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These darn people of ancient Etruria called themselves Rasna or Rasena |
(Alex: Who were those darned [*]?)
Etruscans
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A noel is a song or instrumental piece for this holiday |
Christmas
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Residents of Monaco are prohibited from entering the gaming rooms of this city's famous casino |
Monte Carlo
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Seawater contains less than one grain of this precious metal, symbol Au, per ton |
gold
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The southern U.S., especially Louisiana, is famous for these pecan patties |
pralines
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Before the first edition of "Leaves of Grass", he wrote a novel, "Franklin Evans; or, The Inebriate" |
Walt Whitman
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Incitatus was Caligula's favorite of these animals, but the story that he made him a consul is untrue |
a horse
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The viola d'amore has a second set of these under the first set that vibrates sympathetically |
strings
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Funk & Wagnalls says that spaghetti & pizza were developed in this large Italian city located near Pompeii |
Naples
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Humphry Davy named this light metal used for cookware & beverage cans but never saw it |
aluminum
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This ice cream company's 2 top-selling flavors are chocolate chip cookie dough & Cherry Garcia |
Ben & Jerry's
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Arthur Rimbaud's most famous work, "Une saison en enfer", translates as "A Season in" this place |
hell
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Nabonidus, the last king of Babylon, remodeled the ziggurat in this city that had a 2-letter name |
Ur
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He conducted the last act of his "Parsifal" Aug. 29, 1882, his final appearance conducting opera |
Wagner
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Landmarks in this German city include Nymphenburg Palace & a stadium built for the 1972 Olympics |
München (Munich)
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The tetraethyl compound of this metal once put the ethyl in ethyl gasoline |
lead
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Possibly named for a French cook, it's a small, rich cake baked in a shell-shaped mold |
a madeleine
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Matsuo Basho is best known as the progenitor of the modern form of this 3-line poem |
haiku
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The ancient Egyptian civil calendar was based on this annual event |
(Roger: What is the pharaoh's birthday?)
the flooding of the Nile
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This type of orchestra generally has about 35 players |
(Sheila: What is a symphony?)
a chamber orchestra
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Around 1500 this Belgian port became the commercial center of Western Europe |
(Cal: What is Brussels?)
Antwerp
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This strong, light metal used in supersonic aircraft was discovered by William Gregor |
titanium
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It's the flavor of the sauce that's served with Crepes Suzette |
(Roger: What is strawberry?) (Sheila: What is raspberry?) ... (Alex: You're missing a delightful treat. [*] is the flavor.)
orange
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The bell tolled for this "Death Be Not Proud" poet in 1631 |
(Cal: 's [*]?) (Alex: Pardon?) (Cal: [*].) ... (Alex: You didn't phrase it in the form of a question, I believe.)
John Donne
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Artaxerxes III, who ruled this empire, was murdered by a eunuch named Bagoas in 338 B.C. |
the Persian Empire
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In 1901 this "New World" symphony composer was elected to the Austro-Hungarian Parliament |
Dvořák
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James Joyce is buried in this largest Swiss city |
Zurich
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Indium is often extracted from ores of this metal used to galvanize steel |
zinc
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Egg yolks, marsala & sugar are the main ingredients in this traditional Italian custard |
(Alex: Here's another great treat you're missing out, uh, on: [*].)
zabaglione
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His first book-length poem, "Montage of a Dream Deferred", describes the variety of Harlem life |
(Cal: James Baldw--who is James Baldwin?) (Sheila: [Without ringing in] Who is Wilson?) (Alex: You have to ring in.) ... (Alex: So you were lucky, Sheila, in not ringing in, 'cause you'd have been wrong, you'd've wound up with a negative in front of you, and you would not have been around to play in Final Jeopardy!)
Langston Hughes
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