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At age 13 he married Kasturba, whom he would later call his teacher in nonviolence |
Gandhi
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George Monroe & William Robinson: 2 African-American riders in this horsepowered mail service in the 1860s |
the Pony Express
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"Are you ready? Hey! Are you ready for this? Are you hanging on the edge of your seat?" Are questions asked in this Queen tune |
"Another One Bites The Dust"
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By definition, orogeny concerns itself with the formation of these by upward movements of the Earth's crust |
mountains
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The U.S. Secret Service Uniformed Division branch named for this building includes counter snipers on its roof |
the White House
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Seen here, Stokely Carmichael replaced John Lewis as head of SNCC, short for their Nonviolent Coordinating Committee |
Student
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Zhou Enlai: both prime minister & foreign minister of the country with this new name from its beginning in 1949 |
the People's Republic of China
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He's the "Calvin Broadus (1972-1994)" referred to on the cover of "Murder Was the Case", both a song & short film |
Snoop Dogg
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Increased seismic activity, especially in Oklahoma, has been linked to wastewater injection & this controversial practice |
fracking
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Security Service & Secret Intelligence Service are the British agencies popularly known by these alphanumeric names |
MI5 & MI6
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St. Elizabeth of this country rode between 2 armies & quelled hostilities between her son Afonso & her husband, King Dinis |
(Siobhan: What is France?) (Randy: What is Spain?)
Portugal
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Betty Friedan: the unhappy classmates at her Smith College 15th reunion inspired this 1963 nonfiction work |
The Feminine Mystique
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Both Eric Clapton & Bob Marley sang this song, but swore it was in self-defense |
"I Shot The Sheriff"
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An iron ore, this mineral is named for the property it's exhibiting here |
magnetite
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This country's intelligence agency goes by the short name Mossad, which just means "the institute" |
Israel
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A sharp-pointed dueling sword |
[Siobhan gives the English pronunciation.]
an epee
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One story of this Lakota leader recalls him entering a battlefield, taking a seat & smoking a pipe |
Sitting Bull
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King George I: from Hanover, Germany but had a claim on the British crown through this man, his great-granddad born a Scot |
James I
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Fronted by Danny Elfman, this rhyming band sang, "It's a dead man's party, who could ask for more?" |
Oingo Boingo
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In contrast to the lithosphere, or solid outer part of the Earth, this consists of all the Earth's water |
hydrosphere
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This 3-letter agency was created in 1954 as "the sword & shield of the Communist Party" |
the KGB
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A J.Lo song popularized this Spanish word for "daddy" or "sweetheart" |
papi
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This eldest son of Victoria was called "The Peacemaker"; the memorial here notes his Entente Cordiale with France |
Edward VII
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Jefferson Davis: as U.S. Secretary of War in 1853, he approved the import of these from Egypt to test in the Southwest |
camels
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Backed up by the Bad Seeds, PJ Harvey & this man sang of the tragic fate of "Henry Lee" |
Nick Cave
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This geologic era that began around 65 million years ago is the one we're living in today |
the Cenozoic
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This country's secret intelligence service ASIS was founded in 1952; its existence was only acknowledged in Parliament in 1975 |
(Mayim: Less than a minute.)
Australia
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It's the life stage of an insect that fits the category |
pupa
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