UNITED NATIONS SECRETARIES-GENERAL |
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China vetoed this Austrian's bid for an unprecedented third term as secretary-general |
Kurt Waldheim
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At Antwerp in 1920, the Olympic flag debuted & these birds were first released as symbols of peace |
Doves
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He was in his 20's when he sculpted the "Pieta", now in St. Peter's Basilica |
Michelangelo
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In January of 1377, Pope Gregory XI moved the papacy back to this city |
Rome
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Sancho Panza calls him "The Knight of the Sad Countenance" |
Don Quixote
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South America's Apurimac & Marinon Rivers rise in the permanent snows & glaciers of this range |
The Andes
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This current secretary-general accompanied Anwar Sadat on his historic 1977 trip to Israel |
Boutros Boutros-Ghali
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With 8,611 points, Robert Zmelik of Czechoslovakia won this multi-sport event in 1992 |
Decathlon
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He painted tropical landscapes on Martinique before he moved to Tahiti |
Paul Gauguin
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In 1642 this spiritual leader became the ruler of Tibet |
Dalai Lama
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This classic story collection includes "The Tales of Sinbad", "Aladdin" & "Ali Baba" |
"Arabian Nights"
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The southern slopes of this highest Japanese mountain extend to the shore of Suruga Bay |
Mt. Fuji
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This Peruvian diplomat served with the U.N. peacekeeping mission in Cyprus from 1975-1977 |
Javier Perez de Cuellar
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The Olympic motto, "Citius Altius Fortius",translates to "Swifter, Higher" & this |
Stronger
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This Frenchman painted many portraits of ballet dancers including "Dancer With a Fan" in 1879 |
(Steinar: Who is Edward Degas?) (Alex: Close, but no cigar on that one.)
Edgar Degas
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His name is a contraction of Arabic for "The God"; The Koran says he is eternal & omnipotent |
Allah
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In this 1862 novel, ex-convict Jean Valjean steals the Bishop of Digne's silverware |
Les Misérables
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Coffee & bananas are grown on the lower slopes of this mountain, the highest in Africa |
Mt. Kilimanjaro
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He was press director for Burma's interim government following its vote for independence |
U Thant
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The 1968 summer games in this capital city were the first telecast in color |
Mexico City
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This Spanish court artist's 1620s painting "Los Borachos" or "The Drinkers" is in the Prado |
(Jan: Who is Goya?)
Diego Velázquez
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Bodhisattvas are personifications of the virtues of this founder of a religion |
Buddha
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His "The Brothers Karamazov" was translated into English in 1912, 32 years after it was 1st published |
Fyodor Dostoevsky
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The world's 2nd-tallest mountain; it's also known as Kechu |
K2 (Mt. Godwin-Austen)
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After he left office in 1953, he returned to Norway & later served in the cabinet |
(Alex: Good thing you got that one!)
Trygve Lie
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The first torch relay was run in 1936, taking the flame from Olympia, Greece to this city |
Berlin
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This Dutchman's brother Adrian may have been the model for his "The Man With the Golden Helmet" |
(Elena: [No response])
Rembrandt
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The horseradish on the plate for this Jewish holiday symbolizes the bitterness of slavery in Egypt |
Passover
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Shakespeare's "Cymbelline" is based in part on a story from this 14th c. work by Bocaccio |
"The Decameron"
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Both ends of this mountain chain between Romania & Slovakia lie on the Danube River |
Carpathian Mountains
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