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South America's first people are believed to have come from North America by way of this isthmus |
the isthmus of Panama
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To the Druids, this shrub which people kiss under at Christmastime was sacred |
mistletoe
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In "To a Louse", this poet said, "Oh wad some pow'r the giftie gie us to see oursels as others see us!" |
(Robert) Burns
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In May 1991 this country announced the end of its secret bank accounts |
Switzerland
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The opera "Quo Vadis" takes place in this city during the time of Nero |
Rome
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The name of this type of lizard which can change color is from the Greek for "ground lion" |
chameleon
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It's estimated that this river pours over 55 million gallons of water into the Atlantic Ocean every second |
the Amazon
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Many 19th century members of this religious group opposed slavery, including John Greenleaf Whittier |
the Quakers
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"Home is the place where, when you have to go there, they have to" do this |
(Paul: What is feed you?)
take you in
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The governments of the dual monarchy of Austria & Hungary met in Vienna & this city |
Budapest
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Spontini's opera "Fernand Cortez" is also known as "The Conquest of" this country |
(Paul: What is Peru?)
Mexico
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Most reptiles that have slitlike pupils are active at this time of day |
nighttime
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This country, the world's leading emerald supplier, also has S. America's most valuable coal mines |
(Marty: What is Venezuela?) (Sean: What is Argentina?)
Colombia
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St. Catherine of this Scandinavian country was the daughter of St. Bridget, its patron saint |
Sweden
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In "Society and Solitude", Ralph Waldo Emerson said, "Hitch your wagon to" this |
a star
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In the late 19th century, Tzu-Hsi, China's Dowager Empress, encouraged this anti-foreign movement |
the Boxer
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He composed his first comic opera, "Cox and Box", in 1867; he didn't work with his famous partner until 1871 |
(Marty: Who is Gilbert?)
Sullivan
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A rattlesnake adds a segment to its rattle each time it does this |
molt
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This country's only university is located in the capital city of Georgetown |
(Paul: What is Guiana?) (Alex: Guy—[*], right.)
Guyana
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It's the religion of most of the people in Myanmar |
Buddhism
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Oscar Wilde's "Lady Windermere's Fan" contains the line "I can resist everything except" this |
(Marty: What is nothing?)
temptation
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After he surrendered at Yorktown in 1781, the British made him commander in chief in India |
(Charles) Cornwallis
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The Italian composer whose next-to-last opera was "Otello" |
Verdi
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The leatherback species is the largest of this group of cold-blooded animals |
(Paul: What is a leatherback [*]?)
turtle
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In 1884 Bolivia lost its Pacific coastline to Chile along with its portion of this desert |
the Atacama
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Varaha, who's often depicted with the head of a boar, is the third avatar of this Hindu god |
Vishnu
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According to Kipling, "A woman is only a woman, but a good cigar is" this |
(Alex: Kind of a dumb line.)
a smoke
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Founded in 762, this city on the Tigris was made the capital of the Abbasid Caliphate |
Baghdad
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This composer based "Tosca" on a morbid thriller by Sardou |
Puccini
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The mud puppy, newt & congo eel are types of these amphibians |
salamanders
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