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We don't know what caused this ship to sink, but we remember it helped cause the Spaish-American War |
The Maine
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To indicate "play softly", "piano" is abbreviated "p", & "very softly", "pianissimo", this way |
pp
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The story of a 12-year-old boy coming of age, "My Life as a Dog" is from this country |
(Alex: It was a delightful film, by the way.)
Sweden
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The initials IBM stand for this |
International Business Machines
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Great Scot who wrote "To a Mouse", "To a Louse", & "To a Mountain Daisy" |
(Janelle: Who is Sir Walter Scott?) [Alex gave the correct response with his Scottish accent.]
Rabbie Burns
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In "Hansel & Gretel", the witch was burnt to a crisp after Gretel pushed her into this |
oven
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On July 4, 1917, newly arrived doughboys were wildly greeted while parading in this European capital |
Paris
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Of the beginning, middle, or end of a work, where you'd find a coda |
the end
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For its American release this Australian film sequel was retitled "The Road Warrior" |
Mad Max 2
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The "boss button" takes this off your screen if the boss comes by, replacing it with data |
game
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Keats wrote a whole poem about seeing these famous marbles |
the Elgin marbles
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Hundreds of "bog mummies" in Europe were naturally preserved by burial in this kind of bog |
peat bog
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War during which Colonel George Washington supervised the burial of General Edward Braddock |
French & Indian Wars
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Term for the sign cancelling a previous flat or sharp in that measure |
natural
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Among films Toshiro Mifune made with this director are "Rashomon" & "The Seven Samurai" |
Akira Kurosawa
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This easy language was devised in 1965 at Dartmouth College |
BASIC
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Thomas Hardy's "The Convergence of the Twain" commemorates this disaster of April 14-15, 1912 |
sinking of the Titanic
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This emperor was killed in 1520, some say by the Spaniards, some say by the Aztecs |
Montezuma
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General William Howe was knighted for his victories during the early part of this war |
Revolutionary War
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Ledger lines are added above or below this to show the pitch of notes that don't fall within it |
staff
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He's starred in Werner Herzog's "Aguirre, The Wrath of God", "Nosferatu", & "Fitzcarraldo" |
Klaus Kinski
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The U.S. Census Bureau destroyed these from the 1930 census, so they have no way to check the figures |
punch cards
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In the poem named for her, Edgar L. Masters called her "beloved in life of Abraham Lincoln" |
(Clyde: Who is Mary Todd Lincoln?)
Ann Rutledge
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A traditional burial place for the Dutch royal family, this town is more famous for its blue pottery |
Delft
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In 1861, this California pathfinder headed Union forces in the west |
(Janelle: Who is Kit Carson?)
John Fremont
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The distance in pitch between 2 tones is called this |
(Clyde: What is a whole step?)
interval
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1 of the 2 recent French hit films based on Marcel Pagnol's novel "The Water of the Hills" |
(1 of) Manon of the Spring or Jean de Florette
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Though it's part of most computers, it was designed in the 1870s by Sholes & Gliden |
keyboard
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A.E. Housman called this the loveliest of "trees" |
cherry
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Mythical half-human creature killed by Theseus |
(Jim: What is the Medusa?)
Minotaur
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