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Tintoretto was in his 70s when he began painting his massive "Paradise" canvas for the doge's palace in this city |
Venice
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In 2001 terrorism fears spurred calls to close Indian Point, this type of power plant near NYC |
a nuclear power plant
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In the 1980s this Texan sometimes ended his broadcast with a cryptic "Courage" |
Dan Rather
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Indira Gandhi National Open University |
New Delhi
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Foucault hung his pendulum from the dome of the Pantheon in this city |
(Amanda: What is Athens?) .... (Alex: The Pantheon, not the Parthenon.)
Paris
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in geometry a lower case d represents this line segment |
diameter
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In 1998 philanthropist George Soros pledged $1 million to distribute clean ones to prevent HIV spread |
hypodermic needles
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Until 1981, this CBS anchorman signed off with "And that's the way it is" |
Walter Cronkite
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Istituto Guglielmo Tagliacarne |
Rome
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The Pleistocene Epoch was the last time about 1/3 of the Earth's land surface was covered by these |
glaciers
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John 3:16 says of the son of God, "Whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have" this type of "life" |
(Alex: Minute to go.)
everlasting
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He lived for awhile at the Rue des Moulins bordello, & painted its ladies of the evening in their parlor |
Toulouse-Lautrec
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In 1994 this state's voters approved a controversial measure allowing assisted suicide |
Oregon
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They signed off with "Good night, David. Good night, Chet. And good night from NBC News" |
Chet Huntley & David Brinkley
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D.I. Mendeleyev University of Chemical Technology |
Moscow
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For Louis XV from 1769 to 1774 it was Marie DuBarry |
(John: What is a courtesan?)
a mistress
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For Colorado Springs, it's 6,000 feet |
elevation
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A pink line that resembles a scarf floats atop the abstract Robert Natkin painting named for this dancer |
Isadora Duncan
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In 1776 Adam Smith defended makers of these against charges of excessive profit, charges still made today |
(Amanda: What are cigars?)
pharmaceuticals (or drug companies)
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"Good night and good luck" from this newsman who changed his name from Egbert to Edward in college |
Edward R. Murrow
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Gallaudet University |
Washington, D.C.
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Pemba, one of the world's leading suppliers of clove oil, is an island near Zanzibar in this ocean |
the Indian Ocean
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Whether you smell a rat or smell the roses, you're using this sense |
olfactory
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Carlo Saraceni depicted this mythological woman seen here straining at her chains |
Andromeda
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This 2-word phrase for policies assisting minorities is found in a 1961 executive order |
affirmative action
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This gossip & radio man greeted audiences, "Good evening, Mr. & Mrs. North & South America & all the ships at sea" |
Walter Winchell
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Kyung Hee University |
Seoul
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This number meridian was modified to make the International Date Line |
the 180th meridian
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Type of book, like Martin Gardner's edition of "Alice", that includes explanatory information as well as the text |
annotated
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