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This explorer whose Italian name was Giovanni Caboto was nicknamed "The Great Admiral" |
John Cabot
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Given on top of a salary, they may include paid vacations & health insurance |
benefits
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On June 5, 1851 a serialization of her "Uncle Tom's Cabin" began in the National Era newspaper |
Harriet Beecher Stowe
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The gulper, an eellike fish, has such huge jaws that it can do this to prey larger than itself |
swallow them (or eat them)
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In Chad it's "La Tchadienne"; in Chile, it's "Cancion Nacional de Chile" |
the national anthem
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You can ride a tram past the "Psycho" house on this California movie studio's back lot tour |
(Kathleen: What is MGM?)
Universal
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Charles Carroll of Carrollton, the last surviving signer of this document, died in Baltimore in 1832 |
the Declaration of Independence
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Abbreviated NLRB, it investigates unfair labor practices |
the National Labor Relations Board
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For blinding Polyphemus, this veteran of the Trojan War had his return to Ithaca delayed |
Odysseus
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The sargassum fish in the Sargasso Sea look remarkably like this vegetation that's abundant there |
seaweed
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The name of this capital of the Dominican Republic once referred to the whole island of Hispaniola |
Santo Domingo
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In 1956 this actor was "The Man Who Knew Too Much"; in 1958 he had "Vertigo" |
James Stewart
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A courtier named Chastelard was hanged after he was found hiding under this Scotswoman's bed |
Mary, Queen of Scots
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"Maternal" nickname of early 20th century labor activist Mary Harris Jones |
Mother Jones
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"...Five thousand years agone, there were pilgrims walking to the celestial city" is a line from this work |
Pilgrim's Progress
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The sea elephant, whose nose may be 15 inches long, is better known as this |
(Michael: What is a needlefish?)
the elephant seal
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A Dutchman would call a person from this country an Oostenrijker |
(Michael: What is a German?)
Austria
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Hitchcock said, "If I made" this fairy tale, "The audience would be looking out for a body in the coach" |
Cinderella
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Hung-Wu, born a peasant, became the first emperor of this Chinese dynasty in 1368 |
the Ming Dynasty
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In November 1993 the White House intervened to get this company's flight attendants back to work |
(Michael: What is Pan Am?) (Alex: Oh, no. Pan Am was long gone by November of 1993. [*] is the airlines in question here.)
American Airlines
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Stephen Vincent Benet story in which "You couldn't expect fair play from a fellow like this Mr. Scratch" |
"The Devil and Daniel Webster"
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You're on the "money" if you know that this echinoderm ranges up to 4 inches in diameter |
a sand dollar
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Vaduz is the capital of this European principality known for its high standard of living |
Liechtenstein
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We suspect you know she won an Oscar for "Suspicion"; she starred in Hitchcock's "Rebecca", too |
Joan Fontaine
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In 1919 Prince Felix of Bourbon-Parma married this small country's ruler, Grand Duchess Charlotte |
Luxembourg
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Under the USA's new family leave law, an eligible employee can take off a maximum of this many weeks for childbirth |
(Alex: They can take off up to [*] weeks for childbirth. They don't say whether it's the mother or the father who can do that. I would try to take off the time.)
12
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The 1951 edition of his "Absalom, Absalom!" came with a map of Yoknapatawpha County |
William Faulkner
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This primitive fish, once believed extinct, may weigh up to 160 pounds |
a coelacanth
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The city of Jakarta is located on the northwest coast of this island |
Java
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Christian Dior designed the glamorous costumes worn by this German sex goddess in "Stage Fright" |
Marlene Dietrich
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