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Between 1905 & 1908 Sven Anders Hedin became the 1st European to make a detailed map of this Himalayan country |
Tibet
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In Edmonton, Alberta the Eskimos play football, the Trappers play baseball & the Oilers play this |
hockey
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This breaking causes the "baby, cradle and all" to come down |
when the bough breaks
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Although they never breathed fire, some extinct species did have wingspans of up to 2 1/2 feet |
dragonflies
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This country's Pahlavi Dynasty had 2 rulers, Reza Shah & Muhammad Reza Shah |
Iran
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The only literary property Wilde wrote after being in prison was this "Ballad" |
The Ballad of Reading Gaol
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Exploring the American SW around 1701, Jesuit Eusebio Kino proved this was a peninsula |
Baja California
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The Arabic name for this Moroccan city is Fas |
Fez
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"Bye, baby bunting, daddy's gone a-" this |
a-hunting
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Named for the animals they feed on, species of this insect include dog, cat, rat & rabbit |
(Diane: What are mosquitos?) (John: What are flies?)
fleas
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All of this country's emperors from Jimmu to Akihito, have belonged to the same dynasty |
Japan
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On Broadway in 1992, Sheryl Lee of "Twin Peaks" gave a thinly-veiled performance in this title role |
(Diane: What is Lady Windermere's Fan?)
Salome
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The Fram, a ship built by Fridtjof Nansen to explore the Arctic, was used by this Antarctic explorer |
Amundsen
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At least 5 million people in this country's Assam state speak Assamese |
India
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In the "Nantucket Lullaby", Father's out seeking one of these roving large mammals |
a whale
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Encyclopedia Americana calls these disease- carrying insects the most dangerous to man's health |
mosquitos
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Lords & princes of this dynasty have reigned in Monaco since 1297 |
(Diane: [*]. What are the [*]s?)
Grimaldi
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He wrote, "Questions are never indiscreet." These "sometimes are." |
answers
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The highest hill on the island where the St. Lawrence & Ottawa Rivers meet was named Mont Real by him |
(Diane: Who is um... um...)
Jacques Cartier
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The National Mosque is one of the most impressive landmarks in this Malaysian capital |
Kuala Lumpur
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The words to a German song were later added to this composer's 1868 music to create his famous "Lullaby" |
BrahmsA (mocking) bird & a (billy) goat
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A number of social wasps are called this, after their colorful markings |
yellow jackets
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This British dynasty was interrupted by the Commonwealth & restored with Charles II in 1660 |
the Stuarts
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Mad at his son Alfred Douglas' relationship with Wilde, this marquess wanted to box Wilde's ears |
the Marquess of Queensberry
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Louis Hennepin's claim to have traveled down the Mississippi before this explorer was soon discredited |
La Salle
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The 2 colors you'll find on the flags of Denmark & Poland |
(John: What are... yellow and white?)
red & white
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This composer put Hansel & Gretel to sleep with the lullaby "The Little Sandman Am I" |
Englebert Humperdinck
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The thistle or painted lady is probably the most widespread one in the world |
butterflies
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Puyi was the last emperor of this last Chinese dynasty |
the Qing Dynasty (the Manchu)
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Its preface begins, "The artist is the creator of beautiful things" |
(John: What is The Picture of Dorian in Gray?) (Alex: Oh, no, sorry, you realized the mistake...) (John: Dorian gray.) (Alex: [*]--not Dorian and Gray, not two individuals.) (John: No, I said Dorian in Gray.) (Alex: Oh, I'm sorry,... either way you were incorrect.)
The Picture of Dorian Gray
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