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Associated with this large Romanian region, Vlad the Impaler was actually from neighboring Walachia |
Transylvania
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Billy Joel's "Sleeping With the Television On" samples this song played by TV stations at sign-off |
"The Star-Spangled Banner"
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From 1845 to 1847 he lived in a cabin he built on the shore of Walden Pond |
Henry David Thoreau
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It's the rhyme about 4 things a bride should wear |
"Something old, something new, something borrowed, something blue"
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When you've reached this Buddhist heaven, you've broken the cycle of rebirth |
Nirvana
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This Civil War general didn't just say that war is "hell", he said it was "all hell" |
William T. Sherman
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Krakow, Poland was the first city in eastern Europe to have this "festive" hotel chain |
Holiday Inn
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Making a list & checking it twice, we find Bing Crosby & Bruce Springsteen had hits with this song |
"Santa Claus Is Coming to Town"
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First editions of his "The Portrait of A Lady" & "The Bostonians" each have 3 voulmes |
Henry James
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These cookies are named for a suburb of Boston, not for a physicist |
Fig Newtons
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Welcome! Odin receives the souls of slain heroes in this heavenly hall |
Valhalla
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Decorated WWII hero who titled his autobiography "To Hell and Back" |
Audie Murphy
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The resort of Parnu, Estonia has been called the "Pearl of" this sea, due to its white sandy beaches |
Baltic Sea
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Rodgers and Hart classic heard here: |
"My Funny Valentine" (sung there by Ella Fitzgerald)
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This "Animal Farm" author hated his job as a police officer in Burma |
George Orwell (Eric Blair)
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'80s New Wave band heard here: |
New Order
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The "white man"'s name for the Native American heaven where there's plenty of fish & game |
"Happy Hunting Ground"
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This Roman epic poet was Dante's guide through the inferno in the "Divine Comedy" |
(Jason: Who is Homer?)
Virgil
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In the spring of 1992, this peninsula declared its independence from Ukraine & then rescinded it |
Crimean Peninsula
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This somewhat obsessive love song was a No. 1 hit for the Police in 1983 |
"Every Breath You Take"
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Last name shared by "Invisible Man" author Ralph & "A Boy and His Dog" author Harlan |
Ellison
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He's the only U.S. vice president who fits the category |
(Jason: Who is Newman?)
Spiro T. Agnew
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To the ancient Greeks, these fields were the home of the blessed dead |
Elysian Fields
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The capital city of Hell, according to Milton; it was a riot! |
Pandemonium
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A statue of Bohemian theologian Jan Hus graces the center of Old Town Square in this capital |
Prague, Czech Republic
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In a 1976 Grammy-nominated song, Bobby Bare asked Jesus to "Dropkick Me" through these |
"The Goalposts of Life"
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An inheritance from his great-aunt allowed this "Howards End" author time to pursue his writing |
E.M. Forster
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Medal given for "the most distinguished contribution to American literature for children" |
Newbery Medal
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In Islam, it's the numerical heaven where the most high live |
Seventh Heaven
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It's the even worse Hell below Hades where Zeus confined the Titans |
Tartarus
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