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First published in 1733, it "contained the lunations, eclipses, judgment of the weather..." |
(Stephen: What is the Old Farmer's Almanac?)
Poor Richard's Almanack
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In the Bering Sea Little Diomede belongs to the U.S. & Big Diomede belongs to this country |
Russia
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The Kit Kat Klub in Berlin is the setting for this musical, so... "Willkommen, Bienvenue, Welcome" |
Cabaret
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It's the religion of most of the people of San Marino |
Catholicism
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This Indian leader began his final fast January 12, 1948; he was killed 2 1/2 weeks later |
Gandhi
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An early version of this D.H. Lawrence novel appeared under the title "The First Lady Chatterley" |
Lady Chatterley's Lover
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This South Carolina port was established in 1670 at Albemarle Point |
Charleston
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Study a map & "yule" know it has the largest land area of any Pacific atoll |
Christmas Island
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Yvonne Elliman was the original Mary Magdalene in this early Tim Rice-Andrew Lloyd Webber musical |
Jesus Christ Superstar
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Vishnu's wife Lakshmi is the goddess of prosperity in this religion |
the Hindu religion
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In recognition of his printing, he was granted a pension by the Archbishop of Mainz in 1465 |
Gutenberg
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His first book published in the U.S. was "The Cosmological Eye"; "Tropic of Cancer" came 20 years later |
Henry Miller
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In 1614 this Jamestown leader mapped New England from Penobscot Bay to Cape Cod |
(John) Smith
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U.S. island group that's part of the Leeward Islands |
the Virgin Islands
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In 1990 Robert Guillaume donned a mask for an 8-month run in this role |
the Phantom of the Opera
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In the 13th century a Japanese monk named Nichiren founded a sect of this religion that still has devotees today |
(Stephen: What is Shinto?) (Mike: What is Zen Buddhism?) [Originally ruled correct; reversed before Daily Double at clue 21]
Buddhism
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After it fell into disrepair in the 1600s, his ship the Golden Hind was dismantled |
Drake
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Malory's "Le Morte d'Arthur" was one of the sources Tennyson used to write this epic work |
Idylls of the King
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After he was banned from Mass. Bay, this minister spent the winter of 1635 with the Wampanoag Indians |
Roger Williams
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Reindeer Island sits in this province's Lake Winnipeg |
Manitoba
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The 1978 Tony Award for Best Musical went to this show based on the music of Fats Waller |
Ain't Misbehavin'
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The Maya called the feathered serpent deity Kukulcan; the Aztecs called him this |
Quetzalcoatl
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This Scottish-born naturalist was largely responsible for the establishment of Yosemite & Sequoia Nat'l Pks. |
(Alex: And we have less than a minute to go.)
(John) Muir
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This Thomas Mann novella was originally published in German as "Der Tod in Venedig" |
Death in Venice
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In 1770 this newest colony was the least populous, with only 33,000 residents |
Georgia
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During WWII Germany occupied this "12 Island" group that was turned over to Greece in 1947 |
the Dodecanese
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Among the shows he's choreographed are "the Will Rogers Follies" & "Grand Hotel" |
Tommy Tune
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Polytheism was restored to Egypt after the death of this pharaoh who had made Aton the supreme god |
(Mary: Who is Tutankhamen?)
Akhenaten
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In 1946 this Norwegian statesman became the first secretary-general of the U.N. |
Trygve Lie
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In "The Gift of the Magi", a young husband sells this item to buy his wife a set of combs |
(Stephen: What is a watch fob?) (Alex: Oh, no. You picked the wrong item. She was going to get him a watch fob while he was selling [*].)
his watch
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