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He was emperor of Rome when a great fire destroyed much of the city in 64 A.D. |
Nero
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He taught Alexander the Great & founded the Lyceum |
Aristotle
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After escaping from the Chateau d'if, this Dumas hero punishes his enemies one by one |
the Count of Monte Cristo
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In 1814 the British offered this New Orleans pirate $30,000 & a captaincy if he would help them |
Jean Lafitte
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The author of "True Grit" had this star of the movie in mind when he wrote the book |
John Wayne
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In most schools it's a perfect grade point average |
(Alex: [After Max's clue selection] Less than a minute to go in the round.)
4.0
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The Edict of Nantes gave religious freedom to these Frenchmen |
the Protestants (the Huguenots)
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Milton, the brother of this president, was president of Kansas State, Penn State & Johns Hopkins |
Eisenhower
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The adventures of Toad, Rat & Mole were featured in this 1908 Kenneth Grahame children's classic |
The Wind in the Willows
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Born Francesco Castiglia, only his hands were televised at the Kefauver hearings in the 1950s |
Frank Costello
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This 1881 gun battle took less than 1 min. in real life but over 5 minutes on screen in 1957 |
the gunfight at the O.K. Corral
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Number of strings on a standard Spanish guitar |
6
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Between 1661-72 this French king established academies of dance & music |
Louis XIV
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For 47 years this Massachusetts educator remained Helen Keller's teacher & companion |
Annie Sullivan
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In this book Christian journeys from the City of Destruction to the Celestial City |
The Pilgrim's Progress
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Anna Sage, the woman who fingered John Dillinger for federal agents, was nicknamed this |
(Max: What is [**]?) (Alex: [*], but we'll accept that.)
the Woman in Red (the Lady in Red)
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William Boyd played this character in 66 films |
Hopalong Cassidy
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After WWI, Germany's new republic was named for this city where its constitution was drawn up |
the Weimar
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This Canadian communications professor was famous for his oft-quoted maxim "The medium is the message" |
Marshall McLuhan
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Before N. Webster, many people referred to his "Dictionary of the English Language" published in 1755 |
Samuel Johnson
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Fined just $5,000 for her actions, Sydney Biddle Barrows was called this in the press |
Mayflower Madam
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In movie titles the name of this tribe precedes "Autumn" & "Social Club" |
Cheyenne
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The Democrats countered the Whig campaign slogan "Who is James K. Polk?" with these nos. "or fight!" |
(Elsie: What is 44-40 or fight?) ... [The end-of-round signal sounds.]
54-40 or fight
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Dutch humanist priest & son of a priest, he wrote "The Praise of Folly" in 1509 |
Erasmus
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This "Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm" author founded the California Kindergarten Training School |
(Elsie: Who was Wiggins?)
Kate Wiggin
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Scottish author whose "The Guns of Navarone" & "Ice Station Zebra" have been made into movies |
Alistair MacLean
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Venezuelan-born international terrorist Ilich Ramirez Sanchez is better known by this name |
(Elsie: Who is Red Rosa?)
Carlos (the Jackal)
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He made nearly 60 Western films including "Wagon Master" & "The Searchers" |
John Ford
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Of the 3 "estates", the 1 designating the clergy in France & the Lords Spiritual in England |
(Max: What is the third estate?)
the first estate
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