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In January 1990 this leaning landmark in Italy was closed for restoration |
Leaning Tower of Pisa
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Before he took over as president of Egypt, he was called "Nasser's poodle" |
(Michael: Who is Mubarak?)
(Anwar) Sadat
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Early versions of this Eskimo boat with an enclosed deck were made with seal or caribou skins |
a kayak
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"Topsy and Eva", a musical of the 1920s, was based on this novel |
Uncle Tom's Cabin
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This gas is a product of photosynthesis |
(Debby: What is carbon dioxide?) ... (Alex: The plants take in the carbon dioxide and release [*].)
oxygen
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Wilhelm's wife, Dorothea Wild, was the source of some of these brothers' fairy tales |
the Grimms
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Rembrandtsplein, or Rembrandt's Square, is one of this Netherlands city's major entertainment centers |
Amsterdam
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Thomas Gore, "The Blind Savant", was the first sightless member of this body, where he represented Okla. |
(Michael: What is Congress?) (Alex: Be more specific.) (Michael: House of Representatives?)
the Senate
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The only yachts that won this race twice are Columbia, Intrepid & Courageous |
America's Cup
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A short-lived 1991 musical, "Nick and Nora", was based on this film series |
The Thin Man
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It was the first metal used by man to make tools |
(Michael: What is iron?)
copper
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As part of her research for this novel, Ayn Rand worked in Eli Kahn's architecture office |
(Debby: What is Atlas Shrugged?)
The Fountainhead
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Founded in 1703, this country's Wiener Zeitung is one of the world's oldest newspapers |
(Michael: What is Vienna?) (Sunita: What is Leipzig?) ... (Alex: We were going for the country. Sorry about that. It helped Debbie.)
Austria
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This Minnesota senator who forced LBJ from the 1968 presidential race was called "clean Gene" |
Gene McCarthy
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Today most recreational boats are constructed of this material |
fiberglass
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This Rodgers & Hammerstein musical opens at an amusement park in New England in the 1870s |
Carousel
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After the kite experiment, Franklin invented this safety device that actually saved his home |
a lightning rod
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The defender of John Scopes, this lawyer wrote the 1905 novel "An Eye for an Eye" |
Clarence Darrow
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Angel Falls, the world's highest waterfall, is located in this country's Canaima National Park |
Venezuela
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Killed in Khartoum in 1885, this British general was nicknamed "Chinese" for his exploits in China |
(Charles George) Gordon
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An inflatable rubber life raft used by downed pilots, or a sailboat used off the coasts of India |
a dinghy
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Wiley Post is one of the characters featured in this 1991 Tony award winner |
The Will Rogers Follies
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Term for the characteristic of a metal that allows it to be hammered into a sheet |
malleability
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This J. Rossner novel was inspired by the true story of a woman murdered by a singles-bar pickup |
Looking for Mr. Goodbar
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A mainland area & 5 small islands make up this "equatorial" country of Africa |
Equatorial Guinea
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Arms dealer Basil Zaharoff was called "The Merchant of" this |
(Michael: What is menace?)
Death
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These small, flat-bottomed boats from the Orient have cabins with matted roofs |
(Sunita: What is a taipan?) (Debby: What is a junk?)
a sampan
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1974's "Lorelei", which starred Carol Channing in the title role, was inspired by this earlier musical |
(Debby: What is Hello, Dolly?)
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
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This chemist's law states that the volume of a gas at constant temperature varies inversely to the pressure |
(Michael: Who is Newton?)
Robert Boyle
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This Tom Robbins book concerns Sissy Hankshaw, a hitchhiker with huge thumbs |
Even Cowgirls Get the Blues
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