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In Verdi's opera about him, this Hun is stabbed to death by his fiancee Odabella |
Attila the Hun
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Country partly in Europe which also occupies the peninsula known as Asia Minor |
Turkey
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In the 1780s, Ben Franklin invented these, & what a sight for sore eyes they were |
(Alex: We've got a minute to go.)
bifocals
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Ship accessory pictured on flag of Wisconsin & Rhode Island, it's also found on Popeye's arm |
anchor
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She also played cousin Serena on "Bewitched" |
Elizabeth Montgomery
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1 of only 3 universities in the United States whose name starts with "Y" |
Yeshiva (or Yale or Youngstown State)
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"Les Huguenots", which deals which a 16th century massacre, is set in this country |
France
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These 2 Asian countries each have more people than any other continent outside Asia |
India & China
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He sent musical notes over the wire months before his famous message to Watson |
(David: Who was Morse?)
Alexander Graham Bell
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This state's flag has the letters D-A-N-E-V-A around a star |
Nevada
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She resigned from the Reagan cabinet in fall of 1987 to help her husband's presidential campaign |
Elizabeth Dole
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Of the 9 major planets in our solar system, only these are over 1 billion miles away from the sun |
Pluto, Neptune & Uranus
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This "Terrible" tyrant is a major character in Rimsky-Korsakov's opera "The Maid of Pskov" |
Ivan the Terrible
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1 of the Asian national capitals that have 2 words in their names |
(Alex: [**] and [***] were some of the others.)
New Delhi (or Ulan Bator or Phnom Penh)
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This scientific instrument's name is from the Greek for "small look" |
microscope
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Along with the North Star, this star group appears on the Alaska state flag |
the Big Dipper
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Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon, beloved widow of British king George VI, is best known by this title |
the Queen Mother
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If you were born in June, you'll know this is the only birthstone that comes from an animal |
pearl
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Rossini's 1829 masterpiece, set in Switzerland, is based on this hero |
(Sascha: Who is Figaro?)
William Tell
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Country once known as the "Switzerland of the Middle East"; nearly 1/2 of its GNP was lost between 1975-77 |
Lebanon
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Gutenberg's printing press was just a modified version of the device used to press these |
(Neil: What is movable type?) (David: What is clothing?)
grapes or olives
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One of the few flags to have a bird other than an eagle on it, this Southern state's has a pelican |
Louisiana
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Born E. Wallace, this First Lady from Mo. was the childhood sweetheart of the president she married |
Bess Truman
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The only U.S. state with a 1-syllable name |
Maine
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In (the) last scene of Donizetti's opera, this 2nd wife of Henry VIII waits to be beheaded |
Anne Boleyn
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The U.N. considers the deposed "Khmer Rouge" the legitimate government of this S.E. Asian country |
Cambodia
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In 1960, the 1st working laser used a synthetic version of this gem as its amplifier |
ruby
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It's the reason the flag of Ohio has 17 stars on it |
it's the 17th state
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This London st. became famous because of the romance between Elizabeth Barrett & Robert Browning |
Wimpole Street
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This novelist was the only one of the Bronte siblings to live past the age of 31 |
Charlotte
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