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Roda Island is 1 of 2 islands in the Nile that are part of this city |
Cairo
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After Hercules killed his wife & children he was forced to perform this many labors to atone for it |
12
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The "South African War" is more commonly called this |
Boer War
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U.S. state where they produce okolehao, a liquor distilled from taro root juice |
Hawaii
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Historic figure who's the title character of Eugene O'Neill's drama "Marco Millions" |
Marco Polo
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This reigning king is the son of Don Juan, the Count of Barcelona |
Juan Carlos
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As our congress meets in Washington, D.C., Chile's meets in this city |
Santiago
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While the Greek gods conquered the Titans, this group of gods couldn't overcome the Frost Giants |
Norse gods
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Popular name of the Arab-Israeli war of 1973 |
Yom Kippur War
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The liver in liverwurst is usually from this animal |
pig
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Clytemnestra's son, he's the subject of the only extant trilogy of Greek tragedies, the "Oresteia" |
Orestes
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This Asian country's official name is al-Mamlaka al-Urdiniyah al-Hashimiyah |
(Pierre: What is Japan?)
Jordan
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Translate the largest city in Puerto Rico into English & get this, the largest city in New Brunswick |
Saint John
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This messenger of the gods was both the protector of travellers & the patron of thieves |
Hermes
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When Alfonso I of Aragon wed Queen Urraca of this kingdom in 1109, the 2 promptly argued & went to war |
Castile
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The tree of the sweet variety of these came to Portugal from India, aptly by a naval route |
orange
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In last scene of this play, Roxane laments, "I never loved but 1 man in my life, & lost him twice" |
Cyrano de Bergerac
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The ornament cascade of ruffles down the front of an 18th century's man's shirt |
jabot
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Before Mecca, Muhammad & his followers faced this holy city to pray |
Jerusalem
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He fell in love with a statue he made of a girl, so Aphrodite brought it to life |
(Alex: Yes, the statue of Galatea.)
Pygmalion
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A civil war that began in March 1971 resulted in the creation of this Asian nation |
Bangladesh
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The name of this meat is Yiddish from the Romanian word for "to preserve" |
pastrami
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A German musical play called "Old Heidelberg" inspired this Sigmund Romberg operetta |
(Barbara: What is Naughty Marietta?)
The Student Prince
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Any musical group that uses improvised instruments like washboards & earthenware vessels |
jug band
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The 4th largest city in Australia, it was named after the consort of Britain's William IV |
Adelaide
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Name of 1 of the "three forms" or "Trimurti" that make up the supreme deity of Hindu mythology |
(1 of) Vishnu (Brahma or Shiva)
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During the War of Jenkins' Ear, this Georgia governor beat the Spanish at the Battle of Bloody Marsh |
Oglethorpe
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With or without the "H", it's a pie made from the edible organs of a deer |
humble
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Ethel Barrymore & Ruth Gordon both played this doll-like heroine of "A Doll's House" |
Nora
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A Dominican friar, or an 18th century French revolutionary |
(Alex: We've got less than a minute to go.)
Jacobin
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