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In 1860 Sir Rutherford Alcock became the first non-Japanese to climb this mountain |
Mount Fuji
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In 1969 Kenny Rogers pleaded with this girl "Don't take your love to town" |
Ruby
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Evidence shows ancient man rode these before inventing the wheel, that puts them before the cart |
the horse
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Jewish holiday also known as the Feast of Unleavened Bread |
Passover
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Author Lyman Baum is better known by this, his middle name |
Frank
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Melba is derived from the name of this Australian city |
Melbourne
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A maiko is an apprentice to one of these professional women entertainers |
a geisha
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This mother and daughter's "Why Not Me" won a Grammy for Best Country Performance by a Duo in 1985 |
The Judds
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Its name is a contraction of motorized bicycle + pedals |
a moped
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U.S. equivalent to the Communist May Day |
Labor Day
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"The Mysterious Affair at Styles", which introduced detective Hercule Poirot was this author's first novel |
Agatha Christie
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People who know Hebrew writing to her for advice might begin, "Dear Source of Joy" |
Abby (Abigail)
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Though Tokyo is the capital, imperial coronations still take place in this city |
Kyoto
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She made her TV debut on "Arthur Godfrey's Talent Scouts" January 21, 1957, singing the following:
"I go out walkin' after midnight / Out in the moonlight / Just like we used to do / I'm always walkin'" |
(John: Who is Dolly Parton?) (Alex: No, 1957 might have been a little bit before Dolly's time, in fact considerably before her time...) [The end-of-round signal sounds.]
Patsy Cline
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On a car its job is to smooth out sound pressure peaks within the 40 to 4,000 hertz frequency range |
(Barbara: What is the, uh, suspension system?)
the muffler
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In Taiwan they say his birthday is honored as Teacher's Day |
(Barbara: Who is Buddha?)
Confucius
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In 1937, Paul Muni starred in "The Life of" this man, an author & an advocate of naturalism |
(John: Who is Louis Pasteur?) ... (Alex: Not fast enough, Barbara.)
Émile Zola
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It comes from the German for "eagle-powered", but don't tell that to the pig on "Green Acres" |
(Alex: With a minute to go.)
Arnold
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This dish of vegetables & seafood dipped in batter and deep-fried is of Portuguese origin |
tempura
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Means of propulsion used by competitors in the famous Henley Regatta |
(John: What is rowing?) [Alex is unsure how to rule.] (John: Crew?) (Alex: More specific--I'll give you one more shot at it.) (John: What is crew? Rowing down the Thames.) (Alex: All right, we'll give it to you; what we were going for is [*], the "means of propulsion".)
oars
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On July 12, Protestants celebrate Orangemen's Day in this country |
(Barbara: What is Ireland?) (Alex: Be more specific.)
Northern Ireland
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He ridiculed the battle of the sexes in "The Rape of the Lock" |
(Alexander) Pope
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Her father, Ptolemy Auletes, gave her this name, which means "fame of her father" |
Cleopatra
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The Nagara & Uji Rivers are good places to see the Japanese fish with these birds |
cormorants
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In May 1990 the TGV electric train in this country broke its own speed record with a 320 mph run |
France
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In his "Assembly of Fowls", Chaucer wrote, "It's when every fowl comes to choose his mate" |
St. Valentine's Day
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His novel "The Day of the Jackal" centered on a plot to kill de Gaulle |
(Frederick) Forsyth
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The name of this first Christian martyr means "crown" |
Stephen
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