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In 1881 this ex-president published "The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government" |
Jeff Davis
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Usually meaning a building used for gambling, it can also be an ornamental pavilion or small house |
a casino
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This Alaskan island chain lies at roughly the same latitude as England |
the Aleutian Islands
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This jeans maker who died in 1902 once served as director of the Wells Fargo Nevada National Bank |
Levi Strauss
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First used in Japan around 1870, this 2-wheeled cart was pulled by a runner |
a rickshaw
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His first play, "The Trumpet Shall Sound", premiered in 1926, 12 years before "Our Town" |
Thornton Wilder
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In 1885 this female sharpshooter joined Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show |
Annie Oakley
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This cast metal was used in building from the late 18th century until superseded by steel |
iron
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3 of the world's 10 largest islands, Baffin, Victoria & Ellesmere belong to this country |
Canada
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This labor leader who died in 1993 founded America's first successful union of farm workers |
(Cesar) Chavez
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Usually drawn by 4-6 horses, this means of public transport got its name from resupply points along the route |
a stagecoach
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He chose to premiere his play "Pygmalion" in Vienna in 1913 |
Shaw
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In 1888 he perfected his Kodak camera |
(George) Eastman
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All classical orders of these supports have a base except for the Greek doric |
columns
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It's the largest island in Narrangansett Bay |
(Deborah: What is Martha's Vineyard?) (Matt: What is Cape Cod?) (Susannah: What is Nantucket?) [ERRATUM: "Narragansett" was misspelled on the clue display.]
Rhode Island
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This scientist was the 1st woman to win a Nobel Prize, & the 1st person to win it twice |
Marie Curie
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In 1796 this steamboat designer published a "Treatise on the Improvement of Canal Navigation" |
(Robert) Fulton
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Commedia Dell'arte is also called "comedy of" these, which most of the actors wore on their faces |
masks
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The original site of this British observatory was established in 1884 as 0ยบ longitude |
Greenwich
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Ribbed vaults & flying buttresses are features of this style that followed Romanesque |
Gothic
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The Iraklion Archaeological Museum on this Greek island features Minoan artifacts |
Crete
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A 1988 National Geographic article said this explorer may have missed the North Pole in 1909 by 30 to 60 miles |
(Robert) Peary
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The Motor Carrier Act of 1935 gave this agency, the I.C.C., authority over motor vehicles |
the Interstate Commerce Commission
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This southerner's 1964 play "The Eccentricities of a Nightingale" is a revision of his "Summer and Smoke" |
Tennessee Williams
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In 1886 this cartoonist left Harper's Weekly, where he had created the Republican elephant symbol |
(Deborah: Who is Nash?)
(Thomas) Nast
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Frederick Law Olmsted, co-designer of Central Park, planned the Palo Alto campus of this university |
(Susannah: What is the University of California?)
Stanford
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The Moluccas, or Spice Islands, belong to this island nation |
Indonesia
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In 1521 he wrote a pamphlet "On Monastic Vows" while hiding at Wartburg Castle |
Martin Luther
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On May 10, 1869 the Central Pacific & this railroad met at Promontory, Utah |
the Union Pacific
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The last play he wrote was "Oedipus at Colonus"; his grandson produced it after his death |
Sophocles
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