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THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE |
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He spends 24 years on a deserted island before he meets Friday |
Robinson Crusoe
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On the same day his "Carmen" premiered, he was named a Chevalier of the Legion of Honor |
Bizet
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Pilots have reported seeing a rare form of this which strikes upward from a cloud rather than down |
lightning
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The cow whose milk has the highest butterfat content was developed on this isle |
Jersey
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With the Continental Army, George Washington first heard it read in this city |
(Phil: Where is Philadelphia?)
New York City
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After ginning, this fiber is pressed into 480-pound bales |
cotton
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Magic transforms Tip into Princess Ozma in this author's "The Marvelous Land of Oz" |
Frank Baum
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Many of Bach's clavier concertos were modeled on the works of this "Four Seasons" composer |
Vivaldi
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Highly poisonous prussic acid is said to have the smell of these "bitter" nuts |
almonds
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Called the Isles of the Blest in ancient Roman legend, they were named after dogs, not birds |
the Canary Islands
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The National Archives has no record of it being sent to this king whose actions it condemns |
George III
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The name of this stretchy man-made fiber is an anagram of "expands" |
spandex
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This John Bunyan work follows Christian on his way to the Celestial City |
The Pilgrim's Progress
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John S. Smith is often credited with composing "To Anacreon In Heaven", the tune later used for this song |
"The Star-Spangled Banner"
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Darwinism is the idea that evolution took place by this process |
natural selection
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The Strait of Belle Isle is the northernmost entrance to this Canadian gulf |
(Marc: What is Baffin?)
(the Gulf of) St. Lawrence
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The date of this historic event was August 2, 1776 |
the signing of the Declaration
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Examples of this fabric made from flax have been found in Swiss Stone Age dwellings |
linen
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Poet Delmore Schwartz was the model for Humboldt in this author's "Humboldt's Gift" |
Saul Bellow
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This composer of the "Unfinished Symphony" gave his only public concert in March of 1828 |
Schubert
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The energy a body has because of its motion is this type |
kinetic
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This capital city grew around Slotsholmen, or Castle Isle; Christiansborg Castle is there now |
Copenhagen
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This is the first self-evident truth listed |
all men are created equal
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Merino sheep the producers of the world's finest wool, were developed in this country c. 1400 |
(Phil: What is Italy?) (Marc: What is San Marino?) ... (Alex: We have less than a minute to go.)
Spain
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The baron cuts off one of Belinda's curls for a keepsake in this Alexander Pope mock epic |
The Rape of the Lock
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In 1945 he won a Pulitzer Prize for "Appalachian Spring" |
Aaron Copland
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In the classification of animals, this grouping comes between kingdom & class |
phylum
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A terrier originated on this isle, the largest isle in the Inner Hebrides |
Skye
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Roger Sherman on the committee to draft the declaration also helped write this 1781 compact |
the Articles of Confederation
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The cultivation of this fiber is called sericulture |
silk
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