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During WWII the "Spitfire" was probably the most famous fighter of this military service |
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John Steinbeck often used this, his native state, as the setting for his novels & stories |
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Name of both the Bishop of Hippo & the oldest city in the United States |
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Franz Liszt had at least 2 daughters & a son without ever doing this |
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Levi Strauss began marketing denim jeans in this color in the 1850s |
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It means a frank conversation, not necessarily between cardiologists |
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Trench warfare, famous from WWI, was sued in this U.S. war over 50 years earlier |
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John Bunyon allegory whose complete title includes "From This World to That Which Is to Come" |
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Yes, they're the sisters of Saint Faith, & they're saints, too |
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His brother Ira provided the lyrics for many of his songs |
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According to the song, it's this "they say, on the far side of the hill" |
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Meaning "stay calm", it probably comes from a man's tendency to remove clothing before a fight |
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From Italian for "large tube", England's Edward III introduced these pieces in 1346 at Battle of Crecy |
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His 2nd trilogy was called "District of Columbia", but he's more famous for his 1st, "U.S.A." |
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A tradition that he picks up the souls of the dead may account for the boat rowing song |
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Jazz composer whose group's name included the year '65, then '66, then '77, then '88 |
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Color of the storage root of a sugar beet |
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This name comes from an 18th c. tale of a girl who went around showing everyone her new footwear |
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The 2 methods of warfare which were prohibited by the Geneva Protocol of 1925 |
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"Polly" was this poet-playwright's sequel to "The Beggar's Opera" |
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A confession: The abbey now at Westminster isn't the one he consecrated in 1065 |
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18th-century composer on whose composition the following, a 1965 No. 2 hit, is based:
"How gentle is the rain / That falls softly on the meadow / Birds high up in the trees / Serenade the flowers with their melodies..." |
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Neiman-Marcus has stopped selling garbage bags in this color which hospitals use to denote infectious waste |
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Greek for "the many" it refers to the common folk or the masses |
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At the Battle of Marathon in 490 B.C., the Athenians defeated them |
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He won a Pulitzer Prize for his short stories 2 years after he wrote "Falconer" |
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This man got Jesus' body from Pilate & laid it in his own tomb |
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The 1st postage stamp in England, issues May 1, 1840, is known by this colorful name |
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Chairman Mao is said to have coined this phrase which means something ineffective |
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