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Covering almost 1/3 of Africa, only about 1/5 of it is covered in sand; the rest is gravel plains |
the Sahara
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As he had done, his Frederic Henry in "A Farewell to Arms" worked in the ambulance service in WWI |
(Ernest) Hemingway
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The University of London was modeled on the university of this Scottish capital |
Edinburgh
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She not only co-hosted the 1995 Tony Awards, she won for playing Norma Desmond in "Sunset Boulevard" |
Glenn Close
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Amerigo Vespucci provided supplies for this man's second voyage of exploration in 1493 |
Columbus
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Lyndon Johnson's election victory in 1964 is usually described as this |
a landslide
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In Africa one of these humped animals can yield more milk in a day than a cow |
a camel
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This "Tai-Pan" author wrote the script for the film To Sir with Love" |
Clavell
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Pembroke College for Women merged with this Providence, R.I. university in 1971 |
Brown
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The 1995 Tony nominations were announced at this restaurant fabled for it celebrity caricatures |
Sardi's
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His third expedition continued under Charles Clerke after he was killed in Hawaii in 1779 |
(Captain) Cook
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This U.S. satellite studies & photographs the earth's surface |
Landsat
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1920s adventurer & desert explorer Roy Chapman Andrews may have inspired this movie character |
(Joy: Who is Lawrence of Arabia?)
Indiana Jones
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After "Sister Carrie" was suppressed by its publisher, he gave up writing fiction for 10 years |
(David: Who is Stephen King?) ... (Alex: Not Carrie, just... Sister Carrie.)
(Theodore) Dreiser
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The 6 Claremont Colleges occupy contiguous campuses in Claremont in this state |
California
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The Best Musical of 1980, it featured the song "Buenos Aires" |
Evita
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Toussaint Charbonneau reportedly won this Shoshone woman, Lewis & Clark's guide while gambling |
Sacajawea
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A lighthouse built in the 1790s stands on this peninsula, the westernmost point of England |
Land's End
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The Israelis are growing crops in this desert with water piped in from the sea of Galilee |
the Negev
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This German philosopher followed his "Critique of Pure Reason" with one on practical reason |
Kant
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Oberlin College in this state was a center of antislavery activity |
Ohio
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Andrea McArdle was nominated for playing this title girl in 1977, but lost to her co-star Dorothy Loudon |
Annie
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The Sao Gabriel was the flagship of his first expedition from Portugal to India |
Vasco da Gama
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It's New Mexico's nickname |
Land of Enchantment
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Under the desert of this small country is the world's second-largest oil reserve |
Kuwait
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Lucy Maud Montgomery wrote 6 sequels to this 1908 novel |
Anne of Green Gables
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In 1979 this Nashville school absorbed George Peabody College |
Vanderbilt
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In 1995 John Glover won 1, not 2, Tonys for playing twins in the play titled "Love! Valour!" this! |
Compassion!
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In 1616 he convinced James I to release him from the Tower of London to lead a search for El Dorado |
Sir Walter Raleigh
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Except for a short border with Mozambique, this small monarchy is surrounded by South Africa |
Swaziland
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