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U.S. OLYMPIC HALL OF FAME |
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In 1800 Congress moved to Washington, D.C. from this city |
Philadelphia
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This grain is turned into starch, meal, oil, syrup & bourbon, & eaten as a vegetable |
corn
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The first boxer inducted, he won the gold in 1960 under a different name than he uses now |
(Elliot: Who is, then, [*]?) (Alex: That's right. [*] now.)
Cassius Clay (Muhammad Ali)
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Kangaroo Island is this country's third-largest island |
Australia
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Mary Stewart's 1979 novel "The Last Enchantment" completed her trilogy about this Arthurian wizard |
Merlin
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Industry that makes shuttles & satellites |
aerospace
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In 1800 Massachusetts became the first state to require voters to this before voting |
register
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Name shared by a large yellow squash & a long yellow fruit |
banana
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This petite gymnast was inducted in 1985, a year after winning 5 medals in Los Angeles |
Mary Lou Retton
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Chu Yuan-Chang, who took the title Hung Wu, founded this famous Chinese dynasty in 1368 |
the Ming dynasty
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Chapter one of this Boris Pasternak novel is entitled The Five-O'Clock express |
Dr. Zhivago
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This sea's name may be from a Greek king or an Amazon queen |
the Aegean
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Gustav IV Adolph was crowned king of this country in 1800 |
Sweden
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You can reduce the amount of "heat" in one of these by taking out the ribs & seeds |
peppers
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Whole teams inducted include the 1964 U.S. basketball team & this 1980 team |
the hockey team
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The coast of Syria lies on this sea |
(Elliot: What is the Arabian Sea?) ... (Alex: Just above Lebanon.)
the Mediterranean
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The Chained Prometheus symbolizes humanity in this lyrical drama by Percy Bysshe Shelley |
(Susan: Who is [*]?)
Prometheus Unbound
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The term for this philosophy branch concerned with the study of beauty was coined in 1735 |
aesthetics
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The Act of Union in 1800 combined Great Britain with this country |
(Susan: What is Scotland?)
Ireland
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Term for the edible shoots of alfalfa, beans or radishes |
sprouts
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World figure skating champ & Olympic gold medal winner in 1968, she was inducted in 1983 |
(Susan: Who is Dorothy Hamill?)
Peggy Fleming
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Malagasy is an official language of this country once known as the Malagasy Republic |
Madagascar
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"Into the Stone and other Poems" was the 1st volume of poetry by this "Deliverance" author |
(James) Dickey
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Virgil's vagabond |
(Susan: What is the Aeneid?) ... (Alex: It referred to the man, not the work.)
Aeneas
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By 1800 this Italian count had developed his forerunner of the electric battery |
Volta
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Seedless types of this fruit include the Flame & the Perlette |
the grape
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Among the first group inducted in 1983 was this man who won 9 gold medals, a silver & a bronze |
Mark Spitz
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This city in West Bengal is the cultural center of eastern India |
Calcutta
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She subtitled her 1870s novel "Middlemarch" "A Study of Provincial Life" |
George Eliot
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Popular in the 19th century, this stringed instrument is played by the wind |
the Aeolian (harp)
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