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In an encyclical July 29, 1968, the pope banned all artificial methods of this |
birth control
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This heavy walking stick was named for the town in Ireland where it was 1st produced |
the shillelagh
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Among the tombs you can tour just north of this city is that of the Ming emperor known as Ding Ling |
Peking
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When writing it Louisa May Alcott said, "I don't enjoy this... never liked girls or knew many, except my sisters" |
[Lynn selected the first clue.]
Little Women
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This state song of Connecticut urges, "Mind the music and the step, and with the girls be handy" |
"Yankee Doodle"
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Even after she married Eddie Fisher, she still wore Mike Todd's wedding ring |
Elizabeth Taylor
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While touring Canada in 1967, Charles de Gaulle called for this province to be "free" |
Quebec
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The "dramatis personae" is a literary list of these |
a cast of characters
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The proper name of "The House that Ruth Built" |
Yankee Stadium
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Sean O'Casey's play about Juno Boyle & her vain ne'er-do-well husband |
Juno and the Paycock
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This southern state's song is "The Old North State" |
North Carolina
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In the 7th century a Chinese princess married to the king of Tibet helped convert Tibet to this religion |
(Marc: What is Christianity?)
Buddhism
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French phrase that means the final blow, literally the "stroke of grace" |
coup de grâce
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King James VI of Scotland was born in this castle |
Edinburgh
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This author's career took off when he published his "Waverley" novels anonymously |
Sir Walter Scott
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In 1960 Ray Charles had the official song of this state on his mind & it became a No. 1 Hit |
Georgia
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Sent by France to counter Stanley's work for Belgium, Brazza founded Brazzaville on this river |
the Congo
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If you called a nasty person this nasty name in German, you'd be calling him a "pig dog" |
Schweinehund
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There's a mine accessible from the Ponderosa Saloon on C Street in this Nevada city |
(Marc: What is Carson City?) (Joe: What is Reno?) ... (Alex: Sorry, Lynn, you didn't ring in quickly enough.)
Virginia City
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Lillian Hellman title taken from a biblical saying about small animals "that spoil the vine" |
(Joe: What is Pentimento?)
The Little Foxes
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Its official state song is the following:
"Way down upon the Suwannee River / Far, far..." |
(Marc: What is Mississippi?) (Alex: No, sorry, and I'm sure many people would make that same mistake; "The Old Folks At Home" is the state song of [*]--the Suwannee River, in [*].)
Florida
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When this Woolworth heiress married Cary Grant, they were known as "Cash & Cary" |
[The end-of-round signal sounds.]
Barbara Hutton
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This country that conquered Libya before the 1st World war lost it after the 2nd |
Italy
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In India a European gentleman would be addressed as "sahib", & his wife would be called this |
memsahib
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Construction began on this explorer's palace on the Zócalo in Cuernavaca about 1531 |
(Hernán) Cortés
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This humorist's '33 autobiography contains episodes like "The Night the Bed Fell" & "The Car We Had to Push" |
James Thurber
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It is the only state to have official Spanish & English state songs |
(Marc: What is California?) ... (Alex: We have less than a minute to go.)
New Mexico
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He directed his wife, Giulietta Masina in "Juliet of the Spirits" & "La Strada" |
(Joe: Who is Frederico Fellini?) (Alex: Correct--oops, I can't accept that and I'll tell you why, because as you know, if you give just a correct last name we will accept your response, but if you give an incorrect first name--the man's first name is Federico, not Frederico.)
Federico Fellini
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