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Peach is a popular filling for this fruit dessert, also a word for one who mends shoes |
cobbler
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This 19th century Italian violinist designed his "Napoleon sonata" to be played on just one string |
Paganini
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Just south of the tropic line sits Mazatlan, this country's largest Pacific port |
Mexico
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In 1963 Vaughn Meader won album of the year for "The First Family", in which he did an impression of this president |
JFK
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The Marquis de Sade wrote his scandalous novel "Justine" in this lockup |
the Bastille
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Pointy part of a syringe |
a needle
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Peaches are primarily classified as freestone or this opposite, meaning the flesh adheres to the pit |
clingstone
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Sakari Oramo has some proms to attend as chief conductor of the orchestra of this British radio & TV organization |
the BBC (the British Broadcasting Corporation)
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In 1999, 2000 & 2002 albums by this Muppet won the Grammy for best music album for children |
Elmo
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This author of "The Call of the Wild" served 30 days in the Erie County Penitentiary for vagrancy |
Jack London
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Plant of the genus Urtica with stinging hairs |
a nettle
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A favorite peach is the Elberta, named for the wife of a peach grower in this state |
Georgia
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This Irish flautist is known as the "Man with the Golden Flute" |
(James) Galway
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In Africa, the line falls across the Sahara Desert & this largest Egyptian lake |
(Susan: What is Aswan?)
Lake Nasser
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Prince beat members of this sports team, also nominated in 1987 for Best R&B Group Performance |
the Chicago Bears
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Oscar Wilde wrote his confessional essay "De Profundis" while imprisoned in this gaol |
(Marianne: What is Scotland Yard?)
Reading Gaol
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A small laptop for getting on the web |
a netbook
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Escoffier created a peach & ice cream dessert in honor of this Aussie opera singer |
(Nellie) Melba
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Arthur Rubinstein, born in Poland, moved to the U.S. & is interred in this country that has a piano competition named for him |
Israel
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Yushan, or Jade Mountain, in this island republic is the highest point the Tropic of Cancer crosses |
Taiwan
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Tia Carrere has won 2 Grammys in the category for music coming from this state |
Hawaii
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Marco Polo dictated his far east adventures while in prison in this city, Venice's rival |
(Shannon: What is Florence?) (Susan: What is Istanbul?)
Genoa
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Eponymous jacket with a stand-up collar |
Nehru
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This technique, from the Latin for "to whiten", can be used to peel a peach's fuzzy skin |
to blanch
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In 1970 100 cellists gathered in NYC to pay tribute to this 94-year-old master by playing his "Sardana" under his direction |
Pablo Casals
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Going from Mumbai to al Fujayrah in the UAE takes you across the Tropic of Cancer in this gulf east of the Persian Gulf |
(Susan: What is the Gulf of Aden?) (Marianne: The Gulf of "Alqaba"?)
the Gulf of Oman
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Maya Angelou won for spoken word in 1993 & '95; in 1994 it was him for "Get in the Van: On the Road with Black Flag" |
Henry Rollins
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In the 1670s this Puritan thinker began "The Pilgrim's Progress" while in prison for illegal preaching |
(John) Bunyan
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Medical device that converts liquid into a fine spray |
a nebulizer
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