Carlos Beltran (born 1977) is a former outfielder for seven different Major League Baseball teams between 1998 and 2017. While he was with the New York Mets (2005-2011), Beltran was a teammate of third baseman David Wright, who spent his full MLB career with the Mets (2004-2018). Beltran collected over 2,700 hits (including 435 home runs) over his career.
He was also a nine-time MLB All-Star.
2. Alex Grass
Answer: Rite Aid
When Alex Grass (1927-2009) founded the Rite-Aid company in Scranton, PA, it was first called Thrift D Discount Center. Rite-Aid is one of the largest drugstore chains in the United States, with nearly 2,500 stores in 2020. Alex Grass stepped back from active management of the company in 1995 and then focused his efforts on philanthropy.
3. Wilson Pickett
Answer: Right On
Wilson Pickett (1941-2006) was a singer and songwriter, primarily in the Rhythm & Blues genre. "Right On" (1970) was the tenth album released in the singer's career. The album, released under the Atlantic label, would rise to Number 36 on the Billboard Top Soul Albums chart. Singles from the album included a cover of "Sugar, Sugar" and "She Said Yes".
4. Catherine Tobin
Answer: Frank Lloyd Wright
Catherine Tobin (1871-1959) was the first wife of architect Frank Lloyd Wright (1867-1959). After their marriage in 1889, Catherine and Frank had six children: Frank, John, Catherine, David, Frances, and Robert. Catherine had artistic interests, and ran a kindergarten out of one room of their home for her children and other children in the neighborhood. Catherine and Frank divorced in 1922.
5. Jerry Kramer
Answer: Right Guard
Jerry Kramer (born 1936) played right guard on the starting offensive line of the Green Bay Packers of the National Football League from 1958 to 1968. He was a member of the team for their first two Super Bowl wins (I and II). He was elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2018. Kramer also served as the team's placekicker.
6. Strom Thurmond
Answer: Write-in
Strom Thurmond (1902-2003) served as governor of South Carolina from 1947 to 1951 and then as a US Senator representing South Carolina from 1955 to 2003. He would win the Democratic nomination in the 1954 Primary Election for Senator via a write-in vote. Earlier in his career, he was known for his strong opposition to Civil Rights legislation although his actions moderated later in his career.
7. Albert Pike
Answer: Scottish Rite
Albert Pike (1809-1891) was a strong supporter of the Confederacy, having served both as an author in the Confederate Army and a justice on the Confederate Supreme Court. He was also an active member of the Freemasons. He helped to develop the Scottish Rite (or the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry) into an important part of Freemasonry.
8. Paul Laurence Dunbar
Answer: Orville Wright
The poet Paul Laurence Dunbar (1872-1906) was a friend and classmate of Orville Wright (1871-1948) at Central High School in Dayton, OH. Paul would sometimes assist Orville with his history and English homework and Orville would assist Paul with his math and science homework.
After graduation, when Dunbar was editing a newspaper, "The Tatler", for the African American community of Dayton in 1890, the physical copies of the paper were printed by the Wright Brothers, by then working as printers.
9. James Madison
Answer: US Bill of Rights
James Madison (1751-1836), who played an important role in the development of the 1787 US Constitution, was serving in the First US Congress as a representative from Virginia. Based on promises he made during the ratification of the Constitution, he introduced a series of amendments to the Constitution. 10 of these amendments were passed by Congress and then approved by the state legislatures have become known as the US Bill of Rights.
These rights include freedom of speech, no cruel and unusual punishment, and the right to an attorney present at a trial.
10. David Erickson
Answer: XyWrite
In 1984, David Erickson developed XyWrite, a word processor for MS-DOS and Windows. It was most commonly used in the late 1980s and early 1990s and was popular with editors. The program was initially marketed by XyQuest, a company developed by Erickson and John Hild. With the program, one can open up to nine files and work on them at the same time.
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