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In Brazil the Rio Branca, or white river, flows into the Rio Negro, which flows into this one |
Amazon
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In 1851 new products on display at the first one of these included the Colt revolver & a reaper |
world's fair
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In a classic children's story he ends up in a pot of boiling water in the 3 Little Pigs's kitchen |
(Big Bad) Wolf
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In the 1930s this girl starred in the films "Baby Take a Bow" & "Dimples" |
Shirley Temple
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Perhaps the most famous gangster of all & the worst he got nailed for was income tax evasion in 1931 |
Al Capone
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This Arizona hole in the ground extends over 200 miles & can be 1 mile deep |
Grand Canyon
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This country's Rio Apurimac descends from over 16,000 feet in the Andes to less than 1,000 |
Peru
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This satirical Aldous Huxley novel is set in the year 632 AF (After Ford) |
Brave New World
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According to tradition, around 750 B.C. this city was founded by twins raised by a wolf |
Rome
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Christina Ricci befriended this friendly title ghost in a 1995 film |
Casper
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In the movie "From Hell" Johnny Depp investigates this 19th century serial murderer |
(Rita: What is "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow"?)
Jack the Ripper
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With the push of a button by FDR, May 24, 1935 saw this historic first at Crosley Field in Cincinnati |
lights at a baseball game (first Major League night game)
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Spain's Rio Segre, like France's Garonne, rises in these mountains |
(Alex: [prior to the wager] And we have about a minute left in the round.)
Pyrenees
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It's the "aged" nickname for prostitution |
oldest profession in the world (world's oldest profession)
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His 1904 novel "The Sea Wolf" tells the story of sea captain Wolf Larsen & his ship The Ghost |
Jack London
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As an 11-year-old she won a supporting actress Oscar for "The Piano" |
Anna Paquin
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This Manson family member "squeaked" by until 1975 when she attempted to assassinate President Ford |
"Squeaky" Fromme
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He had a paperback bestseller with "A Charge to Keep" in 2001 |
(Kevin: Who is John McCain?)
George W. Bush
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Canine name for those who smuggle would-be immigrants across the Rio Grande from Mexico into the U.S. |
coyotes
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Numerical term referring collectively to more than 100 countries of Asia, Africa & Latin America |
third world
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The borzoi is another name for this "national" canine |
Russian wolfhound
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Age 11 at the time of filming, she was the female lead in 1994's "Interview with the Vampire" |
Kirsten Dunst
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This notorious Ugandan president has been in exile since 1979 |
Idi Amin
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In 2001 this president of Pakistan gave the U.S. his support against the Taliban |
General Musharraf
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The Rio Urique & other rivers carve majestic barrancas, or canyons, in this Mexican mountain range |
Sierra Madre
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The "U.S.A." in "U.S.A. for Africa" stood for "United Support of Artists" when they recorded this '85 No. 1 Hit |
"We Are the World"
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One of the 2 varieties of gray wolf whose names begin with T |
(1 of) timber wolf (or tundra wolf)
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She made her film debut opposite Jean Reno in 1994's "The Professional" |
Natalie Portman
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Tests proved that the remains of a man who drowned in Brazil in 1979 were those of this notorious Nazi doctor |
Josef Mengele
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It's the membranous bag or sac that completely surrounds the heart |
(Kevin: What is the peritoneum?)
pericardium
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