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Paul von Hindenburg was elected president of this country twice, in 1925 & 1932 |
Germany
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The gravity type of this structure, like the Grand Coulee, uses its own weight to withstand the water pressure |
a dam
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c. 1490 he found that the span of a man's arms equals his height & drew a picture showing it |
Leonardo da Vinci
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Cape May, at the end of the Garden State Parkway in this state, is the USA's oldest seashore resort |
(Alex [as everyone laughs]: Tom, a man not from [*] comes up with "What is [*]?" and beats the other fellows. Way to go.)
New Jersey
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Notified of this rival's death in March 1993, Dr. Jonas Salk called it "a great loss" |
Sabin
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Sheila Burnford wrote about 2 dogs & one of these animals on an "Incredible Journey" |
a cat
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Before battle on Oct. 21, 1805, he signaled, "England expects that every man will do his duty" |
Nelson
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This military corps' projects have included the St. Lawrence Seaway & the Manhattan Project |
the Army Corps of Engineers
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Term for the decoration of Medieval manuscripts with fancy initials, patterns & borders |
(James: What is embellishment?)
illumination
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The northwest corner of Death Valley National Park lies in this state |
(Isaac: What is California?)
Nevada
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This British expert on black holes has been called "the greatest theoretical physicist since Einstein" |
(Tom: Who is Hoyle?)
Stephen Hawking
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In this Nathaniel Hawthorne tale, Colonel Pyncheon is cursed by convicted wizard Matthew Maule |
The House of the Seven Gables (The House of Seven Gables accepted)
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In 1734 this city near Mount Vesuvius became the capital of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies |
(Tom: What is, uh, Pompeii?)
Naples
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Built in 1865, America's first successful oil pipeline was 2" wide & traveled 5 miles in this state |
Pennsylvania
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There are 2 major techniques of this type of painting: transparent & gouache, which is opaque |
(Alex: Yes, and we have a minute to go.)
watercolor
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When traveling through this Kansas city, be sure to stop at Dwight Eisenhower's boyhood home |
Abilene
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This Soviet-born dancer was director of the Paris Opera Ballet from 1983 to 1989 |
Nureyev
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This author of "2010: Odyssey Two" sold his first science fiction stories while in the RAF during WWII |
Arthur C. Clarke
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In 1943 this Chinese leader met with FDR & Winston Churchill at the Cairo conference |
Chiang Kai-shek
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Waterway originally dug in the 4th century B.C.; Kublai Khan had it rerouted in the 13th |
the Grand Canal
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It's believed that Vermeer used this image-making device to help transfer images to canvas |
(James: What is a camera?) (Alex: Be more specific.)
a camera obscura
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This Alabama city has a collection of spacecraft at the U.S. Space & Rocket Center |
Huntsville
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In 1989 his wife Sarah was named chairperson of Handgun Control Inc. |
(James) Brady
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Among his novels featuring spy George Smiley are "Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy" & "Smiley's People" |
John le Carré
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At the Congress of Vienna, William I of the Netherlands traded Nassau for this Duchy |
(James: I'm a gambling man, let's do it all. $2,900.) (Alex: "I'm a gambling man." A man that throws the garter up into the rafters...)
Luxembourg
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On May 10, 1869 telegraphs around the U.S. flashed the news that it was "done" |
the Transcontinental Railroad
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In the rules of perspective, this is the place at which parallel lines converge on the horizon |
the vanishing point
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You can whale-watch at Grand Manan, Deer & Campobello Islands in this Canadian bay |
(Tom: What is James Bay?) ... (Alex: Correct response--"What is [*]?" James Bay is way up north.)
the Bay of Fundy
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In August 1994 he was sworn in as the 108th justice of the U.S. Supreme Court |
Stephen Breyer
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His story "The Outcasts of Poker Flat" appeared in 1869 in the Overland Monthly, which he edited |
Bret Harte
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