THE LIBRARY OF ALEXANDRIA |
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To make up for damage Julius Caesar did to the library, this man gave Cleopatra 200,000 manuscripts |
Mark Antony
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This loaf cake is traditionally made with 16 ounces each of flour, sugar, butter & eggs |
pound cake
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Denmark, Norway & Sweden combined their major airline companies into this one |
SAS (Scandinavian Arilines)
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Mick Jagger first met this future bandmate in primary school when they were 7 |
Keith Richards
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Often part of the frame, it's the panel or the pillowed end of a bed |
a headboard
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Diet consisting mainly of whole grains, cereals & dried vegetables that adherants believe prolongs life |
macrobiotic
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Librarian Zenodotus divided these 2 Homer works into 24 books each |
the Iliad & the Odyssey
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German for "something strewn", it's a coffeecake with a crumbly topping |
(Dave: What is Streudel?)
Streusel
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On the third ballot on June 24, the Republican nomination for president went to this governor |
Thomas Dewey
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Group heard here with a 1984 request:
"Wake me up before you go-go..." |
Wham!
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A home workman's holds tools; a ballpark's holds the home team |
(Dave: Oh no... no.)
a bench
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Title of the song heard here: ("Someone left the cake out in the rain...") |
"MacArthur Park"
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Often seen around the stacks was this "Elements" author |
Euclid
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This "pie" is actually 2 layers of sponge cake filled with custard, & topped with sugar or a chocolate glaze |
Boston cream pie
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Baby seen here in 1948: |
[Mother is Princess Elizabeth]
Prince Charles
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This "dark" heavy metal band of the 1970s consisted of Bill Ward, Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler & Ozzy Osbourne |
Black Sabbath
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A ball-and-claw, scroll or Dutch foot may be on the end of a cabriole one of these |
(Dave: What is a piano?)
a leg
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Nuts! They taste great, but this type of nut has more fat & calories than any other |
Macadamia nuts
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Third librarian Eratosthenes is famous for determining this measurement of the Earth |
circumference
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As you might gather from its name, this rich, dark chocolate layer cake is fiendishly delicious |
devil's food cake
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This Egyptian king's divorce was announced the same day as his sister's; she was married to the Shah of Iran |
(Faith: Who is Nasser?)
King Farouk
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This band, heard here with a 1985 hit, stuck around & won the 1997 Eurovision Song Contest: ("I'm walking on sunshine...") |
Katrina and the Waves
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Once painted over in early pine furniture, these flaws in the wood grain are now used for decorative effect |
(Dave: What is patina?)
knots
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The public is only allowed to use buggies, bikes & saddle horses on this Michigan resort island |
Mackinac Island
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The fourth librarian, he shared his name with this author of "The Birds", whose works he critiqued |
Aristophanes
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This cake that's soaked in liquor may derive its name from the Polish for "old woman" |
rum baba
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To life, to life, to this man, elected provisional president of Israel May 16, 1948 |
(Bruce: Who is David Ben-Gurion?) (Dave: Who is...)
Chaim Weizmann
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"Therapeutic" name of the band led by lipstick-sporting Robert Smith |
The Cure
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Duncan Phyfe worked in this 1780-1830 period of American furiniture, but didn't make a "case" of it |
Federal period
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It's the last name of the gangster protagonist of Bertolt Brecht's "Threepenny Opera" |
Macheath
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