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His 1891 painting of a street in Tahiti is in the Toledo Museum of Art |
Paul Gauguin
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In 1870 this country's Isabella II abdicated in favor of her son |
Spain
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He was the creator & behind-the-scenes master of the Muppets |
Jim Henson
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This yellowing of the skin & eyes is caused by too much bilirubin in the blood |
Jaundice
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In the 500s & 600s it replaced Latin as the official language of the Byzantine Empire |
Greek
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Australian composer Arthur Benjamin's 1953 opera "A Tale of Two Cities" is based on a novel by this author |
Charles Dickens
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Thomas Solie's 1815 portrait of this orator is in the Colonial Williamsburg Collection |
Patrick Henry
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In 1975 Khalid succeeded this man, assassinated by a nephew, as king of Saudi Arabia |
(Isaac: Who is Fahd?)
King Faisal
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Pop Warner called him "The Greatest Football Player of All Time" |
Jim Thorpe
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Premarin, a form of this hormone used to treat menopausal symptoms, is the most prescribed drug in America |
estrogen
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Putonghua, the chief representative of this dialect, is based on the speech of Beijing |
Mandarin
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"The Tales of" this German inspired many an opera, including Busoni's "Die Brautwahl" |
(E. T. A.) Hoffmann
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"The Madonna of the Magnificat" is one of many paintings of the Virgin & child by this "Birth of Venus" artist |
Sandro Botticelli
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After succeeding Tiberius, this emperor had Tiberius' grandson executed |
Caligula
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The term horsepower owes its origins to an experiment by this steam engine inventor |
James Watt
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It's the medical speciality concerned with such disorders as bunions, ingrown toenails & foot sprains |
Podiatry
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This language belongs to the Canaanite branch of the northwest Semitic languages |
(Alex: Oh, you guys are going to hear from friends & relatives on this! - Less than a minute to go...)
Hebrew
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This lord never finished his poem "Don Juan", but Zdenìk Fibich based an opera on it anyway |
Lord Byron
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In 1930 she created a series of paintings of a jack-in-the-pulpit |
Georgia O' Keeffe
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For his independence of Soviet influence, Imre Nagy was removed as this country's premier in 1955 |
(Ryan: $1,111 - is that possible?) (Alex: That's possible - I will give our scorekeeper a chance to punch that in.) ... (Alex: You have a "711" in front of you!)
Hungary
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In 1975 he left the Berlin Philharmonic, where he was principal flutist, to pursue a solo career |
James Galway
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Vitamin A deficiency may cause nyctalopia, more commonly called this |
Night Blindness
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Although Arabic is Tunisia's official language, this has the status of a second national language |
(David: What is Berber?)
French
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This Sir Walter Scott poem inspired Rossini's opera "La Dona Del Lago" |
"The Lady of the Lake"
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In 1797 Goya painted this duchess, his mistress, pointing to the words "Solo Goya" ("Only Goya") |
Duchess of Alba
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In 1191, Berengaria married this king of England in Limassol, Cyprus |
Richard the Lionheart
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During the 1970s he served as CIA director, Secretary of Defense & Secretary of Energy |
James Schlesinger
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Usually given to a child at two months, a DPT vaccine protects against these 3 illnesses |
(Ryan: What are diphtheria, polio and tetanus?) ... (Alex: Whooping cough and pertussis are synonymous.)
diphtheria, whooping cough & tetanus
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Geographically, it's the most widely-spoken Germanic language |
English
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Swiss composer Heinrich Sutermeister wrote a 1967 opera based on this author's "Madame Bovary" |
Gustave Flaubert
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