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Bimetallists favored using both of these metals as legal tender |
gold and silver
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He became a capitaine de corvette in the French Navy in the '40s * captain of the Calypso in 1950 |
Jacques Cousteau
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In 1972 he created the Kinte Foundation to store records that help trace Black "Roots" |
Alex Haley
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Weighing 563 carats, the world's largest blue star sapphire is the "Star of" this country |
India
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This 193-square-mile lake on the California-Nevade border is over 1600 feet deep |
Lake Tahoe
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According to legend, while in Asia Minor Alexander cut this fabled fastening with his sword |
the Gordian knot
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Colorful name of the German ecological party |
the Green
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Barnacles, crabs & lobsters are members of this arthropod class |
Crustacea
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Chester Hines was perhaps best known for his novel "Cotton Comes to" here |
Harlem
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Tricolored tanzanite was first discovered in this country in 1967 |
Tanzania
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The Potawatomi Indians called the site of this city "Mahn-a-waukee Seepe" |
Milwaukee
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As a youth Alexander studied Greek culture & literature under this philosopher |
(Peter: Who is Socrates?)
Aristotle
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Mugwumps were members of this party who abandoned James G. Blaine to support Cleveland in 1884 |
the Republicans
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The seaweed that makes up this huge "Sea" within the Atlantic Ocean reproduces without seeds |
the Sargasso Sea
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If the water in this October gem dries out, the rainbow colors will disappear |
(Darlynne: What is Alexandrite?)
the opal
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The Matanuska Valley produces about 3/4 of this 49th state's agricultural products |
Alaska
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A 20 Alexander became king of this region, later divided among Bulgaria, Yugoslavia & Greece |
Macedonia
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In U.S. politics the "Free-Soilers" opposed the extension of this practice to the territories |
(Alex: That is right, and we have less than a minute to go.)
slavery
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This "colorful" tide occurs when there is a population explosion of dinoflagellates |
a red tide
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In 1989 this "Beloved" author became a professor of Creative Writing at Princeton |
(Darlynne: Who is Toni... [long pause]) (Alex: Finish it up quickly.) (Darlynne: I can't get it.) [The time expiry signal sounds.] (Alex: Oh, Darlynne, you're on the right track, and it breaks my heart to have to say this. Who is [*]?) [The end-of-round signal sounds.]
Toni Morrison
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Most of these ruby-like gems used in jewelry are of the almandine variety |
garnets
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This Louisiana capital is on the site of a pole that marked the boundary of 2 indian nations |
Baton Rouge
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After the death of this beloved horse whom he tamed, Alexander built a city in its honor |
Bucephalus
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All members of Congress have this "privilege" of sending official mail postage-free |
franking
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Sometimes called a sea cow, this rare mammal is a close relative of the dugong |
a manatee
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While living in Paris, he published his first novel, "Go Tell It on the Mountain" |
James Baldwin
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The name of this bluish gem used in jewelry & for carvings means "stone of azure" |
(Peter: What is azurite?)
lapis lazuli
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Named for a cascade on a nearby river, this is South Dakota's most populous city |
(Darlynne: What is Rapid City?)
Sioux Falls
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In 323 B.C., Alexander died in a palace in this Mesopotamian city, his intended capital |
Babylon
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