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The site of this capital was occupied by Quitu Indians before the 11th century |
Quito (Ecuador)
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The surname of this Houston Rockets star means "Being on top" in Yoruba, his native language |
(Tom: What is Bol?)
(Hakeem) Olajuwon
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Named for a dramatist, Eggs Sardou was created at Antoine's Restaurant in this Louisiana city |
New Orleans
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The USA's first of these with a double deck went into operation in 1905 in New York City |
bus
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In 1813 this partner of Meriwether Lewis became governor of this Missouri Territory |
(William) Clark
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This capital lies at the edge of the basin of Cundinamarca near the center of Colombia |
Bogota
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This talk show host met his wife via e-mail & Justice Clarence Thomas married them |
Rush Limbaugh
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Caneton a la Montmorency is roast duckling with a sauce of these small red fruits |
(Ted: What are raspberries?)
cherries
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By the 5th century B.C. this horse-drawn, 2-wheeled carriage had been introduced into Britain |
a chariot
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His expedition's 1519-1522 circumnavigation of the world was sponsored by Spain's King Charles I |
Magellan
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In 1984 a skull found in the crypt of this city's cathedral was confirmed as Francisco Pizarro's |
Lima (Peru)
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With 5, this female gymnast won the most medals of any U.S. athlete at the 1992 Olympics in Barcelona |
Shannon Miller
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Some chefs garnish the mousse made from these freshwater crustaceans with sliced truffles |
crayfish
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With more than 20 million passengers a year, this city's Pearson Int'l Airport is Canada's busiest |
Toronto
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Wilson Price Hunt, an employee of his fur company, pioneered what became the Oregon Trail |
(Barbara: What is the Hudson?)
(John Jacob) Astor
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Like his "Tropic" books, his trilogy "The Rosy Crucifixion" was banned from the U.S. for many years |
(Henry) Miller
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Oscar Niemeyer designed the major structures in this planned capital city |
Brasilia
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In 1994 this anthropologist, son of 2 anthropologists, quit as director of the Kenya Wildlife Service |
(Barbara: Who is [last name*]?) (Alex: Which one?) (Barbara: [First name*])
Richard Leakey
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To make the Italian type of this fluffy topping, pour hot sugar syrup over stiffly beaten egg whites |
meringue
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This country's St. Gotthard Road is the world's longest auto tunnel at 10.1 miles in length |
Switzerland
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On Nov. 10, 1871 Henry Stanley met David Livingstone at the town of Ujiji on this lake |
(Tom: What is Lake Victoria?) (Ted: What is Lake Albert?)
Lake Tanganyika?
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"The Little Prince" was originally published in 1943 in this language |
(Alex: [*] is right. Antoine de Saint-Exupéry.)
French
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The Pantheon of Heroes in this Paraguayan capital is modeled on Les Invalides in Paris |
Asunción
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He replaced Harry Blackmun on the Supreme Court |
(Barbara: Who is Thomas?)
Stephen Breyer
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This variety meat, they thymus gland or pancreas of an animal, may be braised, broiled or sauteed |
(Ted: What are sweetmeats?)
sweetbreads
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In 1831 this locomotive named for a New York governor became the first to run on the Mohawk & Hudson Railroad |
(Ted: You are right and we have a minute to go.)
the DeWitt Clinton
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In 1906 this Norwegian reached Nome, completing a voyage through the Northwest Passage |
(Roald) Amundsen
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The "prize" in this Shirley Jackson short story is death by stoning |
The Lottery
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