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This ex-pres.'s account of his African hunting trip appeared in Scribner's Magazine, netting him $50,000 |
Teddy Roosevelt
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In June 1969 this California governor gave the eulogy at the funeral of actor Robert Taylor |
Ronald Reagan
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Achilles died after one of these weapons wounded him in the heel |
an arrow
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2 tiny bones in the ear, the malleus & incus, are better known as the hammer & this |
the anvil
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Many of the letters in this epistolary Alice Walker novel are written by Celie to God |
The Color Purple
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Concepcion's lovers hid inside clocks in this "Bolero" composer's opera "L'heure espangnole" |
Ravel
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In November this site was chosen as the USA's principal naval base in the Pacific |
Pearl Harbor
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In the 1950s this current Massachusetts senator was an end on the Harvard football team |
(Ted) Kennedy
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Demeter sometimes rides around in one of these vehicles pulled by dragons |
a chariot
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It's the familiar name for your third & smallest molars |
(Ryan: What are your canines?)
your wisdom teeth
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He wrote a play called "Clevinger's Trial", based on Chapter 8 of his novel "Catch-22" |
(Joseph) Heller
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"The Unicorn, the Gorgon and the Manticore" is a satirical opera by this man who created Amahl |
(Gian Carlo) Menotti
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On December 26, 1909 this sculptor of "The Bronco Buster" died at age 48 |
Frederic Remington
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This sponsor of the Erie Canal served as NYC mayor prior to becoming governor of N.Y. in 1817 |
DeWitt Clinton
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These 3 goddesses who control human destinies are also called the Moirai |
the Fates
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Compton's Encycl. describes this largest internal organ as "a uniform blob of reddish-brown tissue" |
(Kevin: What is the heart?)
the liver
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The hero of this Morris L. West novel is a Ukrainian who becomes pope |
The Shoes of the Fisherman
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He wrote the music for "Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny"; Brecht wrote the libretto |
Kurt Weill
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During the year this Austrian psychiatrist gave a series of lectures at Clark University in Massachusetts |
Sigmund Freud
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1 of the 2 Ohio governors elected president of the U.S. in the late 19th century |
(David: [*]? Who was [*]?)
William McKinley (or Rutherford B. Hayes)
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Urania is usually described as the muse of this science |
(Ryan: What is physics?)
astronomy
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Originating in the spinal cord & running down the back of the thigh, it's the largest nerve in the body |
(David: What is the vagus nerve?)
the sciatic nerve
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"Bodily Harm" & "The Handmaid's Tale" are 2 of this Canadian's feminist novels |
Margaret Atwood
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This Swede's 1907 play "The Ghost Sonata" inspired a 1984 chamber opera by Aribert Reimann |
Strindberg
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This French premier stepped down after a furious July 20 debate in the Chamber of Deputies |
(Alex: He came back later. Who is [*]?)
Georges Clemenceau
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Although he won the popular & electoral votes in 1824, the House chose John Quincy Adams as president |
Andrew Jackson
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Some say this underworld canine has serpents entwined around his multiple necks |
Cerberus
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During adolescence, acne is caused by an overabundance of oil produced by these glands |
the sebaceous glands
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Savonarola & Machiavelli are characters in George Eliot's "Romola", set in the 1490s in this city |
Florence
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"The Burning Fiery Furnace" is a Biblical opera by this composer of "Billy Budd" |
(Ryan: Who is Melville?)
Benjamin Britten
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