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Of Switzerland's 4 official languages, this one is spoken by the most Swiss people |
German
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His interest in gravity is said to have come from watching an apple fall |
Isaac Newton
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Danny, Donnie, Joe, Jordan & Jonathan |
the New Kids on the Block
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Polonius tells Hamlet he once played this role: "I was killed i' the capitol; Brutus killed me." |
Julius Caesar
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If you're an Oiler, Canuck, Flame or Nordique, you play this sport |
hockey
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This island borough voted to conduct a study on the possibility of seceding from New York City |
Staten Island
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Vietnamese borrowed nearly half of its vocabulary from this language |
Chinese
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He developed some 300 products from peanuts, including dyes, soap & milk substitutes |
Carver
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Her debut album, "Forever Your Girl", generated 4 No. 1 hit singles |
Paula Abdul
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She says, "The raven himself is hoarse who croaks the fatal entrance of Duncan under my battlements." |
Lady Macbeth
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This Maritime province was named for a German duchy which George III also ruled, not a bowling alley |
New Brunswick
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Brooklyn Park, Minnesota elected Jesse Ventura, a professional one of these, part-time mayor |
a professional wrestler
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A native of Reykjavik could tell you this is his country's official language |
(Jim: What is Norwegian?)
Icelandic
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A disease-carrying bug that bit him on the Beagle voyage left him a semi-invalid for life |
Darwin
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Featured in the movie "Ghost", this 1965 Righteous Brothers hit recharted in 1990 |
"Unchained Melody"
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In "Romeo and Juliet", the prince of this city is the last to speak |
Verona
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Canada's third largest metropolis, it hosted the 1986 World's Fair |
(Joann: Uh, what is Montreal?)
Vancouver
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Though her opponent spent bigger bucks, she won the big governor's seat in the big state of Texas |
(Jim: Who is Ann Richardson?)
Ann Richards
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It's the official language of Algeria, but many Algerians speak French, too |
Arabic
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He began studying fermentation to help save France's wine industry from "going sour" |
Pasteur
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Aaron Neville teamed with her to record "Don't Know Much" & "All My Life" |
Linda Ronstadt
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Othello says, "The worms were hallow'd that did breed the silk" that made her handkerchief |
Desdemona
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British & French Generals Wolfe & Montcalm were both killed in the Sept. 1759 battle at this city |
(Jim: What is Montreal?) ... (Alex: The Battle of the Plains of Abraham.)
Quebec
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Bob Martinez lost in his bid to be the first Republican reelected governor in this state's history |
Florida
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Encyclopedia Americana says Manx, the native language of this place, is no longer spoken |
the Isle of Man
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While living in Amsterdam, he introduced the first practical mercury thermometer |
Fahrenheit
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In 1988 Jeff Lynne, Tom Petty, Geo. Harrison, Bob Dylan & Roy Orbison formed this group |
the Traveling Wilburys
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Act I, Scene II of this play is set in a room in Portia's house in Belmont |
The Merchant of Venice
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This Frenchman, who arrived 70 years before Champlain, gave Montreal its name |
(Jacques) Cartier
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Winning again in 1990, this S.C. senator is the oldest & longest serving member of Congress |
Strom Thurmond
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