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Congress passed its first laws providing this protection to inventors |
patents
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For a woman, Ronnie or Vonnie is often a nickname for this |
Veronica
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His "The Four Seasons" concertos are from his 1725 work "The Trial Between Harmony and Invention" |
Vivaldi
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The Bishop Museum in this state capital has a superb collection of Polynesian artifacts |
Honolulu
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The simplest form of this lab instrument is a magnifying glass |
a microscope
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In this 1820 story, Gunpowder is Ichabod Crane's broken-down old steed |
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
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This island was occupied by Bounty mutineers in 1790 |
Pitcairn Island
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Sadie was originally a pet form of this biblical name, a wife of Abraham |
Sarah
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This Debussy prelude is based on a poem by Stephane Mallarme about a rural deity basking in the sun |
(Rick: What is "Prelude to [*]?)
"Afternoon Of A Faun"
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The Aquarium & Marine Centre in Shippagan, New Brunswick displays over 80 forms of life from this gulf |
the Gulf of St. Lawrence
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Term for 1 of the 2 times each year when day & night are of equal length everywhere |
an equinox
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In "The Grapes of Wrath", this family travels to California to seek work |
the Joad family
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In 1790 Duncan Phyfe settled in NYC & opened a shop to make this |
furniture
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This name of Dante's beloved is from the Latin for "one who brings joy" |
Beatrice
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Once dedicated to Napoleon, this Beethoven symphony celebrates "The Memory of a Great Man" |
(Rick: What is "Ode To Joy"?)
"Eroica Symphony" (Symphony No. 3)
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The tour of this U.S. city's Kingdome includes a visit to the Kingdome Sports Museum |
Seattle
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Calciferol is a form of this vitamin, which regulates calcium metabolism in the body |
Vitamin D
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This James Fenimore Cooper character is known as "The Trapper" in the 1827 novel "The Prairie" |
Natty Bumppo
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This marquis was released from the lunatic asylum at Charenton |
(Marquis) de Sade
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This name borne by the patron saint of children is from the Greek for "victorious people" |
(Rick: What is Saint [*]?)
Nicholas
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Before his 19th birthday, this Austrian wrote almost 200 lieder, including "Gretchen am Spinnrade" |
Schubert
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A museum in Brownville, Neb. is devoted to the history of this river on Nebraska's eastern border |
(Sue: What's the Platte?)
the Missouri River
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By definition, an oviparous animal is one that does this |
lay eggs
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O. Henry introduced this "Robin Hood of the Old West" in his story "The Caballero's Way" |
the Cisco Kid
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Hamilton, later the capital of this British island dependency, was founded in 1790 |
Bermuda
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The name Desmond originally indicated someone from the So. part of Munster, a province of this country |
Ireland
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From 1901 until his death in 1904, he served as director of the Prague Conservatory |
(Rick: Who's Bartók?)
Dvořák
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The Florence, Alabama cabin of this "St. Louis Blues" composer houses his papers & memorabilia |
W.C. Handy
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In physics, the 3 basic methods of heat transfer are conduction, convection & this |
(Rick: What is induction?)
radiation
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This final F. Scott Fitzgerald novel was edited for publication by Edmund Wilson after the author's death |
The Last Tycoon
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