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She coined the term radioactivity in the 1890s |
(Jim: Who is Curie?)
Marie Curie
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In 1972 Ceylon became a republic & changed its name to this |
Sri Lanka
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Stravinsky wrote his "Symphony of Psalms" for the 50th anniversary of this Massachusetts orchestra |
the Boston Symphony
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On his fourth voyage to the New World, he was marooned in the Caribbean for one year, 1503-04 |
Columbus
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The House of Commons has 651 members from England, Scotland, Northern Ireland & this country |
Wales
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In May 1992 75 photographers captured "Tinseltown" for "A Day in the Life of" this place |
Hollywood
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9 years after his law of gravitation was published, he was appointed warden of England's Mint |
(Sir Isaac) Newton
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Since gaining its independence, this country has had only 2 presidents, Sukarno & Suharto |
Indonesia
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Dance band drummers play their cymbals with sticks or with these wire implements |
brushes
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On Nov. 15, 1533 he & his men captured Cuzco & seized its gold |
Pizarro
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On June 11, 1987 this prime minister became the first in 160 years to win 3 straight elections |
Thatcher
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A famous book by Dale Carnegie tells "How to Win Friends and" do this |
Influence People
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In 1921 this horticulturist published the 8-volume work "How Plants Are Trained to Work for Man" |
(Luther) Burbank
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This "Most Serene Republic" is only 24 square miles in area |
San Marino
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This "Hebrides" overture composer's first 2 names were Jakob Ludwig; Felix was his third |
Mendelssohn
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Louis Jolliet may have first met this future exploring companion in 1666 at a mission in Quebec |
Marquette
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In 1983 Neil Kinnock was elected leader of this party at the young age of 41 |
Labour
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Born in 1860, she's the subject of a 1988 biography for children, "Who's That Girl With The Gun?" |
Annie Oakley
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While at Cambridge, this creator of the absolute temperature scale won a university rowing title |
Kelvin
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Travelers to this South American country are urged to visit the Open Air Museum in Nieuw Amsterdam |
Suriname
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The syrinx, a set of simple flutes of different lengths, is also called this, after a Greek god |
pipes of Pan (panpipes)
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When he reached the river now named for him in N. Canada, he called it the River of Disappointment |
MacKenzie
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This government office that collected & disbursed funds evolved into the modern Treasury |
the Exchequer
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In "Soap Opera" Alecia Swasy tells the inside story of this Cincinnati-based company |
Procter & Gamble
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His electrical resistance law was summarized in "The Galvanic Circuit Investigated Mathematically" |
(Georg) Ohm
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Since 1949 the Pescadores off the coast of China have been under the control of this island country |
Taiwan
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This "William Tell" composer supposedly said, "Give me a laundry list and I will set it to music" |
Rossini
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In 1642 the Dutch East India Company asked him to determine the southern extent of Australia |
(Jim: Who is Cook?)
Abel Tasman
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This lord & publisher of the Daily Express sat in Parliament from 1910 to 1916 |
Lord Beaverbrook
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"The Fifties" & "The Powers That Be" are bestsellers by this Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist |
David Halberstam
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