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Cerro Blanco, the world's highest one of these wind-blown desert formations, rises almost 6,800 feet in Peru |
a sand dune
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NBA games are this many minutes of regulation playing time |
(John-Clark: What is 60?)
48
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He reached Savannah in time for Christmas 1864 & presented the city to the Pres., along with 150 captured cannons |
Sherman
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Aha! I have found it, this Greek word that's the state motto of California |
Eureka
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Both Titian & Giovanni Bellini painted this beautiful Roman goddess gazing in a mirror |
Venus
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It was "Hello, Cleveland, open the doors" when this singer who was "Born To Run" gave a free concert in 1978 |
(Bruce) Springsteen
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(Jimmy of the Clue Crew presents the clue.) When a coral reef forms around an island & the island gradually sinks into the sea, what remains is this ring-like coral island |
(Anne: What is a barrier reef?)
an atoll
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It's the shortest of the 4 gospels in the New Testament |
Mark
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Of a doomed attack at Gettysburg, this Confederate made the charge that Lee "had my division massacred" |
(George) Pickett
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This 2-word French term for an incorrigible child sounds a lot worse than it is |
enfant terrible
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An early sculpture by Michelangelo depicts "the battle of" these mythical half-man, half-horse creatures |
centaurs
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In 1977 this "Dark Side of the Moon" band said "Hello, Cleveland", playing a concert there to more than 80,000 fans |
Pink Floyd
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Also a term for brewing coffee, this is the movement of water from the earth's surface to its subsurface |
percolation
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It's the capital of Latvia |
Riga
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Gen. Bee's comment about this man may not have been a compliment of steadfastness but a complaint about a lack of support |
(Keith: Who was Sherman?)
Stonewall Jackson
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Russian for "openness", it was Mikhail Gorbachev's policy of open discussion |
glasnost
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Cupid, Flora & 3 dancing Graces appear in this Botticelli masterpiece whose name means "springtime " |
Primavera
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This movie band shouts "Hello, Cleveland" as they get lost trying to find the stage of the Xanadu star theater |
Spinal Tap
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It's an imaginary circle located approximately at 66 1/2 degrees south latitude |
the Antarctic Circle
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This Wisconsin governor survived a recall effort in 2012 |
Scott Walker
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This West Pointer threw out the first pitch, or rather, fired the first Union shot, in defense of Fort Sumter |
(John-Clark: Who is Anderson?)
Abner Doubleday
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Come closer--if you don't want to be overheard, speak softly, this way, Italian for "in a low voice" |
sotto voce
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In a painting by Cezanne, she's cozying up to a swan |
(Keith: Who is...) (Alex: It's not coming?) (Keith: ... Europa?)
Leda
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After playing Cleveland's Agora Ballroom, it was "Hello, Cleveland, hello, success" for this "Rich Girl" duo |
Hall & Oates
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From the Latin for "tide", it's the place where the wide mouth of a freshwater river meets the ocean tides |
an estuary
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The Battle of Guadalcanal began in August of this year |
(Alex: Good, with less than a minute to go.)
1942
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This cavalryman twice led his troops in a ride around McClellan, boosting southern morale |
J.E.B. Stuart
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Japanese for "way of the warrior", it was the chivalric code of the samurai |
bushido
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Eugene Delacroix painted this enchantress as she was about to kill her children |
(Anne: Who is Hecate?)
Medea
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In 1999 this Chuck D group said, "Hello, Rock & Roll Hall of Fame" & played at a new hip-hop exhibit |
Public Enemy
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