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Dante begins his journey on this day, the anniversary of the crucifixion |
(Brian: What is Easter?)
Good Friday
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From 1869 to 1939 education was administered by this cabinet department that manages national parks |
Interior
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The first week of August honors these circus performers & is appropriately followed by Smile Week |
clowns
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Exodus 12 has instructions for this holiday; please respond with one question, not 4 |
Passover
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Profession of Pinter, Shaw & Beckett |
playwrights
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Dante journeys through Hell to the rim of Purgatory with the guidance of this Roman epic poet |
(Brian: Who is Ovid?)
Virgil
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It can be a school of higher education for girls, or a school for training priests, ministers or rabbis |
a seminary
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Among other things, this month is Cherry Month & Creative Romance Month |
(Jack: What is April?)
February
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In 1:22 he says, "Every son that is born ye shall cast into the river" |
the pharaoh
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It's the symbol seen here, more gigantic than usual |
a copyright symbol
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"Purgatory" & "Paradise" contain 33 of these poem subdivisions; "Inferno" has 34 |
cantos
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The NMSA is the "National" this type of "Association" for young adolescents |
middle schools
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Knoxville's Boomsday festival celebrating this Sept. holiday has one of the USA's largest fireworks displays |
Labor Day
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14: 16 says, "And the children of Israel shall go on dry ground through the midst of the sea" --this one |
the Red Sea
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"Let It Snow" begins, "Oh the weather outside is" this |
frightful
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Capocchio & Griffolino of Arezzo are damned to Hell for being falsifiers of metal using this process |
alchemy
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In August 1995 Shannon Faulkner became the first female cadet at this South Carolina military college |
The Citadel
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By presidential proclamation, October 9 is set aside to honor this Viking & all Americans of Nordic heritage |
Leif Ericson
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In chapter 4 Moses casts a rod to the ground, & it turns into this |
a snake
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Adjective meaning animated, vivacious or lively |
sprightly
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Paging Mr. Magus, this magician who offered to purchase the power of transmitting the Holy Spirit |
Simon
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Kirby Puckett |
(Brian: Who are the Mariners?)
the Minnesota Twins
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In 1838 this Massachusetts educator founded the biweekly Common School Journal for teachers |
(Cynthia: Who is Horace Greeley?)
Horace Mann
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On this November holiday created in 1937 by Al Capp in "Li'l Abner", unmarried women pursue bachelors |
Sadie Hawkins Day
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Chapter 20 has the 10 Commandments; these 2 are each 4 words long in the King James Version |
(Cynthia: What are "Thou shalt not steal" and "Thou shalt not...")
"Thou shalt not kill" & "Thou shalt not steal"
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This U.S. government scholarship program named for a senator began in 1946 |
Fulbright
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