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In 1961 this Cuban leader said he had always been a Marxist-Leninist & would be one until he died |
Fidel Castro
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A purga is a wind that's common in this season in Siberia |
winter
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Heineken & Philips are headquartered in this European country |
the Netherlands
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Moscow has 4 large ones of these; most foreigners arrive at Sheremetyevo 2 |
airports
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He committed murders in the Whitechapel area of London between August & November 1888 |
Jack the Ripper
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Of the Clarence Thomas hearings, she said, "I would have preferred not to endure what I endured" |
[Jeanne selected the first clue.]
Anita Hill
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In 1215 Genghis Khan captured this city, the last Chin stronghold in northern China |
Peking
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Moving north from the equator, the wind belts run: the Trades, the Westerlies & these |
the easterlies
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Founded as a milk producer in 1866, it added Nescafe & Nestea to its line in this century |
Nestle
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In 1993, after 69 years, the guard was removed from in front of his Red Square mausoleum |
Lenin
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The Four Deuces was one of the "pleasure" joints run by his mob in Chicago |
Capone
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As well as "We are not amused", she said, "We are not interested in the possibilities of defeat" |
Queen Victoria
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Also called Lacedaemon, this once powerful Greek city-state was destroyed by the Visigoths in 396 |
Sparta
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The Williwaw blows straight through this South American strait |
the Magellan Strait
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In 1984 Hallmark bought Binney & Smith, makers of this brand of crayons |
Crayola
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A titanium obelisk in Moscow commemorates this first artificial earth satellite |
Sputnik
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On May 31, 1994 this Congressman was charged with 17 felonies, including fraud & embezzlement |
Rostenkowski
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Her poem No. 324 begins, "Some keep the sabbath going to church—I keep it, staying at home" |
Emily Dickinson
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This "plan" to provide financial aid to European countries after WWII was announced at Harvard in 1947 |
the Marshall Plan
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It's Southern California's famous hot, dry wind |
the Santa Ana
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Among the artifacts found in this chain's restaurants are Elvis' motorcycle & Ringo Starr's snare drum |
(Jeanne: What are [*]s?)
Hard Rock Cafe
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This famous opera & ballet house is on Teatralnaya Square |
the Bolshoi
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On March 23, 1994, in Tijuana, this party's candidate for president, Luis Donaldo Colosio, was assassinated |
the PRI
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This Pakistani prime minister said, "Every dictator uses religion... to keep himself in power" |
(Benazir) Bhutto
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Over 20,000 Huguenots are believed to have died during this 1572 massacre that began in Paris |
(Russ: What is the Inquisition?)
the St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre
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This hot, dust-laden wind blows from the Libyan desert into Italy |
the Sirocco
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This company's chips supply the brains for about 85% of all desktop computers |
Intel
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The state art gallery is situated on the edge of this famous park in central Moscow |
(Alex: Less than a minute to go.)
Gorky
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The 1906 case of Chester Gillette drowning his girlfriend inspired this Theodore Dreiser book |
(Jeanne: What's Sister Carrie?) (Barry: What's J'Accuse!?)
An American Tragedy
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In "Adam Bede" she wrote, "I'm not denyin' the women are foolish: God almighty made 'em to match the men" |
George Eliot
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