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In her will this Spanish queen pleaded for just treatment of the new world Indians |
Isabella
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MADD is an acronym for this Irving, Texas-based organization |
Mothers Against Drunk Driving
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This Chinese sage's "Analects" was not compiled until after his death |
Confucius
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If it exists, it's denser than a neutron star, so dense even light can't escape from it |
black hole
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To warn parents that a film may be unsuitable for pre-teens, the movie industry created this rating in 1984 |
(Kathy: What is PG?) (Alex: Be more specific.) (Kathy: Parental Guidance?)
PG-13
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The RA in radar stands for this |
radio
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When he was 16, this saint was taken captive by outlaws & sold as a slave in Ireland |
St. Patrick
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In 1985 USA for Africa was aided in this famine relief efforts by the royalties from this No. 1 record |
"We are the World"
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The 50-book "Engi-Shiki" contains the laws dealing with this Japanese religion's ceremonies |
Shinto
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Johann von Lamont connected fluctuations in the Earth's magnetic field to these solar disturbances |
(Robert: What are solar flares?) (Kathy: What are solar winds?)
sunspots
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In 1989 this ruptured tanker released 11 mil. gallons of oil into Alaska's Prince William Sound |
Exxon Valdez
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Almost one year after he escaped from Missouri State Penitentiary, he shot Martin Luther King, Jr. |
James Earl Ray
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While trying to circumnavigate the globe, he made the first recorded crossing of the Pacific |
Ferdinand Magellan
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Lovers of the Stinking Rose is an organization for devotees of this pungent member of the lily family |
(Robert: What is an orchid?)
garlic
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This Hebrew book for the first 5 books of the Bible means "instruction" or "teaching" |
(Robert: What is the Talmud?) (Kathy: What is the Penteuch?)
Torah
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Found between Aquarius & Aries, the 2 parts of this constellation are connected at their tails |
Pisces
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2 of the 3 cities that hosted the Summer Olympics in the 1980s |
(Alex: Seoul was the other.)
Los Angeles & Moscow
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It's the village in the Village Voice, a weekly founded in 1955 |
Greenwich Village
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As he predicted, he died in Salon, France on July 2, 1566 |
(Jon: Who was Louis XV?)
Nostradamus
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This organization has been publishing Modern Maturity magazine since 1958 |
AARP
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The name of this holy book, compiled c. 650, means "That which is to be recited" |
the Koran
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In our solar system it's the outermost of the inner planets |
Mars
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As a result of this FBI probe, Michael Myers became the 1st House member expelled in over 100 years |
Abscam
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United recently let frequent flyers exchange mileage for a chance to "fly" & "land" a jet in one of these |
simulator
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He fought in the Battle of Marathon before writing such plays as "Seven Against Thebes" |
(Kathy: Who was Sophocles?)
Aeschylus
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In 1866 Benjamin F. Stephenson founded this "Grand" society of Civil War vets who fought for the North |
Grand Army of the Republic
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In his "Journal", founder George Fox recorded the birth of this religious movement |
Quakers
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Term given to a pair of stars that revolve around each other |
binary
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In 1981 this sweetener made its debut under the brand names of "Equal" & "Nutrasweet" |
aspartame
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Once a duchy, Pomerania is now divided between Poland & this country |
(Jon: What is Romania?) (Robert: What is Byelorussia?)
Germany
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