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It has more people than all the other South American nations combined |
Brazil
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Phileas Fogg, gentleman |
Around the World in 80 Days
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1st held in 1876, the Bayreuth Festival was planned by this German opera composer to play his own works |
(Richard) Wagner
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"Canine" phrase used to describe rock collecting enthusiasts |
rock hound
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From Latin to "lie down on", the device in which premature babies lie down |
incubator
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He warned his followers he could die in March 1987 if they didn't help him raise $8 million |
Oral Roberts
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This North American mountain range is named for the waterfalls of the Columbia River |
Cascades
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Lennie Small, migrant worker |
Of Mice and Men
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Desiring a teacher, Gershwin sought out this composer of "Bolero", who told him he didn't need one |
(Maurice) Ravel
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This mineral is crushed, powdered & glued onto paper to make disposable nail boards |
emery
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From Latin for "an image", one of a hated person might be burned |
effigy
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Sec'y of Defense thru much of the '60s, the Vietnam War was sometimes called his war |
Robert McNamara
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It's the northernmost country that's a member of the Organization of American States |
(Frank: What is Canada?) ... (Frank: It's because of you.) (Alex: All right, I'll take the blame.)
United States
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Jude Fawley, stonecutter's apprentice |
Jude the Obscure
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Written in 1723, this German's "Magnificat in D Major" is magnificent |
(Garrett: Who is Mozart?)
(Johann Sebastian) Bach
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This landmark at the mouth of the Mediterranean is a large block of limestone |
Rock of Gibraltar
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One dying for his faith, like a Christian thrown to lions, is called this from the Greek for "witness" |
martyr
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Die-hard basketball fans remember him as "The Big O" |
Oscar Robertson
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Yellowknife, Canada's smallest capital, is capital of this territory |
[ERRATUM: The territory is called "Northwest Territories".]
Northwest Territory
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Wolf Larsen, tramp schooner captain |
The Sea-Wolf
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Rimsky-Korsakov's student, he later composed "Petrushka" |
Stravinsky
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In "America the Beautiful", type of white gypsum used to describe the gleam of the cities |
alabaster
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From the Greek for "a race track", Circus Maximus in Rome was an example of this type of equestrian arena |
(Garrett: What is the Colosseum?)
hippodrome
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Though he directed the team that made the 1st atomic bomb, he opposed making the hydrogen bomb |
Robert Oppenheimer
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Though this British colony has only 19,000 people, as of 1982 it had over 400 licensed banks |
the Grand Cayman Islands
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Jonathan Harker, lawyer |
Dracula
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He composed "Faust" &, in 1869, the Vatican National Anthem |
(Charles) Gounod
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Kimberlite, a mineral in which diamonds are found, was named for a city in this country |
South Africa
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This fancy word for an indoor swimming pool is Latin for "a place for swimming" |
natatorium
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This humorist wrote short pieces for The New Yorker & made short subjects for M-G-M |
Robert Benchley
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