{*mp}}... that [[Silesia]]n [[socialism|socialist]] politician '''[[Józef Biniszkiewicz]]''' died in the [[Buchenwald concentration camp]] during [[WWII]]?
+{{*mp}}... that [[English language|English]] once had a four-form '''[[yes and no]]''' system, employed by [[Shakespeare]] and others, instead of the two-form system that it has today?
-{{*mp}}... that the '''[[Everett Railroad]]''' is named after its former location near [[Everett, Pennsylvania]], [[USA]], abandoned in 1982?
-{{*mp}}... that '''''[[Handling Ships]]''''', the first [[animated film|animated]] [[Cinema of the United Kingdom|British]] [[Technicolor]] [[feature film]], was never meant to be released to theaters but was an "Official Selection" at [[Cannes Film Festival|Cannes]] in 1946?
+{{*mp}}... that Major-General '''[[Richard Hutton Davies]]''', the first [[New Zealand]] officer to command a division in [[World War I]], committed suicide in 1918?
-{{*mp}}... that the first road in [[Alaska]] was built on '''[[Woody Island (Alaska)|Woody Island]]''' for horses, brought in by the [[Russian-American Company]] to cut ice blocks, to exercise?
+{{*mp}}... that the '''[[1981 Rose Bowl]]''' was the first bowl victory for [[Michigan Wolverines football]] Coach [[Bo Schembechler]] – after seven prior bowl game losses?
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