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In Justice Antonin Scalia's chambers you can view a Gilbert Stuart portrait of this president |
Washington
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The U.S. negotiated this 1803 acquisition with French Finance Minister Francois de Barbe-Marbois |
the Louisiana Purchase
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In terms of No. 1 singles, he & partner John Lennon are the world's most successful songwriters |
Paul McCartney
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This country's most populous province is Istanbul |
Turkey
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"Little Women" Meg, Jo & Beth call this sister "Little Raphael" because of her drawing talent |
Amy
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In an improper one of these, the numerator is greater than the denominator |
a fraction
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Picasso's "Still Life with Chair Caning" was his 1st of these, a painting with bits of paper & cloth glued to it |
(Penelope: What is a still life?)
a collage
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During this war the British under General Robert Ross set fire to the White House |
the War of 1812
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Between 1902 & 1907, a man-eating one of these killed a record 436 people in India |
a tiger
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This South African cape forms the west side of False Bay |
the Cape of Good Hope
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An African-American woman named Sula Peace is the heroine of this "Beloved" author's novel "Sula" |
(Jodi: Who is Willa Cather?)
Toni Morrison
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In the equation y=36x, this is the constant |
(Penelope: What is x?)
36
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In 1759 he moved to Bath, where he painted such lush portraits as "The Blue Boy" |
Gainsborough
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On Jan, 20, 1937, this president said, "I see one-third of a nation ill-housed, ill-clad, ill-nourished" |
FDR
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He hosted the world's most successful telethon September 4, 1989 |
Jerry Lewis
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This country's highest peak 8,343-foot Mount Moldoveanu, lies in the Transylvanian Alps |
Romania
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In Spenser's 1595 poem "Colin Clouts Come Home Againe", a shepherdess represents this queen |
Queen Elizabeth I
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In geometry this logical argument showing a statement is true can be direct or indirect |
a proof
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With cane, moustache & popping eyes, this surrealist was as recognizable as his images |
Salvador Dali
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In 1877 this period following the Civil War ended with the removal of federal troops from the South |
Reconstruction
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Lawrence Spivak, Garrick Utley & Tim Russert have each hosted this, the most durable TV show |
(Jodi: What is 60 Minutes) ... (Alex: It started in 1947.)
Meet the Press
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Cartagena, Barranquilla & Santa Marta are this country's main Caribbean ports |
Colombia
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This Mississippi author's 1954 novel "A Fable" is an allegory of the story of Jesus |
Faulkner
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25 has 2 square roots: 5 & this |
-5
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The initials of this Dutch artist known for his visual puns & tricks stand for Maurits Cornelis |
M.C. Escher
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This Puritan preacher & his father denounced the use of spectre evidence at the Salem witch trials |
Cotton Mather
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The largest of these ever made was a 47" diameter one made of coir fiber for the ship Great Eastern |
(Ben: What is a life saver?)
a rope
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This Russian mountain chain extends 1,500 miles from the Kara Sea to the steppes of Kazakstan |
[NOTE: That was the spelling used for Kazakhstan.]
the Ural Mountains
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"Sanditon" is an unfinished novel this "Pride and Prejudice" author began writing in 1817, the year she died |
Jane Austen
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Term for the number of different symbols used in a number system: binary is 2, decimal is 10 |
a base
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