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Jean Laffite once lived on Grand Terre Island in Barataria Bay in this famous gulf |
the Gulf of Mexico
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He was the last man to serve as FDR's vice president |
Harry Truman
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On January 8 Louisiana commemorates this battle of the War of 1812 |
(Frances: What is the Battle of Mobile Bay?)
the Battle of New Orleans
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They founded Rome but it took more than a day to build it |
Romulus & Remus
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The cerebrum is the largest & most highly developed part of this organ |
the brain
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Act II of "Die Fledermaus" includes a hymn to this bubbly beverage |
champagne
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The Severn & the Wye are the longest rivers that enter this country, part of the United Kingdom |
Wales
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He was the last vice president to serve more than 4 years in the office |
Bush
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Each August this large city hosts the Elvis International Tribute Week |
Memphis
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In the early 1800s they published "Kinder-und Hausmarchen", tales for kids & adults |
the Brothers Grimm
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Near its origin, this largest artery gives rise to the coronary arteries of the heart |
the aorta
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Sancho Panza is a silent role in "Master Peter's Puppet Show", based on an episode in this novel |
Don Quixote
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When visiting Liverpool, you can ride a ferry across this river, as Gerry and the Pacemakers could tell you |
(Joe: What's the Liffey?)
the Mersey
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He was the first vice president to serve more than 4 years in the office |
John Adams
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A popular October event in North Carolina is the Mello Yello 500 auto race in this city |
(Madeline: What is Raleigh?)
Charlotte
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When he was about 15, he joined his older brother Frank in Quantrill's Raiders |
Jesse James
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It's the joint formed by the lower end of the humerus & the 2 upper ends of the ulna & radius |
the elbow
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"Trial By Jury" is this duo's only operetta without spoken dialogue |
Gilbert & Sullivan
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Lake Winnipegosis lies in the southern part of this Canadian province |
Manitoba
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A nephew of this Jefferson vice president sponsored the Erie Canal |
(Frances: Who is DeWitt Clinton?) (Alex: No.) (Frances: Oh, of course not.) ... (Alex: Frances, you were on the right track; you knew the person he was related to, [*], nephew was DeWitt Clinton.)
George Clinton
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International Falls in this state is the site of the annual Ice Box Days Winter Festival in January |
(Frances: What is Alaska?)
Minnesota
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In 1884 they left Baraboo, Wisconsin with a small wagon show |
the Ringling Brothers
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There are 3 pairs of these glands in the body, including the sublingual ones under the tongue |
the salivary glands
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"Threepenny Opera" composer whose opera "Down in the Valley" is based on American folk songs |
Kurt Weill
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Jordan's only seaport, Al-Aqabah, lies on this sea |
the Red Sea
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1 of the 2 presidents under whom John C. Calhoun served as vice president |
(1 of) John Quincy Adams & Andrew Jackson
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Each July this Canadian province celebrates its heritage with the Highland Games in Antigonish |
(Alex: About a minute to go, Joe.)
Nova Scotia
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Though these Frenchmen invented the hot air balloon, they weren't the first to go up in it |
(Madeline: Who are the Montpelier Brothers?)
the Montgolfier brothers
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After a meal bile that's stored in this sac is released into the small intestine |
the gall bladder
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Heinrich Sutermeister based his 1948 opera "Raskolnikoff" on this Dostoyevsky novel |
Crime and Punishment
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