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On October 25, 1988 President Reagan signed a bill making this agency the latest Cabinet dept. |
the Department of Veterans Affairs (Veterans Administration)
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In return for film rights, Japanese TV is financing a 12-yr. project to clean this artist's Vatican frescoes |
Michelangelo
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It's the only U.S. state to feature a picture of a president on its flag |
Washington
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This city actually has several leaning towers |
Pisa
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A deficiency of this B vitamin, also known as nicotinic acid, causes pellagra |
(Karen: What is vitamin B6?)
niacin
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"By the shores of Gitche Gumee, by the shining big-sea-water, stood the wigwam of Nokomis" |
Longfellow
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Between 1945 & '75 this House committee searched for Communist influence in & out of the gov't |
the House Un-American Activities Committee
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Though he died in France, van Gogh was born in this country |
Holland (the Netherlands)
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An Osage warrior's shield, an olive branch & a peace pipe appear on this state's flag |
Oklahoma
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Members of Parliament frequently vote with this type of ballot never used in the U.S. Congress |
secret ballot
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Although a certain amount of this in food & water can reduce cavities, an excess can mottle the teeth |
fluoride
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"Something there is that doesn't love a wall" |
Robert Frost
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In 1967 the Coast Guard was transferred from the Treasury Dept. to this new Cabinet dept. |
the Department of Transportation
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Harper's Weekly hired Winslow Homer to provide illustrations of this war for its readers |
(Karen: What is World War I?) (Cathy: What is the Spanish-American War?)
the Civil War
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It's the only state whose flag bears the word "Republic" |
California
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One of Italy's traditional exports is this rock used extensively in churches & public buildings |
marble
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Doctors advise a restricted intake of this to help reduce blood pressure |
salt
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"When I consider how my light is spent, ere half my days, in this dark world and wide..." |
(Cathy: Who is Oliver Wendell Holmes?) (Alex: No, sorry, it's from [*]'s On His Blindness.)
Milton
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The Statue of Liberty & the Lincoln Memorial are administered by this branch of the Interior Dept. |
the National Parks Service
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When his "False Start" sold in Nov. '88 for $17 million, it set a record for a living artist |
Jasper Johns
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The coats of arms of the Calvert & Crossland families adorn this state's flag |
[The end-of-round signal sounds.]
Maryland
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La dolce vita, meaning this, describes a relaxed rather than hedonistic way of life |
the sweet life
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Though its name, tocopherol means "to bear children", this vitamin doesn't cure impotence |
vitamin E
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"That's my last duchess painted on the wall" |
Robert Browning
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When nominated to the Supreme Court in 1987, both Robert Bork & Douglas Ginsburg were serving on this court |
(Alex: Right, you ran the category, congratulations.) [Applause]
the U.S. Court of Appeals
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Edward Hicks' best known work, it depicts the prophecy in Isaiah 11:6 about animals lying together |
The Peaceable Kingdom
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2 of 3 northern cities that form northwest Italy's industrial triangle |
(Karen: What are Florence and Milan?) (Cathy: What are Milan and Bologna?) ... (Alex: Less than a minute to go, Karen.)
(2 of) Milan, Turin or Genoa
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You need this "sunshine vitamin" to promote the absorption of calcium |
vitamin D
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"Ay, tear her tattered ensign down! Long has it waved on high..." |
(Alex: "Old Ironsides", now is the time for [*].)
Oliver Wendell Holmes
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