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After the 1983 invasion, USAID allowed this country to complete its first jet airport |
Grenada
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As a member of the Arizona State Senate, she voted in favor of the Equal Rights Amendment |
Sandra Day O'Connor
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This Peter Shaffer play opens in 1823, 32 years after Mozart's death |
Amadeus
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This nebula is in the constellation Taurus, though with the name it has, it should be in Cancer |
Crab (Nebula)
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In 1980, this country attacked Iran, beginning a bloody 8-year struggle |
Iraq
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A party giver might take out pluvius insurance in case this cancels the festivities |
rain
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Spanish Town, 20 miles from Kingston, was this island's capital during Spanish rule |
Jamaica
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He served 14 years as an associate justice before becoming Chief Justice in 1986 |
Rehnquist
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This "My Fair Lady" lyricist's 8th wife, Liz Robertson, starred in a 1979 revival of the play |
(Alan Jay) Lerner
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It's what varies on a variable star |
brightness
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This country became a grand duchy of Russia after Russia defeated Sweden in an 1808-09 war |
Finland
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A sempstress does this for a living |
(Alex: Same as a seamstress.) [NOTE: Alex did not actually specify what a seamstress does.]
sews
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This country takes up two-thirds of the island of Hispaniola |
the Dominican Republic
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Justice Harry Blackmun wrote the majority decision in this landmark 1973 abortion case |
Roe v. Wade
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A.R. Gurney named his 1982 play for this room; much of the action takes place around a table |
The Dining Room
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Over 2,000 of these have been cataloged, including Ceres, Pallas, & Vesta |
asteroids
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John Bradshaw presided over the high court that sentenced this British king to death in 1649 |
Charles I
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A katana is one of these used by a samurai |
a sword
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This island is the A in the ABC Islands |
Aruba
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In 1983, David Souter was appointed to this state's Supreme Court |
New Hampshire
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A 1924 production of "The Guardsmen" was 1 of the 1st great successes for this famed acting couple |
Lunt & Fontanne
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The 7 stars of this group in Ursa Major range from Megrez, 65 light years away, to Alkaid, 210 light years away |
(Marty: What are the Pleiades?)
the Big Dipper
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In the 14th century, Grand Duke Gediminas made Vilnius the capital of this country |
Lithuania
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Something combustible can be burned; something comestible can be this |
eaten
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Some 500 offshore banks are located in Georgetown, the capital of this British island group |
the Cayman Islands
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Appointed in 1962, he is the longest serving member of the current court |
(Rosemary: Who is Black?)
Byron "Whizzer" White
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With Russel Crouse, Howard Lindsay adapted this Clarence Day book for the stage & played the role of father himself |
(Linda: What is Cheaper by the Dozen?)
Life with Father
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Our sun will expand to become one of these someday, then contract into a white dwarf |
(Linda: What is a supernova?)
red giant
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After Caligula's murder, this man, later the subject of two Robert Graves novels, became emperor |
Claudius
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This is a German term for a child prodigy |
a wunderkind
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