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In 47 B.C. he came, saw & conquered King Pharnaces of Pontus |
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Abbreviated c. or ca., it's used to mean "about" when referring to an uncertain date |
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George Foreman started his professional boxing career with a KO victory at this NYC venue |
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A funambulist walks on one of these, with or without a net |
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The lion is the chief predator of this tallest of all animals |
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"Prinsessen Paa Aerten" or "The Princess on the Pea" is just one of his tales |
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The origin of these combatants who performed for the public lies in Etruscan funeral rituals |
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Meaning "before the war", it describes many southern mansions built before the Civil War |
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The roof of this Connecticut capital's coliseum collapsed in 1978, hours after nearly 5.000 spectators left |
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Ida, the only sister of these famous circus brothers, married railroad engineer Henry North in 1902 |
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Sadly, the Asiatic lion is on this list |
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His "New Look" of 1947 featured unpadded shoulders & low hemlines |
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Until Augustus reclaimed it, she owned Cyprus; it was a gift from Mark Antony |
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Be on guard if you see the phrase "cave canem"; it means this |
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Reunion Arena is the home of this city's Mavericks basketball team |
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This enormous gorilla nicknamed "Gargy" created a sensation in the 1940s |
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It's the proper term for a group of lions |
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In 1993 he found "True Romance" onscreen with Patricia Arquette |
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In 27 B.C. Marcus Agrippa built this temple to all the Roman gods; it was rebuilt about 100 years later |
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If you say something in Latin that you don't mean, it's a "lapsus linguae", which is this |
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"Colorful" name of the home of Philadelphia's NHL Flyers |
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Margarita Vazquez Ayala & her daughters are famous for juggling flaming torches while hanging by this |
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For a lioness it's about 109 days |
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He's the famous master's mate of the HMS Bounty |
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Claudius took elephants when he invaded this island land in 43 A.D. |
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It's the honorary title often "earned" by a professor upon retirement |
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This city's architecturally unique Saddledome was built for the 1988 Winter Olympics |
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In 1968 showman Irvin Feld founded a "college" for these performers in Venice, Florida |
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African lions like to hunt at night in these wide-open grasslands |
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This Austrian physicist is known for his 1842 "sound effect" |
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