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Volcanoes are classified as active, extinct or this, meaning "sleeping" |
dormant
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E.M. Forster worked on the libretto of Benjamin Britten's opera of this author's "Billy Budd" |
Herman Melville
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This "dreadful" czar wanted to marry Elizabeth, but she resisted him |
Ivan the Terrible
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Alaska Airlines is headquartered in this Washington city, not in Alaska |
Seattle
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It's the collective name for the three goddesses of destiny |
the Fates
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This California city named for the trees on its hills has a large saltwater lake downtown |
(John: What is Orange?) (Dom: What is Oxnard?)
Oakland
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It's thought India drifted away from Gondwanaland & hit Asia, forming this mountain chain |
the Himalayas
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Dante would have loved this heroine of Shakespeare's "Much Ado About Nothing" |
Beatrice
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Elizabeth had this color hair, a Tudor family feature |
red
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In the '80s this credit card company bought Shearson Loeb Rhoades, E.F. Hutton & Lehman Brothers |
American Express
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Arachne was changed into a spider by this goddess of wisdom she'd challenged to a weaving contest |
Athena
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A 4-sided stone pillar in which the sides slope; the Washington Monument is an example |
an obelisk
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At this line of latitude the midnight sun occurs on one day only, June 21 |
(Walter: What is 0?) (John: What is 66 1/2 degrees?) (Alex: Ooooh, no.) [Voices heard from offstage.] (Alex: 66 1/2 is correct? [*], right. You select.)
the Arctic Circle
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Hemingway tale in which Santiago says, "A man can be destroyed but not defeated" |
The Old Man and the Sea
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A portrait of Elizabeth hangs in the Governor's conference room in this state named for her |
Virginia
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Frank & Charles Seiberling named their tire company after this rubber pioneer who died poor |
Goodyear
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As Queen of the Gods, she was second only to Zeus among the Olympians |
Hera
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Insufficient intake of calcium can be a factor in this loss of bone tissue |
osteoporosis
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It's a wide straight between an island & a continent |
a channel
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He wrote "Claudius the God" as well as "I, Claudius" |
(Robert) Graves
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Elizabeth was just 2 years & 8 months old when this woman, her mother, was executed |
Anne Boleyn
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Bass, a British brewing company, now owns this lodging chain named for an Astaire-Crosby film |
Holiday Inn
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Soon after her own birth, she helped deliver her twin brother, Apollo |
(Walter: Who is...Diana?) [Walter can be heard whispering "Artemis" while shaking his head as Alex gives the correct response.]
Artemis
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From the 800s until 1472 the Vikings ruled these islands 7 miles off Scotland's north coast |
the Orkneys
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This type of mica got its name from the Russian capital where it was once used for windowpanes |
muscovite
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Biblical king who "wrote" Joseph Heller's "God Knows" |
David
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Elizabeth acknowledged this man as her successor even tho she had his mother beheaded |
James VI of Scotland or James I of England
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The detergent L.O.C. was the first product offered by this direct-sale company |
(Walter: What is Avon?) (Dom: What's Fuller Brush?)
Amway
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The Eleusinian Mysteries were part of a secret cult honoring this goddess of agriculture |
(Dom: Who is Ceres?)
Demeter
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This sister of Augustus married Mark Antony in 40 B.C., which led to a truce between the 2 men |
Octavia
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