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In an Icelandic saga, this dreaded Hun is known as Atli |
Attila
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According to Catholic tradition, it's the place where the dead atone for their sins before going to heaven |
purgatory
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During the summer you can watch the changing of the Governor General's Foot Guards in this city |
Ottawa
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This configuration in Ursa Major is also known as the Plow |
(Marcia: What is the Dipper?) (Alex: Be more specific.)
the Big Dipper
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Born in 1729, this Russian empress had a secret room near her bed for entertaining lovers |
Catherine the Great
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"Those Who Love" is Irving Stone's novel about this first couple to live in the White House |
(Dan: Who are George & Martha Washington?)
John & Abigail Adams
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Famous for its caryatid porch, the Erechtheum on this Greek hill may have been designed by Mnesicles |
the Acropolis
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This term for foods permitted under Jewish law is from the Hebrew for "right" or "fit" |
kosher
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In 1953 Whitehorse replaced Dawson as capital of this territory |
the Yukon
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In the night sky, the Pleiades appear to be riding on the back of this bull |
Taurus
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She's 4 years younger than her sister, Queen Elizabeth II |
(Dan: Who is Princes Anne?) ... (Alex: Princess Anne is the daughter.)
Princess Margaret
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"The Sicilian" has been called "Not so much a sequel to as a mirror of" this Mario Puzo novel |
The Godfather
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Terence wrote 6 of these, including "The Mother-in-law" & "The Eunuch", then disappeared |
comedies (or plays)
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While teaching Greek at Oxford, he led a serious religious club known as the Methodists |
(Marcia: Who is Wesley?) (Alex: Be more specific.)
John Wesley
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Edmunston is in New Brunswick & Edmonton is the capital of this province |
(Dan: What is Manitoba?)
Alberta
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This constellation represents the Nemean lion, killed by Hercules |
Leo
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Britannica says King Francis I of this country so revered his mother that he knelt when he spoke to her |
France
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When Alan Paton wrote "Cry, the Beloved Country" he was a principal at a reformatory in this country |
South Africa
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The sacred oracle of Amon saluted this "Great" Macedonian as a son of the god Amon |
Alexander the Great
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This religious leader's teachings are called the Dharma |
the Buddha
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This largest Saskatchewan city's name comes from a Cree word for a regional berry |
Saskatoon
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In about 12,000 years, Vega will become this, as Polaris is today |
the pole star (North Star)
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Gustav IV Adolf was just 13 when he became king of this country in 1792 |
Sweden
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Gabriel Garcia Marquez wrote an epic 1967 novel called this many "Years of Solitude" |
(Wendy: Uh, what is A Thousand Years of Solitude?)
One Hundred
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Ashurbanipal, who assembled a great ancient library at Nineveh, ruled this kingdom 668-627 B.C. |
(Dan: What is Tyre?)
Assyria
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During Holi, a spring festival in this religion, caste and social distinctions are temporarily suspended |
Hindu
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Iqaluit is the administrative center of this large island |
(Wendy: What is Prince Albert Island?)
Baffin Island
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Representing a mythical multi-headed water serpent, it's the largest of all constellations |
(Wendy: What is Aquarius?)
Hydra
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Indonesia became independent of the Netherlands in 1949, during the reign of this Dutch queen |
(Wendy: Who is Wilhelmina?)
Juliana
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1958's "The Magic Barrel" was the first volume of short stories by this author of "The Fixer" |
Bernard Malamud
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