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While living by Walden Pond in 1846, he was arrested for refusing to pay his poll tax |
Henry David Thoreau
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You can find the Bill of Rights on display in this D.C. building's Exhibition Hall |
The National Archives
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Legend says this Japanese mountain was created during an earthquake in 286 B.C. |
Mt. Fuji
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These colored chalklike sticks are made with a pigment & a weak adhesive such as gum tragacanth |
Pastels
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On Nov. 21, 1620, after a 66-day voyage, this ship reached Cape Cod |
The Mayflower
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In addition to Buck & White Fang, this author wrote about Jerry, an Irish terrier pup |
Jack London
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He & William MacGillivray wrote "The Ornithological Biography" to go with his "Birds of America" |
John James Audubon
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He's the only U.S. president to have served as director of the CIA |
George (H.W.) Bush
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This highest Greek mountain wasn't scaled until 1913 |
Mt. Olympus
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In 1546 Pope Paul III appointed this artist architect of St. Peter's Basilica |
Michelangelo
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In 1607 Edward M. Wingfield was ousted as president of the Virginia colony at this site |
(A: What is Roanoke?) (D: What is Williamsburg?)
Jamestown
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Early collections of his stories include "Flappers And Philosophers" & "Tales Of The Jazz Age" |
F. Scott Fitzgerald
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Studying these in the Swiss Alps, Louis Agassiz postulated the Earth was once covered by them |
Glaciers
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National grasslands are administered by the Forest Service, an agency of this cabinet department |
(C: What is Interior?)
Agriculture
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Encyclopedia Americana calls it the "most photographed peak in Europe" |
The Matterhorn
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The final layer of plaster prepared for this type of wall painting is called intonaco |
Fresco
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George Fox, leader of this British religious group, toured the American colonies in 1672 |
The Quakers
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In "David Copperfield", Wilkins is the first name of this kindhearted optimist |
Mr. Micawber
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He was only 22 when he boarded the Beagle in 1831 |
Charles Darwin
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Montana's Marc Racicot & this state's Jim Guy Tucker are the USA's lowest-paid governors |
Arkansas
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In 1949 a U.S. expedition spent 12 futile days searching for Noah's Ark on this mountain |
Mt. Ararat
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In 1930 Grant Wood's reputation was established by a Chicago showing of this painting |
"American Gothic"
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In 1631 this governor of New Netherland was removed due to liberal policies toward wealthy landowners |
Peter Minuit
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This B. Traven novel about 3 Americans looking for gold in Mexico was first published in Germany |
"The Treasure of the Sierra Madre"
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While in Holland in 1735, this Swede published his "Systema Naturae", a taxonomy system |
(Alex: Amy, before you make your wager, we have a change in scoring to announce: our judges have informed me that Chip, your response of a little while ago in the category LITERATURE was "Forsyth Saga" instead of "Forsyte", and they were listening very carefully, and so that is incorrect, obviously, so we have to penalize you. We'll take away the money. You now have $8,500.)
Carolus Linnaeus
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This Ohio Republican won election to the U.S. Senate in 1938 & served until his death in 1953 |
Robert Taft
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The Karakoram Mountains include this famous peak also known as Mount Godwin Austen |
K2
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She was commissioned to paint a mural for the woman's building at the 1893 Columbian Exposition |
(A: Who is Frida Kahlo?)
Mary Cassatt
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On April 9, 1682 this Frenchman reached the mouth of the Mississippi & claimed the valley for France |
LaSalle
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"To Let" was the last novel in this John Galsworthy series |
(C: What is the Forsyth Saga?) (see Clue 25 for explanation..)
"The Forsyte Saga"
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