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In 1804 this pair became the first Americans to explore what became Nebraska |
Lewis & Clark
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Chief Justice Salmon P. Chase presided over this president's impeachment trial in 1868 |
(Andrew) Johnson
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On April 6, 1769, 8 days before his death, he attended a performance of his "Messiah" in London |
Handel
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William Golding novel in which boys stranded on an island try to form a society but revert to savagery |
Lord of the Flies
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To simmer or coddle food, cook it just below this point |
the boiling point
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Einstein was in the Orient when he learned that he had won this prize for physics for 1921 |
the Nobel Prize
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You can visit stations of this 1860-61 mail delivery service at Fairbury & Gothenburg |
the Pony Express
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He was appointed U.S. minister to Spain in 1779 & Chief Justice of the U.S. in 1789 |
John Jay
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At age 26 this "Wedding March" composer was named conductor of the Gewandhaus Orch. in Leipzig |
Mendelssohn
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This novel is Oscar Wilde's longest piece of narration |
The Picture of Dorian Gray
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It's to shred food by rubbing it over a rough-surfaced utensil with holes |
grate
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Shortly after Einstein became a citizen of this country, he took a patent office job in Bern |
Switzerland
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The state seal shows a steamboat on this river that forms the state's eastern border |
the Missouri
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Irish-born William Paterson became one of this state's first U.S. senators in 1789 |
New Jersey
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In 1826 this Lieder composer tried but failed to get a position at the court of the Austrian emperor |
Schubert
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This Kurt Vonnegut novel about Billy Pilgrim is subtitled "Or, the Children's Crusade" |
Slaughterhouse-Five
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Often done with yams, it means to cook in heavy syrup or sugar until glazed |
candied
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Einstein's letter to FDR about the possibility of an A-bomb led to this project to build one |
Manhattan Project
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Headquartered in Nebraska's largest city, it's one of the world's largest private health insurance cos. |
Mutual of Omaha
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On Jan. 20, 1801 John Adams nominated him to replace Chief Justice Oliver Ellsworth, who had resigned |
(John) Marshall
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His "Les Troyens" was completed 10 years before his death, but never performed in its entirety during his lifetime |
(Sheri: Who is Verdi?)
Hector Berlioz
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Families in this Sherwood Anderson title town in Ohio include the Hardys & the Kings |
(Sheri: What is Main Street?) (Claud: What is Wineburg?)
Winesburg
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It's the curing of fish like salmon or herring by cleaning, salting, drying & smoking it |
(Alex: We have less than a minute to go.)
kippering
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Einstein served on this international organization's Committee on Intellectual Cooperation |
(Sheri: What is the United Nations?)
the League of Nations
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Nebraska is the only state with this type of legislature |
unicameral (one house)
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While attending this college in 1776, Bushrod Washington became a founding member of Phi Beta Kappa |
William and Mary
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In the 1750s this son of J.S. Bach wrote an "essay on the true art of playing keyboard instruments" |
(Sheri: Who is Johann Christian Bach?) (Claud: Who is Johann Augustus Bach?)
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
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Somerset Maugham's "The Moon and Sixpence" is a novel based on the life of this French artist |
(Paul) Gauguin
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It's the process of melting down fat to remove the tissue; it sometimes produces lard |
rendering
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For relaxation Einstein sailed a boat & played this musical instrument |
the violin
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