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In the 17th century, Mary Frith was known as "Moll Cutpurse" because she did this for a living |
(Alex: She was a pickpocket, yes.)
stealing
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This storm gets its name from a west Indian word meaning "big wind" |
hurricane
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The damage a fire did to this city was estimated at 10 million pounds, & that was back in 1666 |
London
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Beethoven's birthplace, now the capital of West Germany |
Bonn
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This civilization's earliest rhetoric teachers were known as Sophists |
Greek
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At the race in this city, the 500 refers to the distance run, not the number of cars in the running |
Indianapolis
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It's said this nursing pioneer never left her room for the last 40 years of her life |
(Stephen: Who was Clara Barton?)
Florence Nightingale
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About 2% of each year's 700 or so tornadoes are responsible for 70% of these |
deaths
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While Rome was burning in 64 A.D., this ruler was about 35 miles away at Antium |
Nero
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Though he had little formal training in either music or theater, he transformed opera in the 19th C. |
Richard Wagner
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On "Head of the Class", student Alan Pinkard is a member of this team that uses rhetoric to argue sides |
the debating team
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Over 200 languages are spoken in this country, including Sundanese, Javanese & Malay |
Indonesia
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In the 1970s, he appointed Juanita Morris Kreps 1st woman sec'y of the Dept. of Commerce |
(Rick: Who was Richard Nixon?) (Greg: Who was Gerald Ford?)
Jimmy Carter
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A low pressure system, or a psychological term for a state of feeling low |
depression
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This city's main public library was hit by a major fire in April 1986, & again 5 months later |
Los Angeles
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Son of a Cologne cantor, he wrote such works as "The Tales of Hoffmann" |
Jacques Offenbach
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Color used to describe the ornate prose associated with rhetoric at the turn of the century |
purple prose
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It was the landing site for MacArthur's brilliant outflanking manuever during the Korean war |
Inchon
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This daughter of Belgium's King Leopold I was the last empress of Mexico |
Carlotta
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On a weather map, it's a solid, curved line that connects points of equal pressure |
isobar
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In 1699, after this town burned 3 times, the people of Virginia moved the capital to Williamsburg |
Jamestown
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A well-known 20th century music educator, his most famous work is "Carmina Burana" |
Carl Orff
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Nickname of Ronald Reagan that shows he's a master of rhetoric |
"The Great Communicator"
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It became capital of the Tyrol in the 15th century |
Innsbruck
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In the 18th century, Mary Ludwig Hays earned this famous nickname at the battle of Monmouth |
(Greg: Who is Mary Pitcher....Molly Pitcher?) (Alex: On a Daily Double, we have to accept your first response.)
Molly Pitcher
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Term for frost that forms when water vapor turns directly to ice without condensing into water |
hoarfrost
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9 years after its big fire, this rebuilt city hosted the 1915 Panama-Pacific International Expo |
(Alex: We've got a minute to go in the round.)
San Francisco
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Robert Schumann followed this composer of "Fingal's Cave Overture" as music director of Dusseldorf |
Felix Mendelssohn
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An interrogatio; do we have to ask? |
(Rick: What is a question?) (Alex: Be more specific.) (Rick: [no response]) (Greg: What is interrogatory?)
rhetorical question
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Until it was divided up in 1975, this highland region was the largest county in Scotland |
Inverness
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