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A Samuel Pepys diary entry says, "Went out to Charing Cross to see Major-General Harrison hanged, drawn, and" this |
quartered
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A lump of metal, perhaps of gold (6) |
nugget
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Various military flags are depicted in embroidery on this 11th century linen artwork |
the Bayeux Tapestry
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The Harmattan is a West African trade wind that blows from this desert south to the Gulf of Guinea |
the Sahara
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They had a second variety show in 1976, after they had divorced |
Sonny and Cher
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Captain Rouget de Lisle wrote this one work that is remembered; it begins, "Allons, enfants de la patrie" |
"The Marseillaise"
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At Valley Forge, 12 men crowded into tiny huts, & diseases including this "ty" pair killed 2,000 over the winter |
typhoid and typhus
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World War II tank named for a Civil War general (7) |
(Tom: Who is [*]?)
Sherman
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It's the only U.S. state to use a primarily green flag, which honors its nickname |
(Tom: What is... Vermont?) ... (Alex: What is [*], the Evergreen State?)
Washington
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The Grand Banks, where the Gulf Stream meets the Labrador Current, may lead the world in this visibility-reducing condition |
fog
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She wrote "I Will Always Love You" for her musical partner Porter Wagoner as they were going separate ways |
Dolly Parton
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Also a novelist, he began an 1839 poem, "The church is vast; its towering pride, its steeples loom on high" |
Victor Hugo
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These stinky hide-processing plants were represented by a 19th c. Australian "Noxious Traders Association" |
tanneries
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In Christian churches, formal forgiveness of sin (10) |
absolution
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From the Latin for "flag", it's the study of flags |
vexillology
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In November 2013 typhoon Haiyan swept through this Asian nation, killing thousands |
(Tom: What is Bangladesh?)
the Phillipines
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He was in prison when he & his ex-wife were inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 1991 |
Ike Turner
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In the Bastille in 1717, this philosopher wrote his epic poem "La Henriade" |
Voltaire
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Past cultures give up their secrets in the mounds of prehistoric garbage called "kitchen" these |
middens
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Main character's foil (10) |
(Tom: What is... sidekick?)
antagonist
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As a verb, this word means to raise a flag; as a noun, it's the edge of a flag that's next to the staff |
hoist
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A radiosonde is an instrument package used by meteorologists, usually carried into the air by one of these |
a balloon
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After Noel left this group in 2009, Liam changed the name to Beady Eye |
Oasis
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In "Ballad of the Ladies of Yore", Francois Villon asked, "Where are" these "of yesteryear?" |
snows
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As in the Western "Flesh & the Spur", Indians used staking people to these as a torture--or at least white settlers said so |
(Alex: Pam?) (Pam: [Long pause] What are... horses?) (Alex: No, they would stake them to [*]. [Grunts] Bad stuff.)
anthills
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Crossword puzzle enthusiast (14) |
cruciverbalist
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A black one of these birds is featured on the flag of Western Australia |
a swan
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For pilots C&V is this, the height of the lowest cloud layer, "& visibility" |
ceiling
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Kicked out of The Clash, Mick Jones went on to form this group, B.A.D. for short |
Big Audio Dynamite
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Frederic Mistral wrote in this language of southern France & developed a dictionary of it |
Provençal
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