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Kumbi was capital of this continent's Ghana Kingdom, which reached its apogee in the 10th C. |
Africa
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In Texas' A&M University, the M stands for Mechanical & the A stands for this |
Agricultural
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This San Francisco park includes the Asian Art Museum & the California Academy of Sciences |
(Tim: What is Battery Park?) --- (Alex: Go for the obvious.)
Golden Gate Park
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This older brother of Moses is often considered the first high priest of Israel |
Aaron
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After serving 3 terms as Massachusetts governor, he declined to run for reelection in 1990 |
Dukakis
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These glands cool the skin by secreting fluid |
sweat glands
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In 1869 this dominion purchased the present NW Territories from the Hudson's Bay Company |
Canada
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In April 1992 this University's Blue Devils won their second consecutive nat'l basketball championship |
Duke
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This 1200-acre Chicago park on the shore of Lake Michigan is noted for its zoo |
Lincoln Park
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While not mentioned by name, she's traditionally identified as the sinful woman in Luke |
Mary Magdalene
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From 1841 to 1843 this "Little Giant" served as a judge of the Illinois Supreme Court |
(Stephen) Douglas
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The parotid glands are the largest of these glands in the mouth which help in the digestion of starches |
salivary glands
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Crowned King of Ireland in 1316, Edward Bruce was the brother of this Scottish king |
Robert (the Bruce)
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The Woodrow Wilson School of Public & International Affairs is part of this Ivy League university |
Princeton
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This Washington State national park named for a volcano has more than 20 glaciers |
(Marcia: What is Mount St. Helena's?)
Mount Rainier National Park
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He asked at the Last Supper, "Lord, we know not whither thou goest; and how can we know the way?" |
(Susan: Who is Judas Iscariot?)
Thomas
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After he was beaten twice for president by Dwight Eisenhower, he lost the 1960 nomination to JFK |
Adlai Stevenson
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This pair of glands produces hormones which help the body adjust to sudden stress |
adrenal glands
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A symbol of Dutch resistance to the Nazis, the Queen abdicated in favor of daughter Juliana in 1948 |
Wilhelmina
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This university in Ithaca, N.Y. was named for a founder of Western Union |
Cornell
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After 89 years as a federal reservation, this Arkansas park became a nat'l park in 1921 |
Hot Springs
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For interpreting the handwriting on the wall, he was promised scarlet clothing & a gold chain |
Daniel
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In 1983 this Democratic senator from New Jersey was elected to the Basketball Hall of Fame |
(Bill) Bradley
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A deficiency of iodine causes this gland to enlarge |
the thyroid
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The 1713-1714 Treaties of Utrecht ended the 13 yr. war over this country's succession |
Spain's succession
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Under student pressure, this Wash. D.C. univ. appointed its first deaf president, I. King Jordan, in 1988 |
Gallaudet
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South Carolina's Table Rock Park lies in these mountains |
(Tim: What are the Smokies?)
the Blue Ridge Mountains
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After years of childlessness, she conceived twins, Esau & Jacob |
(Susan: Who is Rachel?) (Tim: Who is Sarah?) (Marcia: Who is Leah?) --- (Alex: No harm, no foul on this one, obviously. Who was [*]?)
Rebekah
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As Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, he presided over the Clarence Thomas hearings |
Joe Biden
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This pinecone-shaped gland is now known to function as a biological clock |
the pineal
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