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"Brother Ray" |
Ray Charles
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Brewery owner Sir Benjamin Lee Guinness became the 1st Lord Mayor of this Irish city in 1851 |
Dublin
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According to the PTL, its name stands for this |
Praise the Lord
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In 1981 she became the 1st Englishwoman in over 300 years to marry the heir to the throne |
Princess Di
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The female Anopheles mosquito spreads malaria, & the female Aedes mosquito, this fever |
yellow fever
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Besides writing seafaring sagas, this New Yorker was a "whale" of a poet |
Herman Melville
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His book "Looking Forward" didn't include the Oval Office days yet to come |
George Bush
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In 1776 he wrote, "These are the times that try men's souls" |
Thomas Paine
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Founded in Japan in 1930, Soka-Gakkai combines politics & this religion |
Buddhism
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Settled in the mid 1700s, Charlotte, N.C. was named for the German wife of this king of England |
(Alex: We've got a minute to go, Ed.)
George III
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Pulmonary is an adjective meaning "of this" organ |
the lungs
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The Brownings spent most of their married life in this country, & both of them died there |
Italy
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“The Ragman's Son" |
Kirk Douglas
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The largest city in the Confederacy, this port fell to Union forces in April 1862 |
(Ed: What is Mobile?) (Sara: What is Charleston?)
New Orleans
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Seen here, it was built in the 7th century, not as a mosque but as a shrine for pilgrims: |
(Alex: In Jerusalem, you're absolutely right.)
the Dome of the Rock
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This prince, an accomplished organist, composed an anthem sung at his wife's jubilee |
Prince Albert
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In humans, sounds are produced in the larynx, while these creatures produce them in the syrinx |
birds
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He wrote, "Oh, east is east, & west is west, & never the twain shall meet" |
Rudyard Kipling
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In "My Heart Belongs", she pours out her heart to everyone, not just to daddy |
Mary Martin
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In the 1890s, 200,000 people poured in after gold was found at Coolgardie & Kalgoorlie in this country |
(Sara: What is Canada?) ... (Alex: Not fast enough, Ed.)
Australia
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In 1309 Pope Clement V moved the papacy from Rome to this French city where it remained until 1377 |
Avignon
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Controversial last Yorkist king, he died on the field of battle August 22, 1485 |
(Alex: That's right, Bosworth Field.)
Richard III
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Unlike other organisms, drone honey bees hatch without this ever having been done to the eggs |
fertilized
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Joyce Kilmer's most famous poem says, "Only God can" do this |
make a tree
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She titled her bio "Life Wish" in contrast to her husband's "Death Wish" movies |
Jill Ireland
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In 1622 this chief's brother Opechancanough led a massacre that killed 1/3 of Virginia's colonists |
Powhatan
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His "Summa Theologica" combined the teachings of Aristotle with Christian doctrine |
Thomas Aquinas
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When George VI became king of England, she was 2nd in line to the throne |
(Ed: Who was Elizabeth?) ... (Alex: [To Ed] You were close, she was first in line to the throne; [*], her sister was second in line to the throne.)
Princess Margaret
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Facts on File calls this irregular-shaped single-celled organism the best known of the protozoa |
the amoeba
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This popular American poet read his poem "The Gift Outright" at JFK's inauguration |
Robert Frost
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