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On July 29, 1588 this fleet was sighted off the coast of England |
The Spanish Armada
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In 1994 this former British prime minister was installed as chancellor of the college of William And Mary |
Margaret Thatcher
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The Minnesota River joins the Mississippi near these twin cities |
Minneapolis & St. Paul
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This March observance has been called the "most important national holiday in Ireland" |
St. Patrick's Day
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In 1922 he painted his 1st major mural, "Creation", at the National Preparatory School in Mexico City |
Diego Rivera
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In 1911 this "Trees" poet's first volume of verse, "Summer of Love" was published |
(A: "I think that I shall never see....." by the lovely Joyce Kilmer (glares into camera): I knew it was a guy!)
Joyce Kilmer
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At the beginning of the century, Huayna Capac ruled this South American empire |
Incas
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Her 10th murder mystery, "Murder in the National Cathedral", was published in 1990 |
Margaret Truman
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Riverboat casino gambling has increased tourism in this Hawkeye State's city of Bettendorf |
(G: What is Ohio?)
Iowa
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On August 30 this state observes Huey P. Long Day |
Louisiana
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Botticelli featured members of this prominent family in his "Adoration of the Magi" |
The Medicis
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He became a reporter for the Chicago Daily News in 1917, a year after his "Chicago Poems" was published |
Carl Sandburg
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When Thomas Cavendish became the third to accomplish this feat it took 2 years & 50 days |
Circumnavigate the globe
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Found at a swap meet, the special Oscar stolen from this child star of "Meet Me In St. Louis" was returned in 1995 |
Margaret O' Brien
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This word for a Mississippi River embankment comes from the French meaning "to rise" |
Levee
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It's the date on which the anniversary of D-Day & South Korea's Memorial Day are observed |
June 6
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It's what Alexander Calder called his stationary sculptures |
Stabiles
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George Thomson's "Select Collection of Original Scottish Airs" contains many of his songs |
Robert Burns
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This confederation was split in the 1531 War of the Catholic Cantons |
Swiss Confederation
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Her photograph of Montana's Fort Peck Dam graced the cover of Life Magazine's first issue |
Margaret Bourke-White
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Ferde Grofe wrote his "Mississippi Suite" 6 years before this famous suite |
"Grand Canyon Suite"
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The Megillah or Story of Esther is read on this Jewish holiday |
Purim
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You can see his "Majas on a Balcony" at the Metropolitan Museum of Art |
Francisco Goya
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In a Longfellow poem, this schooner is wrecked "On the reef of Norman's Woe" |
The Hesperus
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In 1543 he published his treatise "On the Revolutions of Heavenly Spheres" |
(Barbara: Who was Galileo?)
Nicolaus Copernicus
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She was secretary of Health & Human Services 1983-85, then became U.S. ambassador to Ireland |
Margaret Heckler
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This future Republican president managed flood relief on the Mississippi in 1927 |
(B: I'll wager $5,000) (A: You can't wager $5,000) (she had $4,900 up to this point)
Herbert Hoover
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July 26 is observed as the feast day of the Virgin Mary's parents, St. Joachim & this woman |
(B: Who is St. Elizabeth?) (Susan, a minute to go...)
St. Anne
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In 1983 he skirted 11 islands in Biscayne Bay with sheets of pink plastic |
Christo
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His 1892 work "Barrack-Room Ballads" included such poems as "Fuzzy-Wuzzy" & "Danny Deever" |
Rudyard Kipling
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