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Famous offensive launched January 30, 1968 |
Tet
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Francois Hennebique was a pioneer in the use of this "reinforced" material in architecture |
concrete
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This founder of Rome reigned for over 30 years before vanishing during a rainstorm |
Romulus
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Shaw later wrote a short story epilogue to this to stop productions from hinting Higgins & Eliza would marry |
"Pygmalion"
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It follows "My country, 'tis of thee, sweet land of liberty" |
of thee I sing
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In 1901 W.K. D'Arcy was granted a 60-year monopoly to explore for & exploit this in Iran |
oil/petroleum
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In May the Supreme Court upheld a law making it a criminal offense to burn or mutilate these |
draft cards
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This Chinese-born American architect designed Beijing's Xiangshan Hotel |
I.M. Pei
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According to Hesiod, she was the last wife of Zeus, after Metis & Themis |
Hera
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A stage direction for this character says, "He tickles the lion's belly" |
Androcles
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"It doesn't take much to see that the problems of 3 little people don't amount to" this "in this crazy world" |
(Alex: From "Casablanca.")
a hill of beans
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Title of Sayed Ali Khamenei, the Wali Faqih or religious leader |
ayatollah
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In October Apollo 7 was launched, Jackie became Jackie O., the Olympics began in this North American city |
Mexico City
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Sir Edwin Lutyens designed the Viceroy's House, now Rashtrapati Bhavan, in this city |
New Delhi
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Harmonides built the ship on which he sailed to carry off Helen |
Paris
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Shaw waited until this war was over before staging "Heartbreak House" so it would have the right audience |
World War I
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When life gives you lemons, make lemonade; when you're handed a "fine" one of these, make bouillabaisse |
kettle of fish
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In 1943 FDR, Churchill & Stalin attended a conference in this Iranian capital city |
(Virginia: What is Yalta?)
Tehran
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This man was ordained in 1968; 20 years later he was running for president |
Jesse Jackson
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This tallest building at the U.N.'s New York headquarters is based on the work of Le Corbusier |
(Virginia: What is....um [time]?)
the Secretariat
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Tiphys was the helmsman of this ship that carried Jason on his quest for the golden fleece |
(Virginia: What is the Argonaut?) (Jeff: What is the Argus?)
Argo
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Shaw called her "The queerest fish among the eccentric worthies of the Middle Ages" |
Joan of Arc
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Cornucopia |
horn of plenty
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Though about 70% of Iran is virtually uninhabited, many live on the coast of this sea to the north |
Caspian Sea
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On January 1, 1968, this father of actor Daniel Day-Lewis was named Britain's poet laureate |
(Virginia: Who was Stephen Day-Lewis?)
Cecil Day-Lewis
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This Nazi designed the new Reich Chancellery & the Nuremberg zeppelin field named for Adolf Hitler |
Albert Speer
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This wife of Orpheus was a dryad |
Eurydice
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This play opens in the library of Lady Britomart Undershaft's house |
"Major Barbara"
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Matthew 6:28 says, "Consider" these, "how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin" |
the lilies of the field
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In the center of the Iranian flag is a stylized representation of this word |
Allah
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