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These objects, aka minor planets, range in size from about 20 feet in diameter to around 485 miles in diameter |
asteroids
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The career of this 1930s Norwegian figure skater was damaged by a photo of her shaking hands with Adolf Hitler |
(Bob: What is Heime? Who was Heime?) ... (Alex: You were--you were kind of close. Her name was [*], not Heime. [*].)
Sonja Henie
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The book "Besieged" is subtitled "...From Jericho to" this city besieged by the Serbs in the 1990s |
Sarajevo
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This Pasadena school, often called Caltech, operates several observatories, including Palomar near San Diego |
the California Institute of Technology
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Updike: This "Redux" |
Rabbit
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These 2 elements make up over 98% of the sun's chemical composition |
hydrogen and helium
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The name of this football Bronko who played pro as a Bear is on the college Defensive Player of the Year trophy |
(Bronko) Nagurski
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In 1571, 70,000 Turks overcame 5,000 defenders of Famagusta, giving the Turks control of this island in the Mediterranean |
Cyprus
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In 1958 Vermont's Burlington Business College was renamed for this large nearby lake |
Champlain
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A classic by Jean M. Auel: "The Clan of the Cave" this |
Bear
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Seen mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, Crux, the smallest constellation, is also known by this name |
the Southern Cross
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This longtime Chicago Cubs announcer talked his way onto ESPN's 25 Most Outrageous Sports Characters |
Harry Caray
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In 1683 Jan Sobieski, king of this country, saved Vienna by routing the besieging Turks |
(Bob: What is Hungary?) (Sean: What is Austria?)
Poland
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Nepal's first university, Tribhuvan University, has its main campus near this capital city |
Kathmandu
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Willie Morris' touching memoir: "My" this "Skip" |
Dog
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The combination of consonants and vowels make syllabic letters as in "ka, kya" and "kyo" in Hangul, the writing of this peninsular language |
Korean
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Named for an astronomer, this dark "division" that separates Saturn's A & B rings is 2,920 miles wide |
(Alex: And that would be the [*].)
Cassini Division
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Sachin Tendulkar of India is a leading bowler in this sport |
cricket
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Russia's hopes in this war ended when Sevastopol surrendered in 1855 after an 11-month siege |
the Crimean War
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Its St. Hilda's College is women's only; all others, including All Souls & Magdalen, are coeducational |
Oxford
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A mystery by Donna Andrews: "We'll Always Have" these birds |
(Alex: We'll Always Have [*].)
Parrots
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These 2 Greek letters begin the name "Christ" in Greek & are used to represent him |
chi and rho
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Known for his "beads", he created the Royal Astronomical Society's Star Catalog in the 1820s |
(Bob: Who is Halley?) ... (Alex: Sounds like Halley. His name is [*]--[*]'s Beads.)
Francis Baily
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In 1963 this NFL head was the first non-athlete named Sports Illustrated's "Sportsman of the Year" |
(Alex: Head of the NFL was [*].)
Pete Rozelle
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Legend says the survivors of the Huns' siege of Aquileia fled to the Adriatic marshes & built this city |
Venice
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The library at this Penn. college founded by the Quakers in 1864 has a collection dedicated to the peace movement |
(Alex: And that would be [*].)
Swarthmore College
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A Ken Follett thriller: "Lie Down with" these |
(Bob: What is dogs?)
Lions
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Seen here are the first & last letters of this alphabet, created by Rama the Strong in the 13th century |
(Bob: What is the Arabic?) ... (Alex: What is the [*] alphabet?)
the Thai or Siamese alphabet
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