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Nancy Reagan chose the design for this, ivory edged in red; it was donated to the White House |
China
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In "The Two Jakes", Jack Nicholson reprised Jake Gittes, whom he first played in this 1974 film |
Chinatown
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Victoria Day is celebrated with a week of festivities in Victoria, the capital of this province |
British Columbia
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One school of thought says the mint for this Kentucky Derby quaff should be crushed |
Mint Julep
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In 1961, she published "Thirteen for Luck", a selection of mystery stories for young readers |
Agatha Christie
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This term for a flower worn in a buttonhole is literally French for "buttonhole" |
Boutonniere
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Surprisingly, she was head of the campus Young Republicans while a student at Wellesley in the 1960s |
Hillary Clinton
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The 1967 Sidney Poitier film "To Sir With Love" was directed by this "Shogun" author |
James Clavell
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Saskatoon is this province's "City of Bridges" |
Saskatchewan
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Sweetened wine is added to bottles of this French wine to ferment & produce carbonation |
Champagne
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This author's 1835 story "Young Goodman Brown" is a tale of witchcraft in Salem, Massachusetts |
Nathaniel Hawthorne
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Judo is Japanese for "soft way" & this self-defense form is Japanese for "soft art" |
Jiu-Jitsu
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Robert Kennedy said it was this woman, not her husband, who carried Texas for the Democrats in the 1960 election |
Lady Bird Johnson
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This one-letter Yves Montand film won 1969 Oscars for Best Foreign Language Film & Best Film Editing |
Z
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Green Gables, the home made famous in "Anne Of Green Gables", is a major attraction in this island province |
Prince Edward Island
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This Mexican spirit is obtained by distilling pulque |
Tequila
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This collection of 100 tales begins with 10 young people escaping plague-ridden Florence in 1348 |
The Decameron
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The word chime comes from the name of this other percussion instrument |
Cymbal
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His childhood friend, Edith Kermit Carow, became his 2nd wife in 1886 |
(Rachael: Who is Wilson?)
Theodore Roosevelt
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This great costume designer's last film was Steve Martin's "Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid" |
Edith Head
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With an area of 594,860 square miles, it's Canada's largest province |
(Jeff: What is Alberta?)
Quebec
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French Chablis is made of this grape that produces some of the finest California white wine |
(Alex: You're missing a treat if you don't get to sample some.)
Chardonnay
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The 1922 play "Rain" is a dramatization of "Miss Thompson", this author's story about Sadie Thompson |
Somerset Maugham
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From a Greek word meaning "to speak ill of", it's irreverent talk of God |
Blasphemy
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This 19th century first lady was a fashion trendsetter who made Turkish-style turbans all the rage |
Dolley Madison
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In this 1936 film, Humphrey Bogart recreated his Broadway role as gangster Duke Mantee |
The Petrified Forest
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Fredericton has been the capital of this Atlantic province since 1785 |
New Brunswick
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This potent liqueur, now banned in many countries, has been called "The Green Muse" |
(Jeff: What is abisinthe?) (Alex: No... we ruled against you because you added a syllable.)
Absinthe
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He called his third collection of short stories "The Trimmed Lamp and Other Stories of the Four Million" |
O. Henry (William Sydney Porter)
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The name of this Russian urn used to heat water for tea is Russian for "self-boiler" |
Samovar
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