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In 1755 the first opera house in this Portuguese capital was leveled by an earthquake |
Lisbon
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Gold coin first minted in Florence in 1252, named not for Florence but after the Italian for "flower" |
florin
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Published in 1742, "The Complete Housewife" was the first of this type of book in the U.S. |
a cookbook
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"Double Exposure" is a ballet based on this "picturesque" Oscar Wilde novel |
The Picture of Dorian Gray
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This country's prime minister Charles Haughey is a son-in-law of it's former prime minister Sean Lemass |
Ireland
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In 1961 he described himself as "the man who accompanied Jacqueline Kennedy to Paris" |
(Jim: Who is Pierre Salinger?)
John Kennedy
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This city was famous for it's linen years before becoming the capital of Northern Irealnd |
Belfast
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Foreign Minister from 1936-43, Galeazzo Ciano was a son-in-law of this man, who had him executed in 1944 |
Mussolini
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"Lady Sings the Blues" is her autobiography |
Billie Holiday
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The battement is this specific movement, & can be high or low |
kick
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Sirimavo Bandaranaike was elected P.M. of Ceylon in 1960, 1 year after this relative was assassinated |
her husband
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Some 100,000 people were on hand to greet him at Le Bourget Airport in 1927 |
Lindbergh
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Some of the architecture in this Liberian capital is reminiscent of the southern U.S. |
Monrovia
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19th century guerilla fighter whose "red shirts" fought for the "risorgimento", or resurrection, of Italy |
Garibaldi
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Her 1970 book "Sexual Politics" was quite popular among feminists |
(Dan: Who is Germaine Greer?) (Jim: Who is Friedan?) (Richard: Who is Kate...?) (Alex: You should have known the last name before you rang in. You were on the right track, though, [*]. Germaine Greer wrote The Female Eunuch.)
Kate Millet
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Last name of American Indian ballerinas Marjorie & Maria, who are sisters |
Tallchief
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She had never held public office before becoming Prime Minister of Pakistan |
Benazir Bhutto
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All of Paris adored this U.S. Minister to France, who served from 1778-85 |
Benjamin Franklin
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The Grand Ducal Palace in this city is the ceremonial residence of Grand Duke Jean |
Luxembourg
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In the middle ages the Ghibillines supported the Holy Roman Emperor & the Guelphs supported him |
the pope
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Piers Paul Read story of 1974 that was subtitled "The Story of the Andes Survivors" |
Alive
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In 1989 this Soviet-born dancer resigned as dance director of the Paris Opera Ballet |
Rudolf Nureyev
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David Lange, former P.M. of this island country, is famous for his anti-nuclear politics |
New Zealand
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While living in poverty in Paris, Henry Miller was inspired to write this, his first published work |
Tropic of Cancer
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In former years pearl diving was important to the economy of this capital of the United Arab Emirates |
Abu Dhabi
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He was canonized 2 years after his death in 1226 &, with Catherine of Sienna, is Italy's patron saint |
Saint Francis of Assisi
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In "Being and Nothingness", his 1943 philosophical work, he investigated the nature of existence |
(Alex: With less than a minute to go.)
(Jean-Paul) Sartre
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The Ballets Russes disbanded after this impresario died in 1929 |
Diaghilev
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This country's prime minister Hendrik F. Verwoerd was stabbed to death in 1966 |
South Africa
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They entertained everyone from Ezra Pound to Picasso at their studio at 27 rue de Fleurus |
Alice B.Toklas & Gertrude Stein
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