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To save copper, the U.S. Treasury issued this coin in zinc-coated steel |
a penny
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In Arabic the name of this canal is Qanat As-Suways |
the Suez Canal
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Many Chumash Indians once lived in the Santa Barbara area of what is now this state |
California
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The 3 main varieties of poodle are standard, miniature & this |
toy
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With about 50,000 students, this school in Columbus is one of the USA's largest |
(Eileen: What is the University of Ohio?)
Ohio State
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In her youth this poet who wrote of her candle burning at both ends was called Vincent |
Edna St. Vincent Millay
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In India, 25 years after his first hunger strike, he began another, to protest his confinement |
(Mohandas) Gandhi
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Because of a rise of over 500 feet west of Troy, New York, 83 locks were required for this canal |
the Erie Canal
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Dragging a buffalo skull is sometimes part of the Plains Indian dance named for this heavenly body |
the Sun
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This dog developed in Siberia is sometimes called a Sammy |
(Ed: What is a sammo... samoset?)
a samoyed
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This country's largest university is the University of Teheran |
Iran
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"Conquistador", about the conquest of this country, earned Archibald MacLeish a 1933 Pulitzer Prize |
(Ed: What is Peru?)
Mexico
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Igor Sikorsky was granted 2 patents on this type of aircraft |
the helicopter
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Built 4 miles through solid rock, Greece's Corinth Canal connects the Ionian Sea with this sea |
(Ed: What is the Adriatic?)
the Aegean Sea
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On an alphabetical list of North American Indians, this tribe is usually last |
(Mark: What is the Zuma tribe?)
the Zuni
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The most popular breed registered with the AKC, this retriever often guides the blind |
a Labrador retriever
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This country's University of the Republic is in Montevideo |
Uruguay
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He dedicated "Idylls of the King" to the memory of Prince Albert |
Tennyson
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This First Lady of China became the first private citizen to address our Congress, in February |
Madame Chiang Kai-Shek
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The Las Americas bridge crosses this canal near the city of Balboa |
Panama
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When this Chiricahua Apache died in 1874, his son Taza succeeded him as Chief |
(Ed: Who is Geronimo?)
Cochise
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In the 1920s Calvin Coolidge helped popularize this blue-tongued breed |
the chow
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This Ontario city's university was chartered as King's College in 1827, but not established until 1843 |
(Eileen: What is Kingston?) ... (Alex: Queen's is in Kingston, Eileen.)
Toronto
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In 1712 he published his first version of "The Rape of the Lock" |
(Alexander) Pope
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This inventor of a famous electric "coil" died January 7 in New York City |
Tesla
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At about 2,340 miles in length, it's the longest ship canal system in North America |
the St. Lawrence Seaway
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Lake Cayuga, the longest of these lakes, is named for the Cayuga Indians who once lived near it |
the Finger Lakes
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This small dog originated in the Arctic but was named for a Prussian province where it was popularized |
(Eileen: What is a schnauzer?)
the Pomeranian
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Sophie Newcomb College is this New Orleans university's college for women |
Tulane
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His first volume of poems, "The Hawk in the Rain", was published the year he & Sylvia Plath moved to America |
Ted Hughes
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