# Complete the Mt Rushmore of \_\_\_\_\_

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**Created:** [April 19, 2020, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/complete-the-mt-rushmore-of-_____/852141 "2020-04-19T20:33:15Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 16\
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**Post date:** [July 20, 2021, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/complete-the-mt-rushmore-of-_____/852141/221 "2021-07-20T19:46:25Z")

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**Mt. Rushmore of phobias**

Claustrophobia (fear of confined spaces), arachnophobia (fear of spiders), acrophobia (fear of heights) and thanatophobia (fear of death)

**Mt. Rushmore of professional wrestling**

Hulk Hogan, Ric Flair, Andre the Giant, and…

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**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\
**Post date:** [July 21, 2021, 5:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/complete-the-mt-rushmore-of-_____/852141/222 "2021-07-21T05:35:09Z")

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**Mt. Rushmore of professional wrestling**

Hulk Hogan, Ric Flair, Andre the Giant, and Macho Man Randy Savage.

**Mt. Rushmore of baseball movies**

Field of Dreams, Pride of the Yankees, Major League, and …

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**Author:** ![Bicycle\_Bill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bicycle_bill/32/6208_2.png) [@Bicycle\_Bill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bicycle_Bill)\
**Post date:** [July 21, 2021, 6:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/complete-the-mt-rushmore-of-_____/852141/223 "2021-07-21T06:21:52Z")

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> [@Spoons](#):
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> **Mt. Rushmore of baseball movies**
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> Field of Dreams, Pride of the Yankees, Major League, and …

The Sandlot.

**Mt. Rushmore of Aviation Pioneers**

Wright Brothers _(counting them as one entity for the sake of the category_, Glenn Curtiss, Igor Sikorsky, and …

_ **-“BB”-** _

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**Author:** ![Cardigan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardigan/32/187_2.png) [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\
**Post date:** [July 21, 2021, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/complete-the-mt-rushmore-of-_____/852141/224 "2021-07-21T13:15:12Z")

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**Mt. Rushmore of Aviation Pioneers**

Wright Brothers _(counting them as one entity for the sake of the category_ , Glenn Curtiss, Igor Sikorsky, and … William Boeing

**Mount Rushmore of US National Monuments**

Mount Rushmore, Statue of Liberty, Devil’s Tower, and…

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**Author:** ![RivkahChaya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rivkahchaya/32/8919_2.png) [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\
**Post date:** [October 28, 2021, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/complete-the-mt-rushmore-of-_____/852141/225 "2021-10-28T23:26:05Z")

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I really want to say the Stonewall Bar, which is genuinely on the list, but I’m going to have to go with **The Grand Canyon**.

**Mt. Rushmore of Social Progress**

Washington’s letter to the Touro synagogue, the 19th amendment, Brown v. Board of Education, and…

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**Author:** ![Cardigan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardigan/32/187_2.png) [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\
**Post date:** [October 29, 2021, 12:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/complete-the-mt-rushmore-of-_____/852141/226 "2021-10-29T12:31:26Z")

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Washington’s letter to the Touro synagogue, the 19th amendment, Brown v. Board of Education, and…the 13th Amendment

**Mt. Rushmore of disappointing Halloween candy**

Circus peanuts, Good n Plenty, Necco wafers, and…

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**Author:** ![RivkahChaya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rivkahchaya/32/8919_2.png) [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\
**Post date:** [October 30, 2021, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/complete-the-mt-rushmore-of-_____/852141/227 "2021-10-30T18:47:34Z")

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> [@Cardigan](#):
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> **Mt. Rushmore of disappointing Halloween candy**
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> Circus peanuts, Good n Plenty, Necco wafers, and…

Circus peanuts, Good n Plenty, Necco wafers, and saltwater taffy.

**Mt. Rushmore of REALLY bad Halloween “treats”**  
Pennies, religious tracts, toothbrushes, and…

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**Author:** ![Bicycle\_Bill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bicycle_bill/32/6208_2.png) [@Bicycle\_Bill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bicycle_Bill)\
**Post date:** [November 1, 2021, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/complete-the-mt-rushmore-of-_____/852141/228 "2021-11-01T01:28:39Z")

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> [@RivkahChaya](#):
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> **Mt. Rushmore of REALLY bad Halloween “treats”**  
> Pennies, religious tracts, toothbrushes, and…

Condiment packets from fast-food restaurants.

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**Mt. Rushmore of NASCAR Legends**

Richard Petty, Dale Earnhardt (Sr), Cale Yarborough, and …

_ **-“BB”-** _

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**Author:** ![RivkahChaya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rivkahchaya/32/8919_2.png) [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\
**Post date:** [November 1, 2021, 6:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/complete-the-mt-rushmore-of-_____/852141/229 "2021-11-01T06:28:49Z")

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I can’t believe I know this, but I had a roommate who was a flagger at auto races.

> [@Bicycle\_Bill](#):
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> **Mt. Rushmore of NASCAR Legends**
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> Richard Petty, Dale Earnhardt (Sr), Cale Yarborough, and …

Richard Petty, Dale Earnhardt (Sr), Cale Yarborough, and Darrell Waltrip.

**Mt. Rushmore of Silent Screen Actressess**  
Lillian Gish, Mary Pickford, Louise Brooks, and…

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**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\
**Post date:** [November 1, 2021, 10:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/complete-the-mt-rushmore-of-_____/852141/230 "2021-11-01T10:31:51Z")

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> [@RivkahChaya](#):
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> **Mt. Rushmore of Silent Screen Actressess**  
> Lillian Gish, Mary Pickford, Louise Brooks, and…

Lillian Gish, Mary Pickford, Louise Brooks, and Norma Talmadge.

**Mt. Rushmore of Bette Davis Characters:**

Margo Channing, Judith Traherne, Baby Jane Hudson and …

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**Author:** ![Cardigan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardigan/32/187_2.png) [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\
**Post date:** [November 1, 2021, 12:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/complete-the-mt-rushmore-of-_____/852141/231 "2021-11-01T12:13:39Z")

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Margo Channing, Judith Traherne, Baby Jane Hudson and …Regina Giddens

Mt. Rushmore of Cold War-related events:

Berlin Airlift, Space Race, Arms Race, and…

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**Author:** ![RivkahChaya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rivkahchaya/32/8919_2.png) [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\
**Post date:** [November 1, 2021, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/complete-the-mt-rushmore-of-_____/852141/232 "2021-11-01T13:11:45Z")

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> [@Cardigan](#):
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> Mt. Rushmore of Cold War-related events:
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> Berlin Airlift, Space Race, Arms Race, and…

Berlin Airlift, Space Race, Arms Race, and McCarthy’s Communist hunt.

**Mt. Rushmore of Screwball comedies**  
_It Happened One Night_, _The Awful Truth_, _The Philadelphia Story_, and…

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**Author:** ![Cardigan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardigan/32/187_2.png) [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\
**Post date:** [November 3, 2021, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/complete-the-mt-rushmore-of-_____/852141/233 "2021-11-03T13:36:36Z")

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It Happened One Night , The Awful Truth , The Philadelphia Story , and…  
Bringing Up Baby

**Mt. Rushmore of WW2 battles**  
Stalingrad, Battle of Britain, Battle of the Bulge, and…

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**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\
**Post date:** [November 3, 2021, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/complete-the-mt-rushmore-of-_____/852141/234 "2021-11-03T16:27:51Z")

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**Mt. Rushmore of WW2 battles**  
Stalingrad, Battle of Britain, Battle of the Bulge, and the Battle of Monte Cassino.

**Mt. Rushmore of radio DJs:**

Wolfman Jack, Alan Freed, “Cousin Brucie” Morrow, and \_\_\_\_\_.

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**Author:** ![Bicycle\_Bill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bicycle_bill/32/6208_2.png) [@Bicycle\_Bill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bicycle_Bill)\
**Post date:** [November 4, 2021, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/complete-the-mt-rushmore-of-_____/852141/235 "2021-11-04T02:04:58Z")

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**Mt. Rushmore of radio DJs:**

Wolfman Jack, Alan Freed, “Cousin Brucie” Morrow, and \_\_\_\_\_.  
“Murray the K” Kaufman _(a/k/a the Fifth Beatle)_.

**The Mt. Rushmore of Comedy Duos**

Abbot and Costello, Laurel and Hardy, Lewis and Martin, and \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_.

_ **-“BB”-** _

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**Author:** ![Cardigan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardigan/32/187_2.png) [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\
**Post date:** [November 4, 2021, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/complete-the-mt-rushmore-of-_____/852141/236 "2021-11-04T12:40:37Z")

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Abbot and Costello, Laurel and Hardy, Lewis and Martin, and \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_.  
Cheech and Chong

**Mt. Rushmore of rock supergroups**  
Travelling Wilburys, Cream, Crosby Stills Nash & Young, and-\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_

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