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The European recovery program following WWII was also called this, for its originator |
the Marshall Plan
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Guinness calls Gogol's play "The Inspector General" this country's greatest early comedy |
Russia
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These lithe desert horses are the oldest existing breed |
Arabians
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This British River rises in the Cotswold Hills of Gloucester |
the Thames
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It's the first book of the New Testament & the first of the 4 Gospels |
Matthew
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Savings account deposits & withdrawals are recorded in this type of booklet |
a passbook
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The 1912 alliance of Bulgaria, Serbia, Greece & Montenegro was known as this league |
the Balkan League
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Dr. Heidi Holland is the title character in this Pulitzer Prize winner by Wendy Wasserstein |
The Heidi Chronicles
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This thoroughbred who won 20 of his 21 races was nicknamed "Big Red" |
Man O' War (Man of War accepted)
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In 1886 Congress "closed" this sea off Alaska due to indiscriminate fur-sealing practices of other nations |
the Bering Sea
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After his resurrection, Jesus said to her, "Woman, why weepest thou? Whom seekest thou?" |
Mary Magdalene
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Budget deficits cause this, the money owed by the U.S. government, to rise |
the national debt
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The 3 major battles of this war were at Crecy, Poitiers & Agincourt |
the Hundred Years' War
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Jean Kerr, who wrote the play "Mary, Mary", is the wife of this Pulitzer Prize-winning drama critic |
Walter Kerr
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These horses are trained primarily at the Spanish riding school in Vienna |
the Lipizzaners
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The tallest mountains in Egypt are located on this large peninsula |
the Sinai
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In Galatians he wrote, "Bear ye one another's burdens, and so fulfil the law of Christ" |
Paul
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The International Bank for Reconstruction & Development is popularly called this |
the World Bank
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After the king of Caria died in 353 B.C., his widow had this memorial built at Halicarnassus |
the Mausoleum
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His first play, "Tamburlaine the Great", opened in 1587, just 6 years before he was killed |
(Christopher) Marlowe
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World Book says the shire breed developed after this Tudor king had all horses under 5' high destroyed |
(Alex: Yeah, good guess.)
Henry VIII
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French cities on this bay or its inlets include Bordeaux, Nantes & Rochefort |
the Bay of Biscay
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This Roman emperor sent out a decree "that all the world should be taxed" |
[Jerome looks over at Don when Don's minimal, ambiguous response is accepted without prompting]
Caesar (Augustus)
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The Chicago Board of Trade is an example of this type of market where raw materials are traded |
a commodity exchange
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After oil was found there in 1932, this island nation became the Persian Gulf's first oil-rich state |
Bahrain
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An actor as well as an author, he played the role of Orgon in his own "Tartuffe" |
Molière
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In Britain, horse racing's Triple Crown consists of the St. Leger Stakes, the Two Thousand Guineas & this derby |
Epsom
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Mount Elbrus, the highest point in Europe, is a peak of this mountain range |
(Don: What is the Urals?)
the Caucasus
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Number of days from Christ's resurrection to his ascension |
40
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The "zero-coupon" type of this financial instrument pays nothing until maturity |
a bond
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