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As a presidential nominee, this decorated WWII bomber pilot called for withdrawal from Vietnam |
(George) McGovern
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(Sarah of the Clue Crew) Scenes from this artsy 2003 Julia Roberts movie were filmed here at Yale |
Mona Lisa Smile
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Peter Tchaikovsky wrote 3 ballets: "Swan Lake", "Sleeping Beauty" & this perennial Christmas favorite |
The Nutcracker
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This historic 15th century ship got its name from its owner, Juan Nino de Moguer |
the NiƱa
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Reading & London |
the Thames
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A famous 1598 one begins, "Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?" |
sonnet
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Secretary of State John W. Foster was the grandfather of this secretary of state |
John Foster Dulles
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The shoot of the 1963 epic "Cleopatra" was in this city where the film is partly set |
Rome
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When he died in 1924, he was working on the last act of "Turandot"; Franco Alfano completed the opera |
(Giacomo) Puccini
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Perhaps the greatest loss of life at sea, over 5,000, came in 1945 when this type of vessel sank the Wilhelm Gustloff |
(Mary Margaret: What is a U-boat?) ... (Alex: It was a Soviet [*].)
submarine
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Damietta & Aswan |
the Nile
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Also used in commercial fishing, it's known as echolocation in bats |
sonar
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Historian John Jameson led the campaign to build this D.C. center to store historic documents |
(Kevin: What is the Library of Congress?)
The National Archives
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If Neuschwanstein Castle looks familiar, you may have seen it in this Dick Van Dyke film about a magical car |
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
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In September 1907 this Norwegian's ashes were buried in a cliff near his country home Troldhaugen |
Edvard Grieg
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The first 4 Cunard vessels were Acadia, Caledonia, Columbia & this one that really ruled the waves |
(Kevin: What is the Titanic?) (Stan: What is... the Mauretania?) (Mary Margaret: What is the Olympic?)
the Britannia
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Mirzapur & Bhagalpur |
the Ganges
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He's won numerous Tony Awards for his songwriting & a Pulitzer for "Sunday in the Park with George" |
Stephen Sondheim
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Dissing the Supreme Court in 1832, Andrew Jackson said this man "has made his decision; now let him enforce it" |
John Marshall
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Set at the Met, Angie Dickinson's escapades in this Brian De Palma film were shot in the Philadelphia Museum of Art |
Dressed to Kill
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Franz Schubert is credited with popularizing these German art songs -- he composed almost 650 of them |
lieder
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On July 24, 1969 the U.S.S. Hornet was in the Pacific waiting for these men |
(Stan: Who are the... who are the Apollo astronauts?) (Alex: Which ones?) (Stan: Who are Neil Armstrong... I can't... Apollo 11? Apollo 11?) (Alex: Okay, all right, that's good; we were really going for Apollo 11, but you started to name them, and I was going to give you a little leeway!)
the crew of Apollo 11
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Montreal & Quebec City |
the St. Lawrence
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Hermosillo is the capital city of this Mexican state |
Sonora
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A Falls Church, VA. high school is named for this 3-initialed Confederate cavalryman |
J.E.B. Stuart
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The 1954 Barbara Stanwyck movie "Cattle Queen of" this state was filmed on location in Glacier National Park |
Montana
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This "Symphonie Fantastique" composer worked for a while as music critic for the Journal des Debats |
(Alex: And we have about a minute left.)
(Hector) Berlioz
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A space shuttle was named for this ship seen here, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution's first vessel |
(Stan: What is the Discovery?)
the Atlantis
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Iquitos & Obidos |
the Amazon
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Northeast of San Francisco, this valley is famous for its wineries & tourist attractions |
the Sonoma Valley
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