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The largest horde this Mongol leader who died in 1227 ever assembled was less than 240,000 men |
Genghis Khan
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He played Tony Spampatta in the 1991 TV movie "N.Y.P.D. Mounted" before getting "Blue" in '93 |
Dennis Franz
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The charcoal used in barbecues is usually sold in this form, a French diminutive |
a briquette
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3-letter word for any of the small coral islets off the tip of Florida |
key
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An early 1730s work by Canaletto shows this canal city's "Quay of the Piazzetta" |
Venice
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Poetic title of M. Scott Peck's 1978 self-help bestseller |
The Road Less Traveled
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On Nov. 8, 2004 U.S. & Iraqi forces entered this Sunni city of 300,000 beginning a fierce battle |
Fallujah
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Heeey maaan, he was soooo groovy playing Billy in "Easy Rider", man |
Dennis Hopper
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A W-shaped rack was created & named for these "anatomical" taste treats |
ribs
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From the French for "throat", it's a narrow steep-walled canyon |
gorge
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In "The Story of Painting" Sister Wendy says, "He is much more than a painter of the fair and fat" |
(Peter Paul) Rubens
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2-word descriptive term for an island group of the eastern West Indies |
the Lesser Antilles
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In 774 this Frank took the crown of Desiderius, the last king of the Lombards |
Charlemagne
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You could say the blushing bride seen here was on the rebound |
Dennis Rodman
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In 1793 the laying of the cornerstone of this D.C. building was celebrated by barbecuing a 500-pound ox |
the Capitol
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5-letter term for a territory ruled by a duke |
a duchy
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There are 2 versions of John Singleton Copley's "Watson and" this sea predator in U.S. galleries |
the Shark
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She explored the inner workings of feminine identity in novels like "The Golden Notebook" |
Doris Lessing
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It declared its independence in January of 1822 at Epidauros but still had to fight for 7 years |
Greece
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This Oakland A's Hall of Famer is the only pitcher with 100 complete games & 100 saves (& he threw a no-hitter too!) |
Dennis Eckersley
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George Stephen invented the Weber grill using the bottom of one of these items found in harbors |
a buoy
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This term for an administrative district in England has largely been replaced by county |
a shire
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For your information, no, your six-year-old could not make paintings just like this man's 1952 "Convergence" |
(Jackson) Pollock
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His company went bankrupt trying to build the Panama Canal |
Ferdinand de Lesseps
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A participant in WWI's First Battle of the Marne was the BEF, short for this |
(Alex: I know! Since you were a 5-time champion you've been dying to say it... a True Daily Double. Do you want to do it?) (Catherine: [Rolls eyes and laughs amiably] No. No, sir! No, sir!) (Alex: A True Daily Double!? Just think, $45,200...) (Catherine: I will do $3,000.)
British Expeditionary Force
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This actor can do it all; he can sell you insurance as the Allstate spokesman, or run the country as president on "24" |
Dennis Haysbert
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Hardwoods work best for this type of cooking that some purists call the only real type of barbecue |
(Alex: When you are [*] the meat... [*]!)
smoking
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It's a bay formed by a bend in a coastline, like the one "of Benin" |
a bight
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Victorine Meurent, his favorite model, is the nude in his "Le dejeuner sur l'herbe" |
Edouard Manet
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Count Volta's first name |
Alessandro
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