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In 1982 he became the first Pope in modern history to visit Sicily |
Pope John Paul II
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Karl Goldmark's opera "The Queen Of Sheba" opens in the palace of this Biblical king |
Solomon
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On March 17 Maryville, Missouri holds "The World's Shortest" parade for this holiday |
St. Patrick's Day
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Polyvinyl Chloride, a leather substitute, is known by these initials |
PVC
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This "Magnum, P.I." star got his turn at bat in the 1992 movie "Mr. Baseball" |
Tom Selleck
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Of the 2 remaining members of his tribe, only Chingachgook survives this 1826 Cooper novel |
"The Last Of The Mohicans"
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Ahmose I, who reigned circa 1554-1525 B.C., founded this country's 18th dynasty |
Egypt
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Bellini's opera "La Sonnambula" is so named because Amina, its heroine, has this nocturnal habit |
Sleepwalking
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This Longfellow chief is the subject of an outdoor pageant each July & August in Pipestone, Minn. |
Hiawatha
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On "Late Night" David Letterman put on a suit of this material & stuck himself to a wall of it |
Velcro
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Geena Davis played Dottie Hinson, catcher for the Rockford Peaches, in this 1992 film |
"A League Of Their Own"
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A series of travel guides provides the title of this 1985 Anne Tyler novel |
"The Accidental Tourist"
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This queen of the Netherlands married Duke Henry of Mecklenburg-Schwerin in 1901 |
Wilhelmina
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This Finnish composer's only opera, "The Maiden In The Tower", is rarely performed |
Jean Sibelius
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Around Halloween Moab in this state celebrates the mountain bike with a fat tire festival |
Utah
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This material, the dried stems of grain, is often used to make hats & buttons |
Straw
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Film in which Kevin Costner tells Susan Sarandon, "I believe in....kisses that last 3 days" |
"Bull Durham"
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In this Twain novel, a New Englander saves himself by predicting a solar eclipse |
"A Connecticut Yankee In King Arthur's Court"
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In 1828 Brazil & Argentina recognized this neighboring country as an independent republic |
Uruguay
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A mezzo-soprano plays Violetta's friend Flora Bervoix in this Verdi opera |
"La Traviata"
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Jonesborough in this Volunteer State hosts the National Storytelling Festival each October |
Tennessee
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A plain knitted fabric, or a pullover shirt that may or may not be made from it |
(J: What is a cardigan?)
Jersey
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In this 1994 movie celestial spirits turn Danny Glover's losing team into a winner |
Angels in the Outfield
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Key West smuggler Harry Morgan is the protagonist of his novel "To Have And Have Not" |
Ernest Hemingway
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This empress of Mexico was a first cousin of Queen Victoria |
Carlota
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"Les Troyens A Carthage" was the only part of his long opera "Les Troyens" performed during his lifetime |
Hector Berlioz
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The Ms. Foundation For Women encourages parents to do this on the 4th Thursday in April |
Take their daughters to work with them
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13th century weavers in Norfolk "bested" rivals by making this fabric of combed & carded wool |
Worsted Wool
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Much of this Robert Redford film was shot at War Memorial Stadium in Buffalo, New York |
"The Natural"
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During WWII Gene & Finny become friends at prep school in this John Knowles novel |
"A Separate Peace"
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