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These paired openings of the nasal cavity are also called nares |
nostrils
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The ice cap that covers this largest island has an average thickness of about 5,000 feet |
Greenland
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Riemenschneider sculpted this first biblical couple for a chapel in Wurzburg, Germany |
Adam & Eve
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This group headquartered in Washington, D.C. was founded in 1888 by 33 explorers & scientists |
National Geographic Society
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Grolier says this great king of Macedonia was the first monarch to be called "Great" |
Alexander the Great
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Moritz Schlick led the group in this Austrian capital that founded the logical positivist school |
Vienna
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Tetracycline is a broad-spectrum type of this drug, since it's effective against a wide variety of bacteria |
antibiotic
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This largest Japanese island is connected to Hokkaido, Kyushu & Shikoku by bridges & tunnels |
Honshu
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He once said he ate the same soup lunch every day for 20 years; that's why he painted soup cans |
Andy Warhol
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The International Red Cross is headquartered in this city |
Geneva
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Searching for wealth & the Fountain of Youth, he landed in what's now Florida April 2, 1513 |
Ponce de Leon
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At times this, the study & existence of God, has been considered part of metaphysics |
(Shane: What is deism?)
theology
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This partially decomposed plant material that forms in bogs is the first step in coal formation |
peat
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This Chilean dependency in the Pacific has many statues, but no rivers or streams |
Easter Island
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This Dutchman painted landscapes of olive trees & cypresses while at the asylum of St.-Remy |
Vincent Van Gogh
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Volunteers in this U.S. agency established in 1961 live & work in other countries to improve living conditions |
the Peace Corps
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This Babylonian is said to have received his code from the sun god Shumash |
Hammurabi
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This branch of philosophy concerned with conduct & character is also called moral philosophy |
ethics
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Parthenogenesis is the development of an individual from an egg that has not undergone this process |
fertilization
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This island off Africa's east coast is said to be home to half the world's species of chameleons |
Madagascar
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In 1902 this artist painted "The Path" in his own "Garden of Giverny" |
Monet
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"Hypertension" & "Stroke" are monthly publications of this association |
American Heart Association
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This Mexican army officer & dictator lost a leg while fighting the French at Veracruz in 1838 |
Santa Anna
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The name of this, the belief that pleasure is the highest good of life, comes from Greek for "pleasure" |
(Bryan: What is epicurism?)
hedonism
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Pelagic animals & plants are divided into 2 groups: nekton, which are free swimming, & these, which drift |
plankton
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In 1733 Denmark acquired St. Croix in this island group from France |
Virgin Islands
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David Siqueiros, Jose Clemente Orozco & most famously this artist led the Mexican muralist movement |
Diego Rivera
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This NYC dance company's directors have included Lucia Chase, Kevin McKenzie & Mikhail Baryshnikov |
American Ballet Theatre
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On April 7, 1831 5-year-old Pedro II became emperor of this South American country |
Brazil
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The study of beauty is a central concern of this branch of philosophy, the newest branch with its own name |
aesthetics
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