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4 different species of bears live in Alaska: Kodiak, grizzly, black & this |
(T: What is brown?)
Polar bears
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Nike's stock fell when this basketball player announced his retirement in January 1999 |
Michael Jordan
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In Euripides' play about this famed beauty, it's her double who goes to Troy |
Helen
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In 1996 John Travolta spread his wings as this archangel |
Michael
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Porfirio Diaz seized power in this country in 1876, ruled for 35 years, fled in 1911 & died in exile |
Mexico
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This term for a fluid can also mean "to sign" as a contract |
Ink
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Tony Knowles is pulling in $81,648 per annum in this job |
Governor
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Ronaldo Luiz Nazario de Lima began playing this sport for Brazil's national team at age 17 |
Soccer
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In a Shaw play, Caesar finds her hiding on a Sphinx |
Cleopatra
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In Book III of "Paradise Lost", the angels play these, which are "golden" & "ever-tuned" |
harps
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In 1462 this printer known for movable type had to move out of Mainz |
Johannes Gutenberg
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Style of the 1877 painting seen here |
Impressionism
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This second-largest Alaskan city wasn't named for an actor |
Fairbanks
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Vladimir Samsonov is touted as Europe's only hope against China in this game |
Ping-pong
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A 1952 play covered the young life of this queen, like a 1998 Cate Blanchett film |
Elizabeth I
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ABBA sang about these & Curtis Lee sang about "Pretty Little" these |
Angel Eyes
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Exiled for manslaughter, Eric the Red was forced to leave this country around 981 |
(T: What is Greenland?) (Alex: He left Iceland, went to Greenland)
Iceland
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Arabic for "son of", it comes before names like Saud |
Ibn
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One of the 3 mottos that have been featured on regular Alaskan license plates |
(Alex: We have some good news for Lisa - your response a little while ago of the intransitive verb "impend" for "imminent" is acceptable, so we're giving you $1600 back)
"The Last Frontier", "The Great Land", or "North to the Future"
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The Times of London estimates this chess player is taking home $20 mil. a year; that's some check, mate! |
Garry Kasparov
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In 1935 & '36 Helen Hayes reigned for 517 Broadway performances as this queen who reigned for 63 years |
Victoria
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Group whose feast day is October 2, or a group founded in 1979 by Curtis Sliwa |
Guardian Angels
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David Ben-Gurion went to the U.S. in 1915 when this empire exiled Zionists from Palestine |
(L: What is Great Britain?)
Ottoman Empire
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From the Latin for "to overhang", it means "likely to happen at any moment" |
(L: What is impend?)
Imminent
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The mainland peninsula closest to Russia is named for this man |
(M: Who is Bering?) (Alex: And I was hoping you or Lisa would come up with a correct response so Tad wouldn't make this game a runaway, but we'll see what happens!)
William Seward
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New Zealand-born Jonah Lamu is tops on the pitch of this sport |
(L: What is cricket?)
Rugby
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The queen in Marlowe's "Edward II" is named this, like a famous queen of Spain |
Isabella
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With an appropriate-sounding name, John Dye plays the angel of this on "Touched By An Angel" |
Angel of Death
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Moshoeshoe II was exiled twice before regaining this southern African country's throne in 1995 |
Lesotho
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Some scientists believe that the universe is undergoing expansion called this, also an economic term |
Inflation
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