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It was convenient that Edmund Spenser died in London, because he was buried in Poets' Corner here |
Westminster Abbey
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"The Great Mick" |
Mickey Mantle
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This "Bluegrass State" has an International Museum of the Horse in Lexington |
Kentucky
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About half of all English words are derived from this classical language |
Latin
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It's the group of wives, mistresses & female servants of a Turkish sultan, or their residence |
(Frances: Uh, what is the [*] or the seraglio?) ... (Alex: Frances, in most cases [*] or seraglio are interchangeable; but only when referring to the place, not to the women's group of wives, mistresses and female servants.)
the harem
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Dealing with the task at hand is "getting down to brass" ones of these |
tacks
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Collier's' Ency. claims this author of "The Bells" was "a great swimmer" & "did not write while drunk" |
Edgar Allan Poe
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"The Shoe" |
Willie Shoemaker
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The Museum of Dolls in this Riviera principality has a collection of early mechanical dolls |
(Darrell: What is Monte Carlo?)
Monaco
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The standard literary form of this language is the dialect of Florence |
Italian
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MADD stands for "Mothers Against" this |
Drunk Driving
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A person with a failing or weakness is said to have "feet of" this material |
clay
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He wrote the poem "Chicago Poet" for "Cornhuskers", his 1918 collection |
Carl Sandburg
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"The Rock of Notre Dame" |
Knute Rockne
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This European city's Musee d'Orsay is a converted railway station built in 1900 |
Paris
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This country's official language evolved from Pasar Malay, a dialect spoken on its island of Sumatra |
(Frances: What is Javanese?)
Indonesia
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The first of these was founded in 1851 at Wesleyan Female College |
a sorority
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Referring to ancient athletic prizes, to be content with one's success is "to rest on" these |
your laurels
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"Heroic Stanzas" was John Dryden's memorial to this lord protector of England |
Oliver Cromwell
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"The Brown Bomber" |
Joe Louis
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Founded in 1773, this South Carolina port's museum is the nation's oldest |
Charleston
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Although there is a Ryukyu language, most Ryukyuans speak this language |
Japanese
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Members of this group founded in 1890 are direct descendants of people who helped free the colonies |
the D.A.R. (Daughters of the American Revolution)
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It's plain to see that "nuda veritas" is Latin for this cliche |
naked truth
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This lord's mistress Teresa Guiccioli published a book about him in 1868, 44 years after his death |
(Lord) Byron
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Capital in which you'd find the Newfoundland & Labrador Museum of Transportation |
St. John's
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It's the official language of Suriname |
(Darrell: What is French?)
Dutch
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The name of this organization for Jewish women is from the Hebrew name of Queen Esther |
(Darrell: What is B'nai B'rith?)
Hadassah
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This expression meaning away from turmoil became popular after Thomas Hardy used it as a book title |
Far from the Madding Crowd
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