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3,000 Romans at a time could clean up in this facility named for Diocletian |
the Baths
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To chirotonize is to exercise this democratic right |
to vote
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The fabulous Shubert theatre opened with British star Johnston Forbes-Robertson as this doomed Dane |
Hamlet
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In the mid-1600s, the Iroquois nearly wiped out the Erie & this other tribe that shares its name with a Great Lake |
Huron
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The Waitomo caves on this country's North Island are lit by thousands of glowworms |
New Zealand
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Rome lies on both banks of this roughly 250-mile-long river |
the Tiber
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To "bury" this is to place an item of lesser significance first in an article |
the lede
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Playing at the Hippodrome, the musical "America" had a bizarre plot about stealing the plans to this 50-mile-long dig |
(Jody: What is the Erie Canal?)
the Panama Canal
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This rapper has been called many things, but don't forget "Oscar winner" (for original song) for "8 Mile" |
Eminem
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The Yankton & Oglala were members of this broad alliance of tribes |
the Sioux
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On December 2, 1929 a skull of this prehistoric man was discovered in Zhoukoudian Cave in China |
Peking Man
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Nicola Salvi won a 1732 competition by designing this Baroque fountain; it took 30 years to complete |
the Trevi Fountain
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A lazaretto is a hospital especially for these people |
lepers
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"The Sunshine Girl" was a hit & popularized the turkey trot, a new one of these |
a dance
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In 2010 this rocker wrote a theme song for the Minnesota Vikings; is that why he's so into purple? |
Prince
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In 1957, a century after a series of wars against the U.S., this tribe from Florida regained Federal recognition |
the Seminoles
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The walls of Oklahoma's Alabaster Caverns are formed of this soft white mineral often used to make drywall |
gypsum
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The ruins of the Domus Aurea, this Emperor's "Golden House" built after the Great Fire, sit in a public park in Rome |
Nero
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Those born under Jupiter's sign were supposed to be joyful & this word describing them is derived from Jupiter's alias |
jovial
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Later to help establish sound in the movies, he had them rolling in the aisles starring in "The Honeymoon Express" in 1913 |
(Alex: And that performer's name is [*].)
Al Jolson
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"But we're never gonna survive, unless" you name this singer who went "Crazy" on Billboard's Top 40 in 1991 |
(John: Who is Madonna?)
Seal
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Code talkers using the language of this Southwestern were involved in every U.S. Marine assault in the Pacific 1942-45 |
the Navajo
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During the War of 1812, this Kentucky cave was used to mine saltpeter for the making of gunpowder |
Mammoth Cave
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This Roman street that runs from the Villa Borghese to the Piazza Barberini was portrayed in "La Dolce vita" |
(Alex: And that is the famous [*].)
Via Veneto
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Put these 3 letters, meaning "mouth", in front of "-smacked" & you get a word meaning "flabbergasted" |
gob
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The sufferings of Suffragettes were spoofed at the New Amsterdam Theatre in the 1913 edition of these "Follies" |
the Ziegfeld Follies
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In 1995 she sang "Army Of Me"--but really, when you wear a swan dress to the Oscars, that's what folks will remember |
Bjork
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The name "Comanche" comes from a word meaning "enemy" or "stranger" in the language of this 3-letter tribe |
the Ute
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The Republic of Georgia's Krubera Cave in this mountain system is the world's deepest at 7,188 feet |
the Caucasus
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