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The vast area the Finnish call Lappi, we call this |
Lapland
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Norman Mailer's biography of this screen goddess was published in 1973 & expanded in 1975 |
Marilyn Monroe
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When a person inhales, this muscular sheet contracts & moves downward, expanding the chest |
(Alex: We have a minute to go.)
the diaphragm
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It's a proposed piece of legislation, not always from a man named William |
a bill
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England's most coveted military decoration is named for this queen who established it in 1856 |
Queen Victoria
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In 1962 Khrushchev was forced to withdraw his missiles from this country |
Cuba
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At 27,824 feet, Mount Makalu in this Asian range is the fifth-highest mountain in the world |
the Himalayas
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Joseph P. Lash wrote books about this woman "and Franklin" & in "The Years Alone" |
Eleanor Roosevelt
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Although bile is stored by the gallbladder, it's produced by this organ |
the liver
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One may be standing, special or select |
a committee
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As 1993's National Teacher of the Year, Elaine Griffin received a crystal one of these objects |
an apple
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In his "Secret Speech" before the 20th Party Congress in 1956, Khrushchev denounced this man |
Stalin
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Ibiza is the third largest of this country's Balearic Islands |
Spain
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William Henry Herndon may have made up the story about Ann Rutledge in his bio of this president |
Lincoln
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This long tube includes the mouth, pharynx, esophagus, stomach, small intestine & large intestine |
(Tim: What is [**]?) (Alex: No. We'll accept that? All right. [*] is what we were going for.)
the alimentary canal (the digestive tract)
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Members can be pulled in from the hallways to complete this majority needed for business |
a quorum
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Tyne Daly won a 1990 Tony for her starring role in this musical |
Gypsy
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During his 1964 visit to Egypt, Khrushchev named this man a "Hero of the Soviet Union" |
(Ed: Who is Sadat?)
Nasser
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Canada's Prairie Provinces are Saskatchewan, Manitoba & this one |
Alberta
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His "The Life of Castruccio Castracani" was published the same year as his best-known work, "The Prince" |
Machiavelli
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The curliness of a hair is determined by the shape of this pocket that it grows out |
the follicle
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When Al Gore presides over the Senate, this is his form of address |
(Tim: What is the president pro tem?)
President of the Senate (Mr. President)
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Figure skaters Randy Gardner & this partner received Olympic Spirit Awards for 1980 |
Tai Babilonia
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Khrushchev was a critic of this economic plan launched by the Chinese in 1958 |
the Great Leap Forward
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This seaport, now the capital of Senegal, was once the capital of French West Africa |
Dakar
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Wilfrid Sheed's biography of this author of "The Women" was published in 1982 |
(Ed: Who was... Edna Ferber?)
Clare Boothe Luce
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A neuron consists of 3 parts: the cell body, the dendrite & this tubelike nerve fiber that carries messages |
(Tim: What is the synapse?)
the axon
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It's an opinion passed by the House, by the Senate or, as concurrent, by both |
a resolution
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Jean Henri Dunant, co-recipient of the first Nobel Peace Prize, was the founder of this organization |
(Kathy: What is Amnesty International?)
the International Red Cross
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Ousted in 1964, Khrushchev was replaced by Kosygin as premier & by this man as First Secretary |
Brezhnev
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