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As a young man this Mongol leader entered the service of Toghril Khan |
Genghis Khan
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In "Ivanhoe" Wilfred has been disinherited for following this crusading king |
Richard the Lionhearted
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Of the modern Romance languages, Sardinian is the most similar to the vulgar form of this language |
Latin
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Seneca, the largest of this state's Finger Lakes, is more than 600 feet deep |
New York state
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It's a drug that causes a temporary loss of sensation; novocain is a "local" one |
anesthetic
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"Hello, Dolly!" was conceived with Ethel Merman in mind, but this actress was the first to play the title role |
Carol Channing
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In 1926 Roald Amundsen flew over the North Pole in the Norge, this type of craft |
a dirigible
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George Wilson kills this Fitzgerald title character after Daisy runs over Wilson's wife |
the Great Gatsby
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Swedish contains many loanwords from both the "low" & "high" forms of this language |
German
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in 1900 the Chicago River's course was reversed to flow from this lake to the Des Plaines River |
(Keith: What is Champlain?)
Lake Michigan
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It's a synonym for gingiva |
gums
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In 1991 Jonathan Pryce & Lea Salonga won Tonys for acting in this British import |
Miss Saigon
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This queen was the mother of Catherine of Aragon |
(Paul: Who was... I have no idea?)
Queen Isabella
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At the start of "The Grapes of Wrath", this character, just released from prison, meets Jim Casy |
Tom Joad
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The primitive Mycenaean form of this language was spoken at least as far back as the 13th century B.C. |
Greek
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Winnebago is this Midwest state's largest lake |
(Linda: What is Minnesota?)
Wisconsin
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When a woman's basal body temperature rises, it's normally a sign that this has just occurred |
ovulation
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This musical opens with the Rodgers & Hammerstein tune "Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin'" |
Oklahoma!
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On July 26, 1847 this black African democracy declared itself a republic |
Liberia
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Mrs. Berry & Egg die in a plane crash on their way to Vienna in his 1981 novel "The Hotel New Hampshire" |
(John) Irving
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This Baltic language is also known as Lett |
Latvian
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The Lucin cutoff, built across this lake, provided a rail link between Lucin & Ogden |
the Great Salt Lake
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It's the network of nerve fibers & ganglia at the upper part of the back of the abdomen |
solar plexus
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This crooner originated the role of J.B. Biggley in "How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying" |
Rudy Vallée
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in July 1945 this former French chief of state went on trial for treason |
(Marshal) Pétain
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In this 1957 Kerouac novel, Old Bull Lee is based on author William S. Burroughs |
On the Road
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The ancient philosophical texts known as the Upanishads were written in this classical language |
Sanskrit
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Lake Borgne connects this Louisiana lake to the Gulf of Mexico |
Lake Pontchartrain
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This branch of medicine is concerned with the musculoskeletal system |
orthopedics
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Both acts of "The Sound of Music" close with this inspirational song |
"Climb Ev'ry Mountain"
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