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By November it took more than 4 trillion of this German currency to equal 1 dollar |
the deutschmark
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This landmark was constructed for the Paris Exposition of 1889 |
the Eiffel Tower
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Like Beethoven, Mahler completed this many symphonies |
9
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Some say the Kangaroo was given its name, Aboriginal for "I do not know", by this British sea captain |
Cook
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We know it sounds corny, but Washington, Missouri makes more corncob ones of these than any city |
pipes
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Charles Dickens called this 1843 tale a "ghostly little book to raise the ghost of an idea" |
A Christmas Carol
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The 1st version of this Cecil B. DeMille film premiered in 1923 with Theodore Roberts as Moses |
The Ten Commandments
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Expo 67 in this city was built on 2 islands in the St. Lawrence River |
Montreal
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American composer Elliott Carter won this prize in 1960 & 1973 for his 2nd & 3rd string quartets |
the Pulitzer Prize
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These toothless whales are named for their comblike plates used to strain food |
(Jack: What are blue whales?)
baleen whales
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Rhode Islanders must like this color: it's found in the name of their state bird & state tree |
red
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In the original ending to this novel, Pip & Estella are permanently separated |
Great Expectations
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This hit song was inspired by a Greek peddler who said that he had none of a certain fruit |
"Yes, We Have No Bananas"
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Willem de Kooning designed a mural for the Hall of Pharmacy at this city's 1939 World's Fair |
New York
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From 1823-26 he attended the Warsaw Lyceum, where his father, Nicolas, taught French |
Chopin
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This "northern" freshwater game fish will sometimes eat birds & small mammals |
pike
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West Virginia's state motto, Montani Semper Liberi, means "Mountaineers are always" this |
free
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In 1858 he began doing paid readings which later included "Sikes and Nancy", an episode from this novel |
Oliver Twist
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In the spring the U.S. Senate rejected entry into this organization based in the Hague |
(Rudy: What is the League of Nations?) (John: What is the World Bank?)
the World Court
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This iron & glass structure was built for the Great Exhibition of 1851 in London |
(Jack: [Sighs] What is the Crystal Pavilion?)
the Crystal Palace
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This author of "A Clockwork Orange" has also written several symphonies |
(Anthony) Burgess
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This bird is sometimes called the Pampas ostrich |
the rhea
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A building near the Minnesota farmhouse where he once lived has mementos from his record-making flight |
Lindbergh
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In its day, one of the most celebrated scenes in fiction was the death of this novel's Little Nell |
(Jack: What is David Copperfield?)
The Old Curiosity Shop
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In July he became the first U.S. president to visit Alaska while in office |
(Jack: Who is Coolidge?)
Harding
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Replicas of the Nina, Pinta & Santa Maria were moored at "The Age of Discoveries" in this city |
(John: What is Barcelona?)
Seville, Spain
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The role of Captain Vere in this Benjamin Britten opera is sung by a tenor |
Billy Budd
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The Chincoteague pony lives on 2 islands off the coast of Virginia & this neighboring state |
(Jack: What is North Carolina?)
Maryland
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This frontier hero was the "King of the Keelboatmen" |
Mike Fink
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Dickens' first book, a collection of "Sketches", was written under this pseudonym |
Boz
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