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A forest in Qufu, China is the burial site of this philosopher & over 70 generations of his descendents |
Confucius
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In 1934 this agency was created to regulate radio & wire transmission |
the FCC
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Its distance from the Sun is about 1/3 that of Earth |
Mercury
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This thunder god was always at war with those pesky frost giants of the North |
Thor
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Richard Condon's 1986 novel "Prizzi's Family" was a prequel to this novel he wrote 4 years earlier |
Prizzi's Honor
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After WWI William Danforth changed this company's animal "feeds" to "chows" |
(Victoria: What is Purina?) (Alex: Who, can we accept that? More specific? Give you another shot at it.)
Ralston Purina
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In Japan this time-honored ritual known as Sado usually lasts about 40 minutes |
the tea ceremony
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Recommended for dismantling in 1830, this warship was saved by a poem by Oliver Wendell Holmes |
the USS Constitution
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When Uranus occulted a star in 1977, the star's blinking light indicated Uranus had these |
(Joe: What are moons?)
rings
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The alphabet for these Viking inscriptions is called Futhark, from its first 6 letters |
runes
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Before becoming a novelist, Sidney Sheldon adapted this musical about Annie Oakley for the screen |
Annie Get Your Gun
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This Fremont, Michigan company has about 3/4 of the U.S. baby food market |
Gerber
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In the city of Taipei, a memorial hall honors this president who died in 1975 |
Chiang Kai-shek
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Over President Wilson's veto, Congress passed this act in 1919 to enforce prohibition |
the Volstead Act
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A mnemonic for its major moons is "Met Dr. Thip"; the second T stands for Titan |
Saturn
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In 1013 Sweyn of Denmark conquered all of this country; his son Canute ruled after him |
England
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In 1983 this mother of 3 published the 20th anniversary edition of her book "The Feminine Mystique" |
(Victoria: Who is Germaine Greer?) ... (Alex: Germaine Greer wrote The Female Eunuch, I believe.)
Betty Friedan
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This Boston-based razor company also produces Flair pens & Liquid Paper correction fluid |
Gillette
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The Asian Games of 1986 & the 1988 Summer Olympics were both hosted by this capital city |
Seoul
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In 1820 it separated from Massachusetts to become the 23rd state |
Maine
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It radiates more heat than it receives from the sun & has a moon, Triton, that has an atmosphere |
(Victoria: What is Jupiter?)
Neptune
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It's been called the favorite drink of the Norsemen, which may mean Miss Muffet had some Viking blood |
(Jerry: What is mead?)
whey
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Sara Paretsky created this female P.I. whose first 2 initials stand for Victoria Iphigenia |
V.I. Warshawski
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Prodigy Electronic Information Service is a joint venture of Sears & this computer co. |
IBM
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Under a special agreement, Portugal will return this territory to Chinese rule in 1999 |
(Joe: What is Goa?)
Macau
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Of the 3 authors of the "Federalist Papers", the one who went on to become president |
James Madison
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The probe that Galileo drops into this planet's atmosphere in 1995 is expected to work for about an hour |
(Victoria: What is Pluto?) ... (Alex: Then the pressure and the high temperatures will eat it up on [*].)
Jupiter
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L'Anse aux Meadows on the tip of this Canadian province was settled by the Vikings around 1000 A.D. |
(Jerry: What is Nova Scotia?) (Joe: What is Labrador?) ... (Alex: Although Labrador is part of this province, [*].)
Newfoundland
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John Grisham, who wrote "The Firm", lives on a large farm in this town where William Faulkner resided |
(Jerry: What is Jackson, Mississippi?) (Alex: No, you're in the right state, though, darn. What is [*]?)
Oxford, Mississippi
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Shojiro Ishibashi, whose name means "stone bridge", founded this tire manufacturer |
Bridgestone
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