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The main character of this H.G. Wells novel is simply called "The Time Traveler" |
The Time Machine
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St. Barbara is said to protect people from this because her dad was struck by it after he killed her |
lightning
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Using laser reflectors left there 20 years ago, scientists have found it's receding from the Earth |
the Moon
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The English translation of this Strauss opera is "The Bat" |
(Die) Fledermaus
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Sydney, this "Little Tramp"'s son now runs a restaurant near Palm Springs, California |
Chaplin
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A Welsh symbol for hundreds of years, this fire-breathing creature appears on the flag of Wales |
a dragon
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The ghost shows him his former self when he was apprenticed to old Fezziwig |
Ebenezer Scrooge
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Edward the Confessor died a week after this abbey he built had been consecrated |
Westminster Abbey
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In 1965, Edward White did this 1st for the U.S. & it lasted 20 minutes, longer than the 1st American was in space |
a spacewalk
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This bride of Lammermoor & her love, Edgardo, wind up dead at the end of the opera |
Lucia
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Differences with the American Ballet Theatre management led to his resignation as artistic director in 1989 |
Baryshnikov
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This famous dish consists of melted cheese & butter served on toast |
Welsh rarebit
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Dr. Pangloss teaches this Voltaire hero that they live in the best of all possible worlds |
Candide
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St. Paul was present when this first Christian martyr was stoned, but he didn't throw any stones |
Stephen
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Sputnik 1 went up empty; Sputnik 2 had Laika, one of these, inside |
a dog
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A number of operas called Esmeralda are based on a novel by this Frenchman |
(Kay: What is The Hunchback of Notre-Dame?) ... (Alex: Kay, you gave me the name of the work instead of the name of the author.)
(Victor) Hugo
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This chairman of the Federal Reserve Board was a close friend of philosopher Ayn Rand |
(Alan) Greenspan
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The name of this Welsh capital means "fort on the Taff River" |
Cardiff
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The people of Camelot called this Mark Twain title character "The Boss" |
(Phyllis: Who is King Arthur?)
A Connecticut Yankee
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St. Rupert went to the old Roman town of Juvavum in Austria, opened salt mines, & renamed it this |
Salzburg
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In 1973, Owen Garriott spent 59 days aboard this |
(Phyllis: What's a shuttle?)
Skylab
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Transformed into one of these insects, Gvidon takes flight in a Rimsky-Korsakov opera |
(Alex: Tsar Saltan was the opera. We have a minute to go, Phyllis.)
a bumblebee
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His first English-language album, "1100 Bel Air Place", sold over a million copies in 5 days |
Julio Iglesias
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In 1536, this Tudor king proclaimed the Act of Union, uniting Wales & England |
Henry VIII
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In this play, Katharina & Bianca are daughters of Baptista, a rich gentleman of Padua |
Taming of the Shrew
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This personal secretary to Pope Damasus translated the entire Bible into Latin |
(Alex: We know it as the Vulgate version of the Bible, and it was translated by [*].)
St. Jerome
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Named for a 16th c. explorer, on May 4, 1989, it became the 1st planetary mission launched from a shuttle |
Magellan
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Written for the opening of Prague's national theatre, his "Libuse" has been called "the Czech national opera" |
(Bedrich) Smetana
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Making fun of his folksy style, some called this 1940 presidential candidate "a simple barefoot Wall Street lawyer" |
Wendell Willkie
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Wordsworth wrote lines composed a few miles above this 12th century abbey in the county of Gwent |
Tintern Abbey
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