THE MAN WHO WOULDN'T BE KING |
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Later dug up & hanged, Oliver Cromwell's body was originally buried in this church upon his death in 1658 |
Westminster Abbey
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To commemorate the birth of reggae legend & native son Bob Marley, Feb. 6, 1990 was a national holiday in this country |
Jamaica
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"A Lovely Sunday for Creve Coeur" is a lesser play by this man with a southern state in his name |
Tennessee Williams
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Yellow fever is primarily carried by the Aedes aegypti species of this bloodsucker |
the mosquito
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Here, a member of the Department of Agriculture's Beagle Brigade sniffs for contraband at LAX in this city |
Los Angeles
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Good thing for tourists that Honolulu's Diamond Head is this type of volcano |
extinct
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"In the name of God, go!" declared Cromwell in dismissing the so-called "Rump" version of this in 1653 |
Parliament
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Inducting Marley into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 1994, this U2 singer said Bob was "showman, shaman, human" |
Bono
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Allan Gurganus shot to fame with his novel about the "Oldest Living" this who "Tells All" |
Confederate Widow
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This nocturnal insect, Cimex lectularius, often finds shelter in the seams, tufts & crevices of mattresses |
a bedbug
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The valiant termite-detecting beagle here is ready for action in Chapel Hill in this state |
North Carolina
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Rachael Ray is such a fan of this type of olive oil that she even launched her own brand |
extra-virgin
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Oliver Cromwell ruled between these 2 kings, a father & son |
Charles I & Charles II
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In February 1979 Marley & his group headlined at this Harlem venue, the first reggae band to do so |
the Apollo
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A Miami Herald columnist since 1985, he's known for comic novels about Floridian corruption |
(Pat: Who's Dave Barry?)
Carl Hiaasen
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There are more than 10,000 species of this bloodsucker but Pulex irritans is the one used in most "circuses" |
fleas
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The Christchurch Beagles representing one of the colleges of this English university are ready for a hunt |
Oxford
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A type of tax, it can also mean to cut out, like a tumor |
excise
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When he ruled England from 1653 to 1658, Oliver Cromwell went by this 2-word title |
Lord Protector
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Marley said his backup band was named this "because we started out crying" |
the Wailers
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He's the late American novelist heard here:
"I suppose I had been thinking about Nat Turner for many, many years." |
William Styron
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In 19th century France, this aquatic worm was raised on farms by the thousands for medicinal purposes |
leeches
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See Uno receive his admirers after winning the Westminster Kennel Club's Best in Show at this New York City venue |
Madison Square Garden
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In England, the Chancellor of this is the Minister of Finance |
the Exchequer
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Cromwell's Puritan followers were known as these for their closely cropped hair |
Roundheads
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"War", a song off Bob's 1976 album "Rastaman Vibration", had lyrics taken from a speech by this emperor |
(Stacy: Who is Napoléon?) (Alex: No, it was the Ethiopian emperor [*].)
Haile Selassie
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This debut novel by Carson McCullers empathetically tracks an isolated misfit in a Georgia town |
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter
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Only the female of this "equine" pest of the family Tabanidae feeds on blood; the male feeds on nectar |
the horse-fly
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First Beagles Him & Her are campaigning for this man, their owner, in 1964 |
LBJ
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