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The Straits of Florida connect the Atlantic Ocean with this gulf |
the Gulf of Mexico
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You can make these by rolling beeswax around a wick or by pouring hot wax into a mold |
a candle
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He was the only president to appoint more than one Chief Justice: Jay, Rutledge & Ellsworth |
President Washington
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Debussy never finished his opera "La chute de la maison Usher", based on this Poe story |
The Fall of the House of Usher
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Reese's baking chips are this flavor, not chocolate |
peanut butter
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He published "Kidnapped" & "The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" in the same year, 1886 |
Robert Louis Stevenson
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Fossilized remains of dinosaurs & the giant rhinoceros have been found in this Mongolian desert |
the Gobi Desert
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Ceramic products are often fired twice in this special oven, once before glazing & once after |
a kiln
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She served on the federal appeals court for the District of Columbia from 1980 to 1993 |
(Ruth) Ginsburg
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Operas are sung in Flemish by the Royal Flemish Opera, which is based in this country |
(Jesse: What is the Netherlands?)
Belgium
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In 1992 this company introduced a colorless, sugar-free beverage called Tab Clear |
(Carsten: What is PepsiCo?)
the Coca-Cola Company
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In the 1500s the Earl of Surrey introduced this kind of unrhymed verse into English literature |
blank verse
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Churchill, Manitoba, a grain-exporting center, is the chief port on this Bay |
the Hudson Bay
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Tesserae is the term for the bits of colored glass or marble used in this type of artwork |
mosaic
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His 1991 confirmation by the Senate was by the closest margin this century |
Clarence Thomas
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Italian operas call this mythological character Orfeo, but you probably know him by this name |
Orpheus
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The "string" type of this dairy product is at its stringiest when it's really, really fresh |
cheese
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The 1st novels of this gloomy, mysterious genre were set during medieval times, as the name implies |
gothic
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At 16,633 square miles, it's the smallest of the Scandinavian countries |
(Valerie: What is Iceland?)
Denmark
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The name of this craft comes from 2 Japanese words meaning "to fold paper" |
origami
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James F. Byrnes, appointed by this president in 1941, hadn't graduated from high school |
FDR
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"Almira" was the first of dozens of operas written by this composer of the great oratorio "Messiah" |
Handel
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To make asparagus a la Polonaise, you need some of this common green garnish |
parsley
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This author's favorite of his own novels was "The Antiquary", not "Ivanhoe" |
(Sir Walter) Scott
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Among the tributaries of this European river are the Neckar, Moselle & Ruhr |
the Rhine
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It's the art of cutting & polishing gems, or the person who does it |
lapidary
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CJ Salmon P. Chase wrote an opinion finding some of his own work in this cabinet post unconstitutional |
(Jesse: What is Secretary of State?) [Alex read "CJ" as "Chief Justice".]
Secretary of the Treasury
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"The Buzzard Song" in this Gershwin opera never achieved the same popularity as "Summertime" |
Porgy and Bess
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Occhi di trota is a type of pasta whose name means this fish's eyes |
the trout
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The prefatory sonnet to Spencer's "The Faerie Queene" was written by this Elizabethan courtier |
Sir Walter Raleigh
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