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This city was founded in 52 B.C. on the Ile de la Cite, an island in the Seine River |
(Erin: Oh, shoot.) (Alex: Say something!) (Erin: What is [*]?)
Paris
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For chapped lips try this brand of petroleum jelly; for dry skin try the Intensive Care lotion |
Vaseline
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Thomas Jefferson sings! & so does Sally Hemings in a 2000 opera named for this Virginia residence |
Monticello
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When their "MmmBop" reached No. 1 in May 1997, they became the first artists born in the 1980s to have a No. 1 single |
Hanson
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Stamps showing a volcano in Nicaragua helped convince Congress to put the canal in this country |
Panama
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Tennyson's poem "Locksley Hall" says, "In" this season "a young man's fancy lightly turns to thoughts of love" |
spring
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This capital is a port lying on the straits of Florida |
(Marques: What is Tallahassee?) (Jayce: What is Lisbon?)
Havana
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The type of this kept in your medicine chest is usually 70% isopropyl or ethyl |
(Alex: Minute to go.)
alcohol
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"Don Giovanni" tells the tale of the legendary seducer known by this name in Spanish |
Don Juan
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The first single from her "Butterfly" CD, "Honey" debuted at No. 1 & remained there for 3 weeks |
Mariah Carey
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With the end of the war in 1848, this country lost half of its territory to the U.S. |
Mexico
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Tennyson met his bosom friend Arthur Hallam while attending Trinity College at this university |
(Jayce: What is Oxford?)
Cambridge
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In 1898 Lord Kitchener & the British recaptured this African capital from the forces of 'Abd Allah |
Khartoum (capital of the Sudan)
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It's the more common name for acetylsalicylic acid (& it's easier to pronounce) |
aspirin
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A 1997 opera (& a Steven Spielberg film) were inspired by the 1839 slave rebellion on this ship |
Amistad
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With the 1999 song "Bailamos", he accomplished something his father was unable to achieve--a No. 1 U.S. pop hit |
Enrique Iglesias
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1 of the 2 agricultural products Cesar Chavez called a boycott of in 1970 |
grapes (or lettuce)
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In this 1855 poem, there were cannon to the right, left & in front of 600 very unfortunate men |
"Charge of the Light Brigade"
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This South American capital is home to the General Bernardo O'Higgins Military School |
(Erin: Um, what is... Brasilia?)
Santiago
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Isotretinoin, used to treat severe acne, is better known by this trademark name |
(Marques: What is Oxy?)
Accutane
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In this 1998 hit, No. 1 for 13 weeks, Brandy & Monica sang, "I'm sorry that you seem to be confused, he belongs to me" |
(Erin: What is "That Boy Is Mine"?)
"The Boy Is Mine"
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This general cleared out the vets camped in Washington, D.C. in July 1932, probably vowing to return if they ever did |
MacArthur
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In "The Death of" this king, he "shot thro' the lists at Camelot, and charged before the eyes of ladies and of kings" |
King Arthur
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This Azerbaijani capital might be a contraction of the Persian "bad kube", or "blown upon by mountain winds" |
Baku
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If you tend to nick yourself shaving, keep one of these "pencils" on hand to stop the bleeding |
a styptic stick
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A flop when it debuted in 1904, this Puccini opera set in Nagasaki later became one of the best-loved operas |
Madame Butterfly
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Her No. 1 hits include "Again" & "Together Again" |
Janet Jackson
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To keep trains moving during this firm's 1894 strike, mail cars were added, so stopping them was a federal offense |
(Erin: What is the U.S. postal system?)
the Pullman Company
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Tennyson succeeded this "Tintern Abbey" poet as Poet Laureate in 1850 |
Wordsworth
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