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Louis IX embarked on 2 of these military expeditions, in 1248 & 1270 |
Crusades
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Published in 1958, "Stride Toward Freedom" was Martin Luther King's account of the bus boycott in this city |
(Alex Trebek: [*], Alabama, right.)
Montgomery
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On the quarter during the 1920s, it was flying; today it's perched |
the eagle
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Relatively speaking, sib is short for this word |
sibling
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The city is named for the Lords Baltimore who established this colony |
Maryland
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This British actor-director's 1965 film of "Othello" featured Derek Jacobi as Cassio |
Olivier
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Alberto Cavos rebuilt this Moscow opera & ballet theatre in 1856 after a fire |
the Bolshoi
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Betty J. Eadie tells of her near-death experience in the bestseller "Embraced by" this |
the Light
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The old Lincoln penny had one ear of Lincoln's on the front & 2 ears of this grain on the back |
wheat
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The Grimms wrote about wicked ones in "Hansel and Gretel" & "Cinderella" |
(Jim: What are witches?)
stepmothers
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4 adjoining homes, including the one where Babe Ruth was born, are now a museum for this sports team |
the Orioles
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Edith Evans was renowned for her portrayal of the nurse in this tragedy |
Romeo and Juliet
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This largest Australian city was founded in 1788 & named for Britain's home secretary |
Sydney
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This Irma Rombauer book first appeared in America's kitchens in 1931 |
The Joy of Cooking
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On a very fine one of these coins from 1930, the full horn shows |
buffalo nickel
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The Esperanto word for this female relative is onklino |
aunt
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The battle monument on Baltimore's flag honors the men who defended the city during this war |
the War of 1812
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In 1934 Jessica Tandy appeared onstage in her native London playing this role opposite John Gielgud's Hamlet |
Ophelia
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This "numerical" group that included Mao's wife fell from power after Mao's death |
the Gang of Four
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In "The Fountain of Age", this author of "The Feminine Mystique" tackles the age mystique |
Betty Friedan
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It currently has a torch on the back; prior to 1946 it had a fasces, a bundle of rods |
the dime
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Derived from the Italian for "nephew", it's favoritism shown to nephews or other relatives |
nepotism
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H.L. Mencken was long associated with this newspaper as Baltimore's major daily |
the Baltimore Sun
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Christopher Plummer has played Mark Antony in both of these Shakespeare plays |
Antony & Cleopatra & Julius Caesar
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The largest naval battle of WWI was fought near & named for this Danish peninsula |
Jutland
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Reminiscent of his techno-thrillers, "Submarine" by this author is a "Tour Inside a Nuclear Warship" |
Tom Clancy
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1879 Morgan dollars with an "O" mint mark commemorated the reopening of this southern city's mint |
(George: What is Atlanta?)
New Orleans
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Under English law, it was the practice of giving preference to the eldest son |
primogeniture
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This private institution has the oldest U.S. university press in continuous operation, founded in 1878 |
Johns Hopkins
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Laurence Harvey played Leontes in a British film version of this "seasonal" play |
(Alex Guard: What is A Winter's Tale?) (Alex Trebek: [*], yes.)
The Winter's Tale
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