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In early summer Windsor, Ontario & this Michigan city hold an International Freedom Festival |
Detroit
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Technically, a snail has this many feet |
one
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John C. Breckinridge was our youngest veep at 36; this Indiana Republican was 3rd youngest at 41 |
Dan Quayle
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Known as the B&O, it began the world's first electric main-line service in 1895 |
the Baltimore & Ohio
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The Republic of San Marino uses this Italian currency |
the lira
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His "Treasure Island" was first serialized in 1881-82 under the pseudonym Capt. George North |
(Robert Louis) Stevenson
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This historic 1876 event is reenacted in Montana |
Custer's Last Stand
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In French restaurants, the Helix garden snail is a delicacy known by this name |
escargot
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During a 1958 tour of Latin America, this vice president's car was jostled by demonstrators in Caracas |
(Jay: Who is Eisenhower?)
Nixon
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From Oct. 4, 1883 to May 22, 1977, this train ran from Paris to Istanbul |
the Orient Express
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The monetary unit of this West African nation is the leone |
Sierra Leone
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Edna Ferber's last novel, "Ice Palace", has been credited with helping this territory become a state |
Alaska
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Fittingly, this Illinois city holds a Superman Celebration the second weekend in June |
Metropolis
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Like fish, some snails take in oxygen from the water through these organs |
the gills
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He's the only vice president born in Maryland |
Spiro Agnew
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10 years after designing a sleeping car, he introduced the dining car |
(George) Pullman
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Liechtenstein uses the franc of this Alpine neighbor as its unit of currency |
Switzerland
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His 1929 novel "Dodsworth" tells of an auto manufacturer in Zenith who retires & goes to Europe |
(Sinclair) Lewis
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Each April this Missouri city hosts a Pony Express commemoration |
(Susie: What is Jefferson City?) (Allen: What is Joplin?)
St. Joseph
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Its ear-shaped shell ringed with holes is sometimes used in making costume jewelry |
(Allen: What is the nautilus?)
the abalone
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He served as FDR's Secretary of Agriculture for 2 terms before becoming vice president in 1941 |
(Susie: Who is Truman?)
Henry Wallace
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This country's TGV train, which can cruise at speeds of 180 mph, began operating in 1981 |
(Susie: What is Japan?) (Allen: What is Italy?) ... (Alex: Train à Grande Vitesse.)
France
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The name of this currency is from a Sanskrit word meaning "silver" |
rupee
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Stephen Crane's "Maggie: A Girl of the Streets" was loosely based on this author's "Madame Bovary" |
(Gustave) Flaubert
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This state's Amana Colonies celebrate Oktoberfest each year |
Iowa
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A chowder is made from this sea snail whose name is from the Greek for "shell" |
conch
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In 1805 George Clinton replaced this man as vice president |
Aaron Burr
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In 1971 20 passenger railroads joined this corporation |
Amtrak
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This unit of currency is in use on the Caribbean island of Curacao |
the guilder
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"Bernabo of Genoa" is among the 100 tales that make up this author's "Decameron" |
Boccaccio
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