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After his death in 323 B.C., wars divided his empire into 3 parts: Egypt, the Seleucid Empire & Macedon |
Alexander the Great
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The Musee de la Civilisation is one of the most notable museums in this province |
Quebec
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This First Lady called her mother-in-law, the former Sara Delano, "Cousin Sally" |
Eleanor Roosevelt
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Nationality of the 19th century composer John William Glover, who wrote the cantata "St. Patrick at Tara" |
Irish
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In 1990 this "Centennial State" became the first to limit the number of consecutive terms for Congressmen |
Colorado
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In 1993 Martin Handford had American kids searching for this character "in Hollywood" |
Waldo
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This Indian leader performed paramedic work for the British in the Boer War |
Gandhi
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Canada's oldest ballet company, the Royal Winnipeg Ballet, was founded in this province in 1939 |
Manitoba
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Her father was the founder of psychoanalysis, & she was one of the founders of child psychoanalysis |
Anna Freud
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He attended the 1st Bayreuth Fest. & wrote about it for a Russian paper in 1876, the year he wrote "Swan Lake" |
Tchaikovsky
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In 1904 the Bureau of Entomology was established in this Cabinet department |
(Reed: What is the Interior?)
the Department of Agriculture
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Herman Wouk's "The Hope" is the saga of this country |
Israel
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On March 18, 1890 this German chancellor was forced to resign by Wilhelm II |
Bismarck
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You can "whale" away the hours at the Pacific Rim Whale Festival in Tofino in this province |
British Columbia
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Her 1926 work "Black Iris" is one of her most famous floral paintings |
(Georgia) O'Keeffe
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This lieder composer met his future wife, Clara, when she was 9; he was studying piano with her father |
Robert Schumann
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A meeting of House Republicans is called a conference; a Democratic meeting is called this |
a caucus
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More murder in the horse racing profession is covered in his "Driving Force" |
Dick Francis
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The son of a Magyar prince, Stephen I, king of this country, was canonized in 1083 |
Hungary
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The people of New Glasgow in this province celebrate their heritage in the annual festival of the Tartans |
Nova Scotia
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This late culture minister was the 1st woman to hold a senior cabinet post in Greece |
(Reed: I have no idea.) (Alex: She starred in the film Never On Sunday; who is [*]?)
Melina Mercouri
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This composer invented the "Petrouchka Chord", in which 2 different keys are played simultaneously |
Stravinsky
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In 1979 this N.J. Democrat & former NBA player became the youngest member of the U.S. Senate at age 35 |
(Bill) Bradley
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John Gray's book is titled "Men Are from Mars, Women Are From" here |
Venus
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After William III died in 1702, this sister of Mary II succeeded to the British throne |
Anne
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This Atlantic province that borders Maine is so picturesque that it's Canada's "Picture Province" |
New Brunswick
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She won 1 gold medal & 2 bronzes at the 1924 Olympics; 2 years later she swam the English Channel |
Gertrude Ederle
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This Italian's opera "Rigoletto" is set in 16th century Mantua |
Verdi
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1 of Nebraska's 2 senators, both of whom once served as the state's governor |
(Bob) Kerry (or James Exon)
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A review of this Laura Esquivel book calls it "A Cookbook!, no, it's a memoir! No, it's a novel!" |
Like Water for Chocolate
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