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John Sherman, Secretary of the Treasury under Rutherford B. Hayes, was a younger brother of this general |
William Tecumseh Sherman
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His "Woman's Head (Fernande)" is considered one of the first sculptures in the Cubist style |
Pablo Picasso
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Tales of these bloodsuckers abound throughout the Balkan countries, not just in Romania |
vampires
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Traditionally, this presiding officer of the House of Representatives rarely votes except to break ties |
(Martha: Who is the vice-president?)
the Speaker of the House
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Designed by Ragnar Ostberg, the City Hall in this Swedish capital is considered a masterpiece |
Stockholm
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This "Vanity Fair" author's daughter Anne wrote novels that influenced her step-niece Virginia Woolf |
Thackeray
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This British naval hero lost the sight of his right eye in a 1794 siege, & his right arm 3 years later |
Lord Nelson
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Some of the finest Buddhist sculpture was produced during this country's Gupta period |
India
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A kraken, which is this kind of monster, has tentacles so long & powerful it can capture ships |
octopus (sea monster)
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This Frenchman was the first foreign leader to address Congress, in 1824 |
the Marquis de Lafayette
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Sudbury in this populous Canadian province is named for a town in Suffolk, England |
Ontario
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Of an earl, a duke or a baronet, what Percy Bysshe Shelley's father was |
a baronet
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Anna Anderson Manahan, who died in Virginia in 1984, long claimed to be this Russian grand duchess |
Anastasia
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Now in the Louvre, his "rebellious slave" was designed for Pope Julius II's tomb |
Michelangelo
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In the legends of this part of the United Kingdom, Gwyn Ap Nudd is a god of the underworld |
Wales
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At the rear of the Sen. & House chambers, these gathering rooms were originally designed to hold coats |
the cloakrooms
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Xochimilco, which means "place of flowers", is a suburb of this capital city |
Mexico City
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18th century poet Lady Montagu encouraged the career of this "Tom Jones" author, her distant cousin |
(Henry) Fielding
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During a 1566 siege, this "Magnificent" leader of the Ottomans died |
Suleiman
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For a sculpture of Balzac, he obtained the novelist's exact measurements from his tailor |
Rodin
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Kastchei, a wicked wizard in Russian folklore, is the villain of this Stravinsky ballet |
The Firebird
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This police officer is in charge of rounding up members for floor votes |
the Sergeant-at-Arms
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The Al Bu Said family, which is based in Muscat, has ruled this country since the 1740s |
(Martha: What is Turkey?) ... (Alex: And we have less than a minute to go.)
Oman
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This "Kubla Khan" poet's great-great- niece Mary was also acclaimed for her poetry |
Coleridge
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In 1560 this French astrologer was appointed "Physician In Ordinary" to King Charles IX |
(Martha: I have no idea.)
Nostradamus
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The story of Jacob and Esau is one of the panels on this Florentine's baptistery doors |
(Martha: What is the Duomo?) (Dave: Who is Michelangelo?)
Ghiberti
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A medieval German legend about the Knight of the Swan inspired this Wagner opera |
(Martha: What is Parsifal?)
Lohengrin
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She never missed a Senate roll-call vote from June 1955 to July 1968 |
(Senator) Smith
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Singapore's name is derived from this Asian classical language |
Sanskrit
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He addressed the closing lines of his "Tintern Abbey" poem to his sister Dorothy, also a poet |
Wordsworth
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