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By the time he was 13, Louis XV had already been king of this country for 8 years |
France
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Proverbially, "it's not" this, "it's the humidity"--but don't tell that to Shaq |
the Heat
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A line drawn from the Lincoln Memorial to the U.S. Capitol would pass through this 555' tower |
the Washington Monument
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In the Norse creation story, Embla is the equivalent of this biblical woman |
Eve
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Oil flows through the Black Hills of Custer County in this state |
South Dakota
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This adjective that means "immediate" can precede "coffee" or "pudding" |
instant
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When teen king Ptolemy XIV died in 44 B.C., it was rumored that this queen, his sister, had had him poisoned |
Cleopatra
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It's the common bond of Catherine of Siena, Francis of Assisi & Thomas Aquinas |
Saints
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Legend says if you're looking for someone, wait under Nelson's statue in this London square |
Trafalgar
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This day of the week was sacred to the goddess Frigga--thank God! |
Friday
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Known for tobacco farming & horse breeding, this Bluegrass State also has oil in the Cumberland Plateau |
Kentucky
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This adjective can mean "relating to fingers" or "relating to numbers" |
digital
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Augustus Caesar was just 18 when he learned he'd been named the heir to this Roman leader |
(Heidi: Who is Marc Antony?)
Julius Caesar
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The annual running of these in Spain got international notice with Hemingway's "The Sun Also Rises" |
Bulls
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This city's Point State Park at the tip of the Golden Triangle contains Fort Pitt Blockhouse, built in 1764 |
Pittsburgh
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This magic tool of Thor's wasn't just a weapon; he also used it to bless weddings |
a hammer
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Champaign toasted the oil discovered in this state; now it's second in production for states east of the Mississippi |
Illinois
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Marvelous, like Sam's hair care franchises or 4 certain comic book superheroes |
fantastic
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In the 1460s this teen, the future husband of Queen Isabella, fought in the Catalonian Wars |
King Ferdinand
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Job title of Susan Collins, Carl Levin & Barack Obama |
Senators
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The Central Park statue by Georg Lober donated by this European country features an ugly duckling |
(Alex: Ugly duckling a reference to Hans Christian Andersen.)
Denmark
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Bragi, the god of poetry, is the son of this chief Norse god, quite a poet himself |
Odin
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In the 1850s a prairie wheat state was known as "Bleeding" this; today, oil might make it "Gushing" this |
Kansas
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Both pontifical and this 5-letter adjective mean "relating to the pope" |
papal
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By age 16, Nijinsky was already known as the "Eighth Wonder of the World" as one of these performers |
a ballet dancer
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Melancholy, or a type of music with lyrics like, "I missed the last clue, my woman left me, I got the 'Jeopardy!'..." |
Blues
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The Selimiye Mosque, which was formerly the Cathedral of Saint Sophia, is in Nicosia on this island |
Cyprus
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Feasting & fighting are favorite pastimes at this "hall of the slain" |
Valhalla
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One of the oldest producing wells is Burning Springs, which was once destroyed by Confederates in this 35th state |
West Virginia
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This directional adjective comes from a word meaning "sun" |
southern (or south)
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