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On Dec. 1, 1862 he said, "In giving freedom to the slave, we assure freedom to the free" |
Abraham Lincoln
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The name of Goondiwindi in this country is from an Aboriginal word for "resting place for birds" |
Australia
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"Oh My Darling", some say the old song about a miner's daughter actually made this girl's name less popular |
Clementine
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At the end of this opera, the gingerbread children at the witch's house turn back into real children |
"Hansel and Gretel"
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The motto of the 4 comrades in this 1844 novel is "All for One and One for All" |
The Three Musketeers
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This husband of Queen Victoria worked well with Sir Robert Peel but quarreled with Lord Palmerston |
Prince Albert
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This last president born in a log cabin was shot by Charles Guiteau July 2, 1881 & died Sept. 19 |
James Garfield
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This sea's ports include Antwerp, Rotterdam & Hamburg |
the North Sea
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As the name Quentin is most appropriate for a fifth son, Decima denotes this daughter |
tenth
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This "Swan Lake" composer's 1884 opera "Mazeppa" is set in 18th century Ukraine |
Tchaikovsky
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Natasha in this Tolstoy novel was inspired by the author's sister-in-law |
War and Peace
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Owen Glendower, a prince of this country, led its last major revolt against English rule |
(Gareth: What is Scotland?)
Wales
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While mayor of New York City, this flamboyant politician created the city's sanitation department |
(Gareth: Who was La Guardia?)
Jimmy Walker
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1 of the 2 landlocked countries of South America |
Bolivia (or Paraguay)
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Raquel is the Spanish form of this biblical name |
Rachel
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This "William Tell" composer's 1817 opera "Adelaide di Borgogna" is rarely performed |
Rossini
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Sherlock Holmes met Dr. Watson for the first time in this 1887 novel |
(Chris: What is The Hound of the Baskervilles?)
A Study in Scarlet
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The Order of Christ, a wealthy Portuguese crusading order, helped him sponsor explorations |
Prince Henry the Navigator
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This superintendent of Union army nurses during the Civil War was known as the "Gentle Warrior" |
(Gareth: Who was Clara Barton?)
Dorothea Dix
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The Black, Aegean & Adriatic Seas all border this peninsula |
(Gareth: What is the Aegean Peninsula?)
the Balkan Peninsula
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It's a flower named for German botanist J.G. Zinn, as well as a feminine first name |
Zinnia
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With the help of his teacher, this Hungarian wrote his only opera, "Don Sanche", in 1825, when he was 13 |
Franz Liszt
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The title of this 1932 Aldous Huxley novel is from Shakespeare's "The Tempest" |
Brave New World
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He succeeded his grandfather Louis II Matignon-Grimaldi in 1949 |
Prince Rainier
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Her "A Raisin in the Sun" was the first Broadway play written by a black woman |
(Claudia: Who was Maya Angelou?)
Lorraine Hansberry
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The world's second-longest barrier reef lies off this small country on the Yucatan Peninsula |
Belize
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One of King Lear's daughters bears this Irish family name that means "little king" |
(Chris: What is O'Regan?) (Alex: We can't accept it.)
Regan
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"Wahn! Wahn!" is a baritone monologue in this composer's 1868 opera "Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg" |
Wagner
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This Robert Penn Warren novel is narrated by Jack Burden, an aide to Willie Stark |
All the King's Men
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In 1993 Prince Norodom Ranariddh became first prime minister of this country |
(Claudia: I have no idea.)
Cambodia
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