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The odd word in this Bronte title is Old Yorkshire dialect meaning "stormy weather" |
Wuthering Heights
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Don't bring your compass to Mars since it seems to lack one of these fields |
a magnetic field
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This southern state has the only Manatee County in the U.S. |
Florida
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August 30, the birthday of Huey P. Long, is celebrated in this state |
Louisiana
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Clodhoppers & sabots are types of these |
shoes
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She once said she wouldn't pay a dollar of her fine for voting; in 1979 a dollar coin was named for her |
Susan B. Anthony
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Delighted with Alice, Queen Victoria asked him for other books; he sent tomes on mathematics |
Lewis Carroll
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On Mars, this is only about 37 minutes longer than on Earth |
(Mike: What is the year?)
a day
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Abraham Lincoln has 18 counties named for him; this debate foe has 12 |
(Stephen) Douglas
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The 1st observance of this holiday is believed to have been on Tuesday, Sept. 5, 1882, in New York City |
Labor Day
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It's tough to keep your eye on the pelota, the ball used in this sport, it flies by so quickly |
jai alai
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By 1870, though some women in this territory were sharing husbands, each had the right to vote |
(Mike: What is Wyoming?)
Utah
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This, Oscar Wilde's only novel, was used as an exhibit for the prosecution in his trial |
(Mike: What is The Portrait of Dorian Gray?) ... (Alex: The correct title, and you were right, almost right on, Mike, it's [*].)
The Picture of Dorian Gray
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Because of its reddish color, Mars was named for the Roman god of this |
war
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Chicago is the seat of this Illinois county, the second-most populous in the U.S. |
Cook County
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In Great Britain, Pancake Tuesday is followed by this day |
Ash Wednesday
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Of happy, sad, or hungry, what you are if you're lugubrious |
sad
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As a senator, he voted for woman's suffrage, & in 1920 was the first President elected when all women could vote |
Harding
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English novelist who once said he wrote in English, thought in French, & dreamed in Polish |
(Doug: Who is... Sand?) (Alex: No, sorry, his Polish name was Korzeniowski, we know him better as [*], the author of Lord Jim.)
Joseph Conrad
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This outer Martian moon is named for the ancient Greek personification of terror |
(Mike: What is Phobos?)
Deimos
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This state named for a woman also has the most counties named for women |
Virginia
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This country observes Bataan Day with a parade of veterans of the infamous Death March |
the Philippines
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A line on a weather map connecting areas of equal pressure, its first letter is a line too |
an isobar
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It was the 1st U.S. territory & the 1st state to explicitly give women the vote |
Wyoming
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Author of "Sense & Sensibility" who said, "I write about love & moneyā€¯ |
Jane Austen
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The #4 space craft of this series made the first fly-by of Mars in 1965 |
(Mike: What is Viking?)
Mariner
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This Wisconsin county whose name is French for "far end of the lake" is located at the end of Lake Winnebago |
Fond du Lac
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On April 30, this country celebrates King Carl XVI Gustaf's birthday |
Sweden
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Districts in England in which this metal was produced were called stannaries |
tin
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Lucretia Mott, who fought against slavery & for women's suffrage, was a minister of this religion |
Quaker
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