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Used in tortillas & tamales, this grain is grown on almost half of all farmland |
corn
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In a Stephen King novel, she avenges herself on classmates using telekinetic power |
Carrie
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In 1914 he produced the first cars assembled completely on conveyor belts |
(Henry) Ford
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This Provo, Utah school has a campus on Oahu, Hawaii |
Brigham Young University
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His "Wiegenlied" or "Lullaby" was introduced to America in 1868 |
Brahms
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To date, he's the only elected U.S. president born in Missouri |
Truman
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It's only 130 miles between these bodies of water across the Isthmus of Tehuantepec |
(Jill: What is the Pacific Ocean and the Straits of Baja?)
the Pacific Ocean & the Gulf of Mexico
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He was born John Clayton, the son of Lord Greystoke, a British nobleman |
Tarzan
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In 1911 she became the first person to win 2 Nobel Prizes |
Marie Curie
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A replica of a shrine at Lourdes, France sits on the campus of this school near South Bend, Ind. |
Notre Dame
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A trip to Europe inspired his 1928 piece "An American in Paris" |
(Jill: Who is Copland?)
George Gershwin
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In 1950 he was named commander of NATO forces in Europe |
Eisenhower
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Mexico City stands on the site of Tenochtitlan, their capital |
the Aztecs
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After marrying Agnes Wickfield, this Dickens character settles down to become a novelist |
David Copperfield
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On Nov. 21, 1783 de Rozier & d'Arlandes made the first human free flight in one of these |
a hot air balloon
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This Pasadena, Calif. school operates a seismological laboratory & 4 observatories |
Caltech (the California Institute of Technology)
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Among his last compositions were "Fantaisie in F Minor" "Polonaise-Fantaisie" |
Chopin
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He was known as the "Surveyor President" |
(Dylan: Who is Jefferson?)
George Washington
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The name of this Mexican string band comes from the French word for marriage |
a mariachi band
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Guilty of murder, Raskolnikov is sentenced to Siberia in this work by Dostoyevsky |
Crime and Punishment
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This company's first Traveler's check was cashed for $100 at the Hotel Hauffe in Leipzig on August 5, 1891 |
American Express
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The Lyndon Baines Johnson Library stands on this university's campus |
the University of Texas (at Austin)
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In 1988, 161 years after his death, the 1st movement of his unfinished 10th symphony had its world premiere |
Beethoven
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At his March 4, 1905 inaugural, he wore a ring containing a lock of Abraham Lincoln's hair |
Theodore Roosevelt
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In 1914 forces from this country seized Veracruz |
(Dylan: What is Spain?)
the United States
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At the end of this Hemingway novel, hero Robert Jordan is left to die after blowing up a Spanish bridge |
For Whom the Bell Tolls
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This 1803 case was the first in which the U.S. Supreme Court declared a law unconstitutional |
Marbury vs. Madison
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The Harvard faculty provides all instruction for undergrads at this women's college |
Radcliffe
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This Austrian composer of the "Surprise Symphony" is often regarded as the "Father of the Symphony" |
Haydn
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It's Jimmy Carter's middle name |
Earl
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