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Ku K'ai-Chih of this country was the first portrait artist said to capture the spirit of his subjects |
China
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5-year-old David II succeeded his father, Robert the Bruce, as king of this country in 1329 |
Scotland
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In 1910 this state's first junior college was founded in Fresno |
California
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Kangaroo vine, which can be grown indoors or out, is native to this country |
Australia
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Between 1830 & 1860, this system transported many runaway slaves to southern Ontario |
the Underground Railroad
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Michael Shaara's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel "The Killer Angels" is an account of this July 1863 battle |
the Battle of Gettysburg
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This period sometimes divided into early, high & late ended around 1600 |
the Renaissance
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In 1386 Jagiello, Grand Duke of Lithuania, married Queen Jadwiga & became King Wladyslaw II of this country |
Poland
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Benjamin Franklin helped found this Ivy League school in 1740 |
(Steve: What is Harvard?)
Penn (the University of Pennsylvania)
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Varying leaf shapes make it hard to identify this poisonous plant sometimes classed as Toxicodendron |
poison oak (poison ivy)
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Before the Harpers Ferry attack, he & his men killed 5 proslavers in Pottawatomie, Kansas |
John Brown
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In an epic work by Sir Thomas Malory, he & Mordred slay each other |
King Arthur
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Leonardo da Vinci & Albrecht Durer were among many artists who painted "The Adoration of" this trio |
the Magi
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This country's ruler, Prince Hans Adam, lives in a castle on a cliff that overlooks the city of Vaduz |
(Jean-Paul: What is the Netherlands?)
Liechtenstein
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Founded in Atlanta in 1885, this university has one of the finest engineering schools in the country |
Georgia Tech
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The essential ones of these give aromatic plants their taste or odor |
oils
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This 1787 ordinance included a fugitive slave clause |
the Northwest Ordinance
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Oldest son Dmitri stands trial for his father's murder in this novel by Dostoyevsky |
(Jean-Paul: What is Crime and Punishment?)
The Brothers Karamazov
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His most ambitious mural covering Mexico's history was left unfinished at his death |
Diego Rivera
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She was only 10 when she became queen of the Netherlands in 1890, so her mother, Emma, served as regent |
(Steve: Who is Beatrice?)
Queen Wilhelmina
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The Catholics & the Ramblers were early names for this university's football team |
Notre Dame
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Used in polishes, carnauba wax is derived from the leaves of this type of tropical tree |
a palm
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The first issue of this William Lloyd Garrison abolitionist paper was published January 1, 1831 |
The Liberator
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A governess finds her 2 young charges under the influence of ghosts in this Henry James tale |
Turn of the Screw
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His painting "The Scream", stolen just before the '94 Winter Olympics, was recovered 3 months later |
(Steve: who is Ernst?)
Edvard Munch
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First name shared by Prince Andrew's older daughter & Queen Victoria's youngest daughter |
Beatrice
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Founded as a seminary in South Hadley, Massachusetts, it was the 1st U.S. college for women |
(Warren: What is Amherst?) (Jean-Paul: What is Radcliffe?)
Mount Holyoke
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Named for a biblical person & found in the desert, this tree is the largest species of yucca |
(Jean-Paul: What is the burning bush?) [Laughter] (Alex: No, you needed a burning bush this time.) (Jean-Paul: Yeah, I needed something.) (Alex: What is [*]?)
the Joshua tree
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By means of the Missouri Compromise, this New England state was admitted as a free state |
Maine
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Some critics consider this 1912 Zane Grey novel the best Western ever written |
The Riders of the Purple Sage
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