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In 1513 he took one of the first Florida cruises, starting near what's now St. Augustine |
Ponce de Leon
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Traditionally, this container that held all the world's evil was a jar or vase |
Pandora's Box
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Gooden, Moody, Eisenhower |
Dwight
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The Creature is a character in the 1974 Tim Kelly play based on this Mary Shelley tale |
(less than a minute to go...)
"Frankenstein"
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Reggae-rap gained popularity with this Lauren Hill band's album "The Score" |
Fugees
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The USA's WWII-era Gato class could launch 24 of these; today's Seawolf class carries twice as many |
(G: What are missiles?)
Torpedoes
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On a trip in this country in 1860 Henri Mouhot set angkor, finding Wat & Thom |
Cambodia
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This verb meaning to tease is from Tantalus, who was forced to stand in water that receded when he tried to drink |
Tantalize
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Bronte, Dickinson, Post |
Emily
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In a Neil Simon play, Paul was thought stuffy since he wouldn't go walking this title way when it was freezing |
"Barefoot in the Park"
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After being shot 4 times, this rapper tragically died in Las Vegas on September 13, 1996 |
Tupac Shakur
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In the term U-boat, the U stands for a word meaning this -- logical enough for a submarine |
Undersea
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Not quite Robert Peary, Edward Parry did set a record for this in 1827, reaching over 82 degrees latitude |
(Gigi: What is the North Pole...Arctic Circle?)
Coming closest to the North Pole
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This Titan, whose name refers to a type of book, supported the sky on his shoulders, not the Earth |
Atlas
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According to a 1957 William Inge title, it's where you'd find "the dark" |
At the top of the stairs
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In the title of Ice-T's album, it's what "O.G." stands for |
"Original Gangster"
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The Nazis solved the problem of surfacing for air with a tube called this, like one used by swimmers |
Snorkel
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Exploring from Mombasa, Ludwig Krapf sighted this mountain that shares its name with an African country |
Mount Kenya
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Worshiped by farmers & the average Roman, this goddess of agriculture lent her name to the word cereal |
Ceres
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Dore, Eiffel, Flaubert |
Gustave
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In 1970 Louis Nye played this title character's aunt, who was from Brazil, where the nuts come from |
Charley
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This trio helped bring rap music to middle America when they teamed up with Aerosmith on a version of "Walk This Way" |
Run-D.M.C.
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Submarines dive by flooding these tanks |
Ballast tanks
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Diego de Ordaz was the first European to see this Aztec capital on the site of modern Mexico City |
Tenochtitlan
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Derived from the name of the god of wine, it's a drunken or riotous celebration |
Bacchanalia
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It was Stanley Webber's birthday party in this playwright's "The Birthday Party" |
(A: Who was Albee?)
Harold Pinter
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From Staten Island, this rap "clan" of 9 MCs is named after a mythical kung fu sword |
Wu-Tang Clan
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This tower seen here sounds like it's a place from which to conduct a swindle: |
Conning tower
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