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After his cousin, Empress Zauditu, died in 1930, he became emperor of Ethiopia |
Haile Selassie
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This novel that won the 1937 Pulitzer was originally entitled "Tomorrow is Another Day" |
"Gone with the Wind"
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This gray hunting dog was formerly called a Weimar pointer |
Weimaraner
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Several U.S. cities & counties are named for this builder of the first successful steamboat |
Robert Fulton
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This river is responsible for irrigating about 6 million acres of land in Egypt |
Nile
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Referring to her father, Margaret Truman said, "He loved politicians, even those from" this party |
Republican Party
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This king of Jordan was only 21 when he divorced his first wife, Queen Dina, in 1957 |
King Hussein
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This 1932 winner begins with the marriage of Wang Lung & O-lan |
"The Good Earth"
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The Bedlington breed of this dog looks like a little lamb |
Bedlington terrier
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His son was the first president of the International Harvester Company |
Cyrus McCormick
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Katowice & Warszawa are this country's two most populous provinces |
Poland
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In a 1973 Newsweek article, this Ugandan dictator was quoted as saying, "I am the hero of Africa" |
Idi Amin
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Queen Ena of Spain, the last surviving granddaughter of this queen of England, died in 1969 |
Queen Victoria
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Larry McMurtry won the 1986 prize for this novel |
"Lonesome Dove"
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Despite its name, this small dog is not totally without a coat; it has little tufts on its head & tail |
Mexican hairless
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In 1854 Isaac Singer's company was ordered to pay this inventor royalties for each sewing machine sold |
Elias Howe
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A British colony until 1959, this island city-state is the smallest nation in southeast Asia |
Singapore
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In 1984 this San Francisco mayor remarked that "toughness doesn't have to come in a pinstripe suit" |
Dianne Feinstein
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Olaf V, this country's king from 1957-1991, married his first cousin, Princess Martha, in 1929 |
Norway
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Von Humboldt Fleischer is the title character of this 1976 Pulitzer Prize-winning novel |
"Humboldt's Gift"
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The breed of dog that the British call the Alsatian we call this |
German shepherd
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Man seen here via a process he invented: |
Louis Daguerre
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This South Dakota peak near Rapid City was named for a New York attorney, who represented mining investors |
Mount Rushmore
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In 1976 this vice president identified 3 periods in life: youth, middle age & how well you look |
(A: Who is Hubert Humphrey?) (B: Who is Ford?) (K: Who is Mondale?)
Nelson Rockefeller
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This country's current king was born Carl Gustaf Folke Hubertus, at the Haga Palace in 1946 |
Sweden
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She received a 1989 Pulitzer for her bestselling novel "Breathing Lessons" |
(K: Who is Wendy Wasserstein?) (Alex: Amy knew that, Kurt didn't; it cost him as a result.)
Anne Tyler
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This dog famous for the crest along its spine was developed in South Africa |
Rhodesian ridgeback
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He was knighted in 1866 not for his temperature scale, but for helping develop the transatlantic cable |
(K: Who is Celsius?)
Lord Kelvin
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131 feet below sea level, Argentina's lowest point is on this dry, windy region's Valdez Peninsula |
Patagonia
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In 1987 this German chancellor said, "I have been underestimated for decades. I've done very well that way" |
(K: Who is Schmidt?) (B: Who is Adenauer?) (A: Who is Willy Brandt?)
Helmut Kohl
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