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It's a private compartment on a ship or train |
Stateroom
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Party chairman from 1949-1976 |
Mao Tse-tung
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Russia claims it invented this unaged liquor once made from potatoes |
Vodka
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Some of his stories of the Yukon were published in the 1910 collection "Lost Face" |
Jack London
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Hitchcock's "Blackmail" of 1929 was Britain's first feature film of this type |
Talkie
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The thunderous waters of this world famous tourist attraction border Canada's Victoria Park |
Niagara Falls
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Created in 1789, it replaced Foreign Affairs in the U.S. cabinet |
(M: What is the Secretary of State?) (Alex: Judges? - Yeah, we'll accept that)
Department of State
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President in China, 1948-1949; President in exile on Taiwan, 1949-1975 |
Chiang Kai-shek
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To serve it in traditional style, always garnish this Russian beet soup with a dollop of sour cream |
Borscht
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A rum smuggler is the central character in his 1937 novel "To Have and Have Not" |
Ernest Hemingway
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Of 1885, 1895 or 1905, the year Birt Acres launched the British film industry with his "Kinetic Lantern" |
1895
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The Nova Scotia museum named for this man features early experimental models of his telephones |
Alexander Graham Bell
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On January 19, 1999 this speech was given to the combined houses of Congress |
State of the Union
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The last emperor, 1908-1912 |
Pu Yi
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As "holubtsi", this slaw ingredient is stuffed, seasoned, baked & served as an entree |
Cabbage
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"Horseman, Pass By", the first novel by this Texan, was made into the movie "Hud" in 1963 |
Larry McMurtry
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1914's version of this colorful story was the first big screen treatment of a Sherlock Holmes mystery |
"A Study in Scarlet"
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Each year this British Columbia city hosts the Symphony of Fire, a 4-day fireworks extravaganza |
Vancouver
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When something is at the highest level of current development, it's described with this 4-word phrase |
State of the art
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President, 1993-today |
Jiang Zemin
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To prepare this gourd, curcurbita pepo, Russian style, stuff it with rice, apples & sour cherries, then bake it |
Pumpkin
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This 1936 novel by Faulkner tells the story of Thomas Sutpen & bears the name of an Old Testament figure |
"Absalom, Absalom!"
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In 1933 Brit cinema enjoyed a boost with Alexander Korda's film "The Private Life of" this king |
Henry VIII
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If you're a Shakespeare fan, don't miss Canada's most famous dramatic festival, held each year in this city |
(Dylan: What is Toronto?)
Stratford, Ontario
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A Nittany Lion could tell you this city is home to Penn State's main campus |
(M: What is Happy Valley?)
State College
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Vice Premier & most powerful member of Chinese Communist Party from 1980-1989 |
Teng Hsiao-ping
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The popular codfish soup named for this Russian mystic reputedly gave him his health, vigor & virility |
(minute to go...)
Rasputin
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Her essays in "Against Interpretation" & "On Photography" call for an emotive response to creative works |
Susan Sontag
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Britain's most popular silent film star, this woman shares her last name with a 1917 "Declaration" |
Betty Balfour
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Each February the Northern Trapper's Festival held north of Winnipeg in this province celebrates early Canadian pioneers |
Manitoba
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