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In 1731 he founded the Library Company of Philadelphia |
Ben Franklin
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Poison gas threatens the Earth in "The Poison Belt" by this creator of Sherlock Holmes |
(Sir Arthur Conan) Doyle
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"And it came to pass afterward, that he loved a woman in the valley of Sorek, whose name was Delilah" |
Samson
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In 1992 Imelda Marcos threw her shoe into the ring & ran for president of this country—she lost |
the Philippines
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More than half of this southeast state's orange crop is used for frozen citrus concentrate |
Florida
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In "Twelfth Night", the Duke of Illyria says, "If" this "be the food of love, play on" |
music
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During the Colonial era, the main crops in South Carolina were rice & this plant used to make dyes |
indigo
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In his 1960 story "I Remember Babylon", this "2001" author warned about the dangers of satellite TV |
(Arthur) Clarke
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He told King Darius, "My God hath sent his angel, and hath shut the lions' mouths" |
Daniel
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This former vice president "values" his 3 children, Corinne, Tucker & Benjamin |
Dan Quayle
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The city of Bangor had this state's first radio station in 1922 & its first TV station in 1953 |
Maine
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First name shared by Richard III's wife & Shakespeare's wife |
Anne
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There were 3 types of colonies: proprietary, corporate & this one under control of the Crown |
royal colonies
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He wrote sci-fi novels such as "Six Gun Planet" before he published "North and South" |
John Jakes
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The Lord told him, "Aaron thy brother shall be thy prophet" |
Moses
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Marjorie Newell Robb, the oldest living survivor of this 1912 disaster, died in 1992 at the age of 103 |
the sinking of the Titanic
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The Snake River stampede, one of the West's largest rodeos, takes place each July in Nampa in this state |
Idaho
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She says, "The raven himself is hoarse that croaks the fatal entrance of Duncan under my battlements" |
Lady Macbeth
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Around 1622 Priscilla Mullens married this barrelmaker |
John Alden
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In this 1972 Ira Levin novel, suburban chauvinists switch their spouses with robots |
The Stepford Wives
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"There appeared a chariot of fire, and horses of fire" that took him to heaven in a whirlwind |
Elijah
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Like her husband Helmut Newton, Alice Springs is prominent in this profession |
photography
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In the 19th century, this second-smallest state was known as the "Peach State" |
Delaware
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This play is based in part on the ancient satiric dialogue "Timon Misanthropus" |
Timon of Athens
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When this legislative body first met in Jamestown July 30, 1619, it consisted of 22 citizens |
(Joyce: What is the House of Burgess?) (Alex: Oh, Joyce, if you had added just two more letters, an E and an S, and said [*], you would be correct.)
the House of Burgesses
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He called the fourth novel in his "Dune" series "God Emperor of Dune" |
Frank Herbert
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This son of Saul successfully pleaded with his father to spare David's life |
(Doug: Who is Absalom?)
Jonathan
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In 1971 & 1972 poet Pablo Neruda was this South American country's ambassador to France |
Chile
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Its state flower is the black-eyed Susan |
(Alex: If you were a racing fan, a horse racing fan, you might know this one. [*], site of the Preakness.)
Maryland
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Achilles slays the unarmed Hector near the end of this tragedy |
(Joyce: What is Pericles, Prince of Tyre?)
Troilus and Cressida
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