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The U.S. paid less than 2ยข per acre for the 586,000 square miles it purchased here |
Alaska
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The old U.S. mint in this city houses a fine collection of Mardi Gras regalia |
New Orleans
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He met John Belushi & other Second City troupers thru his brother, Brian Doyle-Murray |
Bill Murray
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It divides the North & South Pacific & the North & South Atlantic |
the equator
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1933's "The Willow Tree" was the 1st opera commissioned for this medium |
the radio
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He wrote "As the body rolled to the ground, Tarzan... voiced the wild & terrible cry of his people" |
Edgar Rice Burroughs
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These were 1st used in an election in Lockport, N.Y. in 1892 |
voting machines
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To track down the truth about this legendary engineer, make tracks to his museum in Vaughn, Miss. |
Casey Jones
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Gorilla expert whom African natives called "the old lady who lives in the forest without a man" |
Dian Fossey
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Of the 7, this continent has the greatest range of land height |
Asia
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In this Humperdinck opera the 2 lead characters sing "A Gingerbread Waltz" |
Hansel and Gretel
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Under the pen name Saki, he wrote "Women and elephants never forget an injury" |
H.H. Munro
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By 1833 this road, also called the National Road, was completed as far west as Columbus, Ohio |
the Cumberland Road
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The house at Checkpoint Charlie is a museum devoted to the history of this structure |
the Berlin Wall
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Married to the daughter of the late senator Everett Dirksen, this former Sen. was Reagan's Chief of Staff |
Howard Baker
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It's Western Europe's most populous city |
London
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In English the title of this Verdi opera means "the fallen woman" |
La traviata
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In "Jude the Obscure" this author warns, "Do not do an immoral thing for moral reasons" |
(Thomas) Hardy
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1 of the 2 men who held joint command of the Alamo when it was attacked by Santa Anna |
(Jim: Uh, who is Sam Houston?)
(1 of) William Travis or Jim Bowie
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This museum is home to the Rosetta Stone |
the British Museum
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2 other members of "Talking Heads" graduated from the R.I. School of Design, but he dropped out in '71 |
David Byrne
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There has been a strong move for greater autonomy among these 3 Baltic republics of the USSR |
Estonia, Latvia & Lithuania
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Menotti's "The Saint of" this "Street" won the Drama Critics Award & a Pulitzer Prize in 1955 |
(Alex: It was The Saint of [*] Street.)
Bleecker
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"The history of every country begins in the heart of a man or a woman." she wrote in "O Pioneers!" |
Willa Cather
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In 1867 Oliver Hudson Kelley & 6 associates founded this secret organization for farmers |
the Grangers (the Grange)
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To see Botticelli's "Birth of Venus", go to this Florence gallery |
the Uffizi Gallery
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He studied the Middle Ages for 30 years before writing "The Name of the Rose" |
Umberto Eco
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Nahuel Huapi, a national park in this country, features lakes, glaciers & the highest peak in N. Patagonia |
Argentina
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After learning he'll go to jail, Baron von Eisenstein goes to a Ball in this Strauss operetta |
Die Fledermaus
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In "The Devil's Dictionary" he defined a saint as a "dead sinner revised and edited" |
Ambrose Bierce
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