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In 1988, after purchasing MGM's library of films, he founded the TNT network |
Ted Turner
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In 1928 this Barrymore starred in the play that opened the theatre named for her |
Ethel Barrymore
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"The Wonderful Wizard of Oz" was first published a few days after this author's 44th birthday in 1900 |
(Frank) Baum
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Around the turn of the century Karl Landsteiner found that there were 4 major types of this |
blood groups
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You could spend a penni in Helsinki in this country where 100 of them are worth 1 markka |
(Susan: What is Denmark?)
Finland
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Leo I persuaded this Hun not to attack Rome, but couldn't keep Gaiseric the Vandal from sacking it |
Attila
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In July 1980 this presidential brother registered as an agent of the Libyan government |
Billy Carter
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16th century theatrical form whose name is Italian for "comedy of the profession" or "comedy of art" |
commedia dell'arte
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The first English version of this adventure novel was called "The Family Robinson Crusoe" |
[Karl did not include the leading article in his response.]
The Swiss Family Robinson
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In the 1940s & 50s this New Yorker developed vaccines for influenza & polio |
(Jonas) Salk
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Just as 100 pence make one of these in the United Kingdom, 100 piasters do in Egypt |
a pound
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In 1535 Pope Leo XI was born Alessandro de Medici in this city |
Florence
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Originally a playing card manufacturer, this Japanese company debuted its video games in the U.S. in 1986 |
Nintendo
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The great Greek tragic playwrights also wrote comedies about these lecherous goat-men |
Satyrs
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T.H. White revised this 1939 book & republished it in 1958 as part of "The Once and Future King" |
The Sword in the Stone
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During WWI brothers in this Minnesota family alternated as chief consultant on surgery for the Army |
the Mayos
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Subtract 3 letters from this country's name and you'll get a unit of its currency, the Mongo |
Mongolia
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Leo X excommunicated this German religious reformer in 1521 |
Luther
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In 1981 this headmistress of a girls' school was convicted of murdering Scarsdale Diet Dr. Herman Tarnower |
Jean Harris
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This Cardinal engaged 5 playwrights to collaborate on the 1635 play "La comedie des Tuileries" |
Richelieu
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"Teammates" is a children's book about this man who became the 1st Black Major League Baseball player |
Jackie Robinson
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It's what Paul Ehrlich called the chemicals he shot at microbes to kill them |
(Susan: What are antibiotics?) ... (Alex: Sorry, Karl, you didn't ring in quite fast enough.)
magic bullets
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This Southeast Asian country's unit is the Dong |
Vietnam
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Leo XIII reached an agreement with this "Iron Chancellor", ending Germany's Kulturkampf against Catholics |
Bismarck
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In 1987 this former two-term governor of Texas was forced to declare bankruptcy |
Connally
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Legend says he was the first actor to talk back to the Greek chorus, if you don't count all those hecklers |
(Alex: Hence the word thespian for acting.)
Thespis
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This creator of The Pushmi-Pullyu also wrote "Porridge Poetry", a book of poems for children |
Hugh Lofting
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In 1798 he wrote "An Inquiry into the Causes & Effects of the Variolae Vaccine, a Disease Known (as) Cow Pox" |
(Edward) Jenner
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In 1986 this country replaced the cruzeiro with the cruzado |
Brazil
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During the Pontificate of Leo IX, the Schism between Rome & this Byzantine city became final |
Constantinople
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