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Because of the way it was formed, Louisiana is sometimes called "The Child of" this river |
Mississippi
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He played Tony Starr in "Copacabana", which was based on his own hit record |
Barry Manilow
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Many churches have a cruciform plan, which means they're shaped like one of these |
Cross
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"Two Little Confederates" is the story of two children who live on a plantation during this war |
Civil War
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It's a slang term for a psychiatrist, even if he's not getting smaller |
Shrink
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Charles Schulz said Snoopy didn't become a lead character until he began walking this way |
on two feet
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It's "The Land of the Saints", the Latter-Day Saints |
Utah
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This series grew out of 1971's "The Homecoming: A Christmas Story" |
The Waltons
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A flight is a series of these unbroken by a landing |
stairs
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Chapter 4 of this 1908 classic is called "Morning at Green Gables" |
Anne of Green Gables
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If you lack good fortune, you're out of this |
Luck
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It's a synonym for a lie as well as the type of tale told by Aesop |
Fable
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It's "The Mother of States" as well as "The Mother of Presidents" |
Virginia
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Arnold Schwarzenegger played Mickey Hargitay in a TV movie about this actress |
Jayne Mansfield
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One of these ancient Roman structures still carries the water supply of Segovia, Spain |
Aqueduct
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In a Grimm fairy tale one of these animals swallows six little kids, but luckily they escape |
(D: What is a goat?)
Wolf
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A snide, simpering, self-satisfied smile |
Smirk
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Any Brit can tell you that a Liverpudlian is one of these |
Someone from Liverpool
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It's "The Plantation State" because its full name includes the words "And Providence Plantations" |
Rhode Island
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The 1974 autobiography of this woman won 9 Emmy Awards, 2 for Cicely Tyson |
The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman
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In north Africa, these towers from which Muslims are called to prayer are rectangular in plan |
Minarets
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This Anna Sewell book may have inspired "Moorland Mousie", which was also narrated by a horse |
Black Beauty
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A soda server, whether or not he's fatuous |
Jerk
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Persil is the French word for this ever-popular garnish |
Parsley
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It's also known as "The Toothpick State" because of a knife used by early settlers |
(D: What is Tennessee?) (A: What is Kentucky?) (J: What is Texas?)
Arkansas
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She played Francine Hughes, who was accused of murdering her husband, in "The Burning Bed" |
Farrah Fawcett
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Gropius, Mies van der Rohe & this Swiss architect all worked for architect Peter Behrens |
Le Corbusier
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The first line of the early 19th century nursery rhyme whose original title was "The Star" |
"Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star"
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This Asian capital city known for its canals has been called "The Venice of the East" |
Bangkok
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The national conference of these two religious groups sponsors Brotherhood-Sisterhood Week |
Christians and Jews
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