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Eons of wind & rain have worn away ancient mtns., making this smallest continent the flattest, too |
Australia
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The word “church” can be traced back to “kyros”, meaning “power” in this language |
Greek
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It's said he turned down Pulitzer for “Arrowsmith” because he felt he was due one sooner |
Sinclair Lewis
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Composer who had a celebrated love affair with novelist George Sand |
(Ron: Who is Liszt?)
Chopin
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Of 4, 12, or 20, the number of independent countries in Africa before WWII |
4
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A church is called a “cathedral” when this official's chair, a “cathedra” in Latin, is there |
bishop
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In 1895, this 67-year-old count learned to ride the bicycle he received from Moscow admirers |
Tolstoy
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Peter Pan's flight plan to Never-Never Land |
(Jerry: What is follow the North Star?)
second star to the right and on till morning
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“La Traviata” is his operatic version of “Camille” |
Verdi
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This hard yellowish tartar found on teeth sounds like a mathematical matter |
(Ron: What is plaque?) ... [The end-of-round signal sounds.]
calculus
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Mountain range that's the accepted dividing line between Europe & Asia |
Urals
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Traditionally, the entrance of a cathedral faces this direction |
west
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From age 19 on, he had a platinum kneecap to replace one shattered in WWI |
(Jerry: Who is Erich Maria Remarque?)
Hemingway
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Name for a ship's “speedometer”, as well as for the record of its voyage |
log
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His “Love For 3 Oranges” is loved by opera folks |
(Paul: Who is Meyerberg?)
Prokofiev
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The first primary teeth to appear in a baby are usually of this variety |
incisors
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Besides the Amazon, 1 of the other 4 river systems that drain South America |
River Plate (Orinoco, San Francisco, or Magdalena)
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Where the altar & seats for the choir are located, it's a semicircular area at end of nave |
apse
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Don't wait for the mini-series of “My Antonia”; this author's will forbids screen adaptations |
Willa Cather
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This instrument measures the angular distance of a celestial body above the horizon |
sextant
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Nationality of the composers who comprised “The Five” in 1862 |
Russian
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From Latin for “bad closing”, an overbite is a type of this |
malocclusion
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The continental drift theory says that all the continents once formed a giant land mass called this |
(Ron: What is Gondwanaland?)
Pangaea
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Most famous feature of this Spanish city's cathedral is the Giralda Tower, which used to be a minaret |
Seville
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It's said this author of “The Human Factor” wrote 200 words a day then stopped, even in mid sentence |
Graham Greene
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As stars are on a celestial navigators chart, so these are on charts for piloting |
(Ron: What are currents?) (Paul's unanticipated response was ruled incorrect, but then reversed before FJ.)
landmarks (buoys)
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The N. & S. European countries for which German F. Mendelssohn named his 3rd & 4th symphonies |
Italy & Scotland
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Of the 4 basic tissues, the one that makes up the bulk of a tooth |
dentin
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