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Germany justified the May 1915 sinking of this liner by calling it an armed merchant ship |
the Lusitania
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Florida city in which you'd find Ringling Boulevard & Ringling Causeway |
Sarasota
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"Transit of Venus" is a 1920 novel by this American composer who's better known for his marches |
Sousa
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Lewis Latimer was an engineer for this inventor in the 1880s & wrote a book on his lighting system |
Edison
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Clint Eastwood was born in this city in which Dirty Harry Callahan was a cop |
San Francisco
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To make these, dice day-old slices into cubes, toss in butter, oil & garlic, then bake till crisp |
croutons
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He married Alexandra shortly after ascending the throne of Russia in 1894 |
Nicholas (II)
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The official name of this London church is the Collegiate Church of St. Peter |
Westminster (Abbey)
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He composed "A high Class Rag" called "Fig Leaf Rag" in 1908 |
Scott Joplin
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In 1975 golfer Lee Elder became the first black to play in this major tournament in Augusta, Ga. |
The Masters
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Napoleon began his life on this island & finished it on another, St. Helena |
Corsica
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Pumpernickel requires twice as much of this flour as wheat flour |
rye
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Abdullah, grandfather of this Jordanian king, was assassinated in Jerusalem in 1951 |
King Hussein
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The Gateway of India in this city was built to commemorate the 1911 visit by King George V & Queen Mary |
(Ali: What is New Delhi?)
Bombay
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This Russian composer often appears in encyclopedias immediately after Richard Strauss |
Stravinsky
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In 1967 he resigned as America's 1st Black Solicitor General to become the 1st Black Supreme Court justice |
Thurgood Marshall
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Sanford Dole was born in this city that's now a state capital |
Honolulu
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"Food Lover's Companion" calls it "Mexico's everyday bread" |
a tortilla
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The Mamluks ruled this North African country from 1250 until 1517 |
(Jim: What is Libya?)
Egypt
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Flights into this Caribbean island group may land at Harry S Truman Int'l Airport at Charlotte Amalie |
the Virgin Islands
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Sadly, this "Show Boat" composer's last Broadway musical, "Very Warm for May", was a flop |
Jerome Kern
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"Toussaint L'Ouverture" a painting series by Jacob Lawrence, deals with the slave rebellion in this country |
Haiti
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Now in Oklahoma, Will Rogers' 1879 birthplace of Oologah was then part of this territory |
(Carol: What is the Cherokee Territory?)
the Indian territory
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To make this "miner's" bread, start the starter 2 days before you bake it |
sourdough
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This Roman emperor who succeeded Caligula held no major office under Augustus or Tiberius |
Claudius
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The main thoroughfare in Santiago, Chile is named for this 19th century national hero |
(Ali: Who is Bolivar?) (Carol: Who is San Martin?)
Bernardo O'Higgins
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This "Pomp And Circumstance" composer never finished his opera "The Spanish Lady" |
(Sir Edward) Elgar
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In 1985 Mississippi held a week-long celebration honoring this late author, a "Native Son" |
(Richard) Wright
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The initials of this author born in New York City in 1931 stand for Edgar Lawrence |
E.L. Doctorow
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These thin, crisp French loaves are simply made with flour, salt, sugar, yeast & water |
(Ali: What is a crêpe?)
a baguettes
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