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In 1976 this South American country nationalized 21 of its oil companies |
Venezuela
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These paired bones that protect the heart & lungs rise & fall as you breathe |
the ribs
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This British crown colony absorbed over a million Chinese refugees between 1949 & 1962 |
Hong Kong
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This composer's deafness may have been caused by syphilis |
Beethoven
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During his term & after, the U.S. president is protected by members of this federal agency |
the Secret Service
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In "Klondike Annie", she said, "Between two evils, I always pick the one I never tried before" |
Mae West
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His last words, 19 years after Manila Bay, were "Gentlemen, the battle is done. The victory is ours" |
Admiral Dewey
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Unlike the red, the yellow type of this substance that fills the bones is mostly fat |
marrow
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This Caribbean island group is divided into U.S. & British parts |
the Virgin Islands
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He composed the happy music of "The Nutcracker" while working on his anguished "Pathetique" symphony |
Tchaikovsky
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In 1995 Robert Rubin replaced Lloyd Bentsen in this post |
Secretary of the Treasury
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This elderly artist said, "Painting's not important. The important thing is keeping busy" |
Grandma Moses
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Cardinal Mazarin was this French king's godfather |
Louis XIV
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Named for their shapes, they're the 2 types of light-sensitive cells in the retina of the eye |
(Mike: What are [*]?) (Alex: Need one more.)
cones & rods
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Argentine forces in this South Atlantic territory surrendered June 14, 1982 |
the Falkland Islands
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The third movement of this Austrian's famous "Unfinished" symphony was planned to be a scherzo |
Schubert
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Named for its chairman, it was the commission created in 1986 to investigate the Iran-Contra Affair |
the (John) Tower Commission
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Round Table wit who coined the phrase "Brevity is the soul of lingerie" |
Dorothy Parker
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In 1795, after its third partition, this European country ceased to exist |
Poland
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The duodenum, the first part of the small intestine, loops around this insulin-producing organ |
the pancreas
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Home to the Bounty mutineers, this 1.7-square-mile island is Britain's only possession in the South Pacific |
Pitcairn
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This "William Tell" composer was called "The Swan of Pesaro", after his birthplace |
(Marty: Who is Puccini?)
(Gioachino) Rossini
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It's the term for the assistant to a party leader who makes sure that members are present for important votes |
a whip
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"Fashions in sin change", she wrote in her 1941 play "Watch on the Rhine" |
Lillian Hellman
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In July 1554 Mary I of England married this Spanish ruler |
Philip (II) of Spain
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The hypophysis is another name for this gland at the base of the brain |
the pituitary
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Napoleon arrived on this island October 15, 1815 |
St. Helena
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This American incorporated his popular "Fanfare for the Common Man" into his third symphony |
Aaron Copland
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In the 20th c. only 2 military leaders have been Secretary of State: George Marshall & this 1980 appointee |
(Alexander) Haig
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In 1860 this suffragist wrote, "Many abolitionists have yet to learn the ABC of woman's rights" |
Susan B. Anthony
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