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The land that constitutes the present-day District of Columbia once belonged to this state |
Maryland
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In his poem "Lacon" Charles Caleb Colton advised, "When you have nothing to say, say" this |
nothing
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Once commonly used to pave streets, they're defined as larger than pebbles & smaller than boulders |
(Scott: What are stones?) (Alex: Be more specific.) (Scott: What are sandstones?)
cobblestones
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A pentatonic scale used in some Gregorian chants has this many notes |
5
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In 1964, he replaced Ben Franklin on the U.S. half-dollar |
Kennedy
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This president said of his war experience, "San Juan was the great day of my life" |
Teddy Roosevelt
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Some words from the Declaration of Independence on his memorial are misspelled or missing |
Jefferson
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Referring to the lever, this ancient Greek said, "Give me where to stand and I will move the earth" |
Archimedes
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As its name indicates, the sial that composes much of Earth's crust contains these two elements |
silicon & aluminum
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Stephen Foster originally wrote this song as "Way Down Upon The Pee Dee River" |
"Old Folks At Home"
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Federal, state & local governments issue these loan contracts to help raise money |
bonds
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In the unofficial theme song of the war, it's the kind of time had in the old town |
a hot time
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His official residence is located in Observatory Circle on Massachusetts Avenue NW |
Vice President Quayle
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16th century Florentine political thinker who wrote, "It is far safer to be feared than loved" |
(Niccolo) Machiavelli
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A major fuel in Eastern Europe, lignite is a soft brown type of this |
coal
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In the 1850s, Brigham Young established the choral group now called this |
the Mormon Tabernacle Choir
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The Federal National Mortgage Association is known by this nickname |
Fannie Mae
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These words were usually followed by the now forgotten line, "To hell with Spain" |
"Remember the Maine"
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You'll find a statue of Puck outside this library |
(Becky: What's the Library of Congress?)
the Folger (Shakespeare) Library
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Known as "The Actor", this robber said he robbed banks because "that's where the money is" |
Willie Sutton
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Term for layers of rock having the same composition throughout |
strata
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The English word for this instrument means "small" in Italian |
(Scott: What is viola?)
piccolo
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Due to a copper shortage, 1943 U.S. pennies were made of this metal coated with zinc |
steel
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In 1899, Lieutenant Andrew Rowan went to heroic length to deliver a message to this Cuban rebel leader |
Garcia
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Colonial architecture can be seen in this neighborhood, the city's oldest |
Georgetown
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"No one is such a liar as the indignant man", this German philosopher said in "Beyond Good and Evil" |
(Scott: What is Goethe?) ... (Alex: And we have a minute to deal with ROCKS & MINERALS.)
Nietzsche
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Slate is formed by the action of heat & pressure upon this sedimentary rock |
shale
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Daniel Barenboim has been named to succeed Georg Solti as director of this city's symphony in 1991 |
the Chicago Symphony
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The first paper money issued by the U.S. government, not individual banks, was authorized during this war |
the Civil War
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Peace negotiations were held & a treaty was signed in this European capital |
Paris
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