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"Nicholas Nickleby"' Mr. Squeers "had but one eye, and the popular prejudice runs in favour of" this many |
two
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This German city is serviced by a subway, the U-Bahn & an elevated train, the S-Bahn |
Berlin
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In 1995, for her work on literacy, this former first lady received the Freedom Forum's Free Spirit Award |
Barbara Bush
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These small, portable computers are divided into clamshell & lunchbox types based on shape |
laptops
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Flaws are considered desirable in this green beryl gem |
an emerald
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This French emperor died in exile on St. Helena May 5, 1821 |
Napoleon Bonaparte
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The name of this "A Christmas Carol" character has become synonymous with avarice |
Ebenezer Scrooge
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Capital in which you'd find the Baths of Diocletian & the Capitoline Museum |
Rome
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Before establishing her famous wax museum, she was an art tutor to King Louis XVI's sister |
Madame Tussaud
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This device converts digital data into analog signals for transmission over telephone lines |
a modem
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The Koh-i-Noor is one of the best known of these gems |
the diamond
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It ended December 5, 1933 after Utah ratified the 21st Amendment |
the Prohibition
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In 1824 Dickens' father was sent to this kind of prison |
a debtor's prison
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This capital's Government Palace stands on the site of Pizarro's palace, which inspired its architecture |
Lima (Peru)
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This temperance leader taught primary school before receiving her "divine call" to smash saloons |
Carrie Nation
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H&R Block, Inc. has announced it's spinning off this large online service |
(Julee: What is America Online?) (Derek: What is Prodigy?)
CompuServe
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The fire type of this gem is red; the prase, green |
(Julee: What is a ruby?)
an opal
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Serving a total of 8 years, 7 months & 25 days, he resigned as British prime minister April 5, 1955 |
Churchill
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In 1960 this Dickens novel about a foundling was turned into a musical play |
Oliver Twist
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In population, it's the largest Scandinavian capital by far |
Ben: What is Stockholm?) (Julie: What is Oslo?) (Derek: What is Helsinki?) ... (Alex: No harm, no foul on that; you each lost the same amount.)
Copenhagen (in Denmark)
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This author of "The Joy Luck Club" sometimes performs in a band with Stephen King |
Amy Tan
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Many computer operations, such as the speed of memory chips, are measured in this unit, ns |
nanoseconds
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Montana & Cape rubies are actually this January birthstone |
the garnet
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Since the 4th was a Sunday, this 5th president was sworn in for his 2nd term March 5, 1821 |
Monroe
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This 1854 work attacks the utilitarian philosophy fostered by industrialization |
(Ben: What is Dombey and Son?)
Hard Times
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One legend says this Ukrainian capital was founded by 3 brothers: Kii, Shchek & Khoriv |
Kiev
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She became Pakistan's 1st female prime minister after spending most of the early 1980s under arrest |
Benazir Bhutto
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Times & Helvetica are examples of this, a complete set of characters belonging to one typeface |
a font
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Non-blue examples of this corundum gem are called fancy |
sapphires
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He was in custody November 5, 1605 after preparing to blow up the British Parliament |
Guy Fawkes
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