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7 years after serving as Captain Cook's sailing master, he took command of the Bounty |
Capt. Bligh
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Stanford's original art museum was severely damaged by this 1906 event |
(Cris: What is the earthquake?) (Alex: Be more specific.)
the San Francisco earthquake
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Its cycle includes crescent, full, new & quarter phases |
(Paul: What are the cycles of [*]?)
the Moon
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"La Esmeralda" was based on this Victor Hugo work |
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
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It's the type of bridge you'd most likely see lying across a castle moat |
A drawbridge
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"Official and Confidential" is a controversial book about "The Secret Life of" this FBI director |
J. Edgar Hoover
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Banished from Iceland around 980, he became an early explorer of Greenland |
(John: Who is Leif Erikson?)
Erik the Red
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The National College of Juvenile Justice is part of this university in Reno |
the University of Nevada
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In the water cycle, this force is responsible for precipitation & moving the water to the oceans |
gravity
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While this alleged axe wielder was acquitted in real life, she's hanged in "Fall River Legend" |
Lizzie Borden
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From its opening in 1937 to 1964, this California bridge was the world's longest suspension bridge |
the Golden Gate Bridge
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"Ladies of the Court" is a recent book about women in this sport |
Tennis
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In October 1522 this conquistador was named Captain General of New Spain |
Cortes
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Schools in this city include American University & George Washington University |
Washington, D.C.
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Sleepwalking occurs primarily in the period of sleep known as non-this |
non-REM sleep
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"Fancy Free", a Bernstein-Robbins ballet about 3 sailors, inspired this Broadway musical |
On the Town
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The Quebec Railway Bridge over this river is said to be the only major bridge to have collapsed twice |
the St. Lawrence River
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"Attorney for the Damned" is a collection of 13 speeches by this defender of John Scopes |
Clarence Darrow
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In January 1912 this Englishman became the first to reach the South Pole on foot without sled dogs |
Captain Scott
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Maize & blue are the official colors of the Wolverines, this school's athletic teams |
the University of Michigan
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Observed for centuries, they seem to have an 11-year cycle & are seats of magnetic fields |
(Paul: What are electrical storms?)
sunspots
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She danced in the premiere of her own ballet "Rodeo" |
Agnes de Mille
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The Sunshine Skyway Bridge spans this Florida bay |
(Cris: What is Biscayne Bay?)
Tampa Bay
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Completes the title of Dr. Dean Ornish's bestselling diet book, "Eat More, ..." |
Weigh Less
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In 1861 this discoverer of Lake Tanganyika wrote a book about Salt Lake City titled "City of the Saints" |
(Cris: Who is Stanley?)
Sir Richard Burton
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The Amos Tuck School of Business Admin. was founded in 1900 at this Hanover, N.H. university |
(Paul: What is Cornell?)
Dartmouth
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Since they're not exactly 24 hours long, your daily rhythms are named this, from Latin for "about daily" |
(Paul: What are diurnal cycles?)
circadian cycles
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The Ballets Russes disintegrated soon after the August 19, 1929 death of this impresario |
(John: Who is Nijinsky?)
Sergei Diaghilev
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A suspension bridge over the Tagus River in this country is one of the world's longest |
Portugal
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The No. 1 bestseller "Healing and the Mind" is a companion book to his 1993 PBS series |
Bill Moyers
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