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Of the forbidden fruit, Eve said, this creature "beguiled me, and I did eat" |
the serpent
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The Ptolemaic dynasty of Egypt ended when her son Ptolemy XV was murdered by Octavian |
Cleopatra
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Its name is from the Greek for "well covered" & it covers Australia pretty well |
eucalyptus
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From 1967 to 1978 Joyce Carol Oates taught English at the University of Windsor in this country |
Canada
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This ship was refloated, rebuilt & renamed the CSS Virginia |
the Merrimack
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This heroine's Japanese name is Cio-Cio-San |
Madame Butterfly
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In Genesis 17:4 God told him, "Thou shalt be a father of many nations" |
Abraham
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When Nicholas II abdicated in 1917, it brought an end to this Russian dynasty |
the Romanov
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This family of tropical trees has 2 major types of leaves: fan-shaped & feather-shaped |
palms
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"Heartburn" author whose parents, Henry & Phoebe Ephron, wrote the screenplay for "Carousel" |
Nora Ephron
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Built to accommodate 10,000 prisoners, this Georgia prison camp often had 3 times that number |
Andersonville
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Guinness says the longest commonly performed opera is his "Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg" |
Wagner
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Completes the line from a parable, "Many are called…" |
(Sid: What is "…but few come?")
"…but few are chosen"
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During much of the Middle Ages, France was ruled by this dynasty founded by Hugh Capet |
the Capetian
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The "save" this giant tree "league" was one of the first conservation groups in the U.S. |
the redwood
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She went abroad to visit Cro-Magnon caves after writing "The Clan of the Cave Bear" |
(Jean) Auel
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Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain won the medal of honor for defending Little Round Top at this Penn. battle |
Gettysburg
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The title of this Leoncavallo opera can be translated as "Clowns" |
[NOTE: Leslie's score display goes from $8,200 to $10,300. This error is corrected when she is credited for her next response at clue 24.]
Pagliacci (I Pagliacci accepted)
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In Matthew 16:18 Jesus said to Peter, "Upon this rock I will" do this |
build my church
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In 1644 China's last dynasty was established by these foreigners from the north |
(Sid: What was the Ming dynasty?)
the Manchus
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These trees are known for their winged seeds called keys |
maples
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In 1991 on cable television he introduced stories from his book "Welcome to the Monkey House" |
Kurt Vonnegut
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Confederate General John C. Breckinridge previously held this U.S. office under Pres. Buchanan |
vice president
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The earliest opera that survives, Peri's 1600 "Euridice" tells of Euridice & this husband |
Orpheus
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In I Samuel he admitted to David, "I have played the fool and have erred exceedingly" |
(King) Saul
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This famous Italian dynasty ended in 1737 with the death of Gian Gastone, Grand Duke of Tuscany |
the Medici
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Species of this popular poplar include the bigtooth and the quaking |
(Michael: What is the elm?)
aspen
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He wrote "The Alexandria Quartet" & "The Avignon Quintet" |
Lawrence Durrell
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This famous Mary's diary, published in 1905, gives an inside view of Confederate leaders |
Mary Chestnut
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Meyerbeer's "Les Huguenots" revolves around this 1572 massacre of the Huguenots |
(Sid: What is France?)
the St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre
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