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During his 16 months of treasonous activities, he used the name "Monk" when dealing with the British |
Benedict Arnold
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At 15 she won a Golden Globe for "My So-Called Life"; at 16 she played Leonardo DiCaprio's Juliet |
Claire Danes
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Among college students, it's known as the "kissing disease" |
Mononucleosis
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This magazine abbreviated "GH" features tips in "The Better Way" section |
Good Housekeeping
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Some say these one-eyed giants were master craftsmen who worked for Hephaestus |
the Cyclopes
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This Bedouin transport also provides food, milk, clothing & fuel |
Camel
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In 1779 this pamphleteer was appointed clerk of the Pennsylvania assembly |
(F: Who is Ben Franklin?)
Thomas Paine
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He starred in "Coriolanus" in 1979; a few years later he was "Driving Miss Daisy" |
Morgan Freeman
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Allan Cormack & Sir Godfrey Hounsfield shared the 1979 Nobel Prize for developing this medical scanner |
CATscan
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In 1993 the Chicago Tribune launched Exito!, a weekly paper in this language |
Spanish
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When he was depicted as a child god, Horus, son of this Egyptian goddess, was known as Harpokrates |
Isis
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From March to May Arctic Odysseys leads expeditions on these vehicles in the Baffin area |
Dogsleds
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"If every nerve is not strained... the game is pretty near up", Washington wrote before this New Jersey battle |
Trenton
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In 1995 he played Iago to Laurence Fishburne's Othello; in 1996 he starred in his own film of "Hamlet" |
Kenneth Branagh
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Down's syndrome can be determined by analyzing this fluid enveloping the fetus in the womb |
amniotic fluid
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To help plan a museum of journalism, Peter Prichard quit in '94 as editor of this, "The Nation's Newspaper" |
(B: What is Time?) (J: What is the New York Times?)
USA Today
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Homer described this wife of Zeus as "ox-eyed", which was supposed to be a compliment |
Hera
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It's the traditional color of London's double-decker buses |
Red
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The British surrender at this N.Y. town near Freeman's Farm encouraged France to join the American side |
Saratoga
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He not only starred in but also directed "Looking For Richard", a film about "Richard III" |
Al Pacino
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When testing new drugs, a control group is given this nonmedical substance made of sugar or a saline solution |
placebo
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Unions at this California city's Examiner & Chronicle went on strike in November 1994 |
San Francisco
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The Norns are the Norse counterparts of this Greco-Roman trio that determines human destinies |
The Fates (Katho, Lakhesis & Atropos)
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This capital's U-Bahn is a subway system with over 150 stations, including Friedrichstrasse & Alexanderplatz |
Berlin
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After the war, Congress voted this Prussian a pension of $2500; he became a U.S. citizen in 1783 |
Baron Von Steuben
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Helena Bonham Carter played Olivia in the 1996 film of this comedy subtitled "Or, What You Will" |
(F: "As You Like It?")
"Twelfth Night"
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This Baltimore hospital named for its benefactor opened in 1889 |
Johns Hopkins
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This edgy science magazine has ceased publication in favor of a completely online version |
(Fran: What is Wired?)
Omni
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The river god Cephissus was the father of this youth who fell in love with his own reflection in the water |
Narcissus
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To get around Amsterdam you can rent one of these at the Centraal Station for about 7 guilders a day |
Bicycles
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