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Trees that developed during the period include the beech & this, "acorn"erstone of hardwoods |
the Oak
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In July 1992 this former Mousketeer revealed that she has multiple sclerosis |
Annette Funicello
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They could have been called Jawaharlal jackets, but that might have been hard to pronounce |
Nehru jackets
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A bowl of this dairy product is the perfect reward for a helpful brownie; most other gifts will offend him |
milk
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This country has 2 official languages: English & Swazi |
(Steve: What is Kenya?)
Swaziland
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Vasari wrote, "For Francesco del Giocondo, Leonardo undertook to paint the portrait of" this woman |
Mona Lisa
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The valuable deposits of this in Texas, Venezuela, the Middle East & Mexico were formed |
oil
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In 1965 he received an offer he couldn't refuse: a $5,000 advance to write "The Godfather" |
Mario Puzo
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After this model appeared on the scene in 1966, thin was in |
Twiggy
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Since leprechauns are shoemakers, they often wear aprons made of this |
leather
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The words samovar & Samoyed come from this language |
Russian
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His dying words to his brother Theo were "The misery will never end" |
van Gogh
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This North American mountain chain began its growth spurt during the Laramide Orogeny |
the Rockies
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In honor of her mother, this 1984 vice-presidential candidate still uses her maiden name |
Geraldine Ferraro
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Teenage girls made love chains by folding up & interconnecting these wrappers |
chewing gum wrappers
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To a folklorist, it's a scary goblin; to a golfer, it's 1 stroke over par on a hole |
a bogey
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The people of this English county used to speak Cornish, but it's now an extinct language |
Cornwall
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Bernard Berenson called this Spaniard "a Catalan wizard" who fools with shapes |
Picasso
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Mammals were just developing & these were the dominant land vertebrates |
dinosaurs (reptiles)
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The son of an Italian- born bandmaster, he was the 1st NYC mayor this century to serve 3 consecutive terms |
La Guardia
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6-letter hyphenated trademark for the fluorescent paint used to decorate just about everything |
Day-Glo
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The name of these gnomelike creatures comes from Old Norse for "demon" |
a troll
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Ilocano is an Austronesian language spoken in northern Luzon in this country |
the Philippines
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Goya claimed 3 masters: "Nature, Velazquez and" this Dutch master |
Rembrandt
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This major sea is a remnant of the Tethys Sea, which began to disappear during the period |
(Jonathan: What is the Tyrrhenian Sea?)
the Mediterranean
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For 17 years he led the NBC Symphony, which was created especially for him |
Toscanini
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In this invention of Craven Walker, the blobs that floated were made of wax |
a lava lamp
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In a French romance, he's Morgan Le Fay's son; in "A Midsummer Night's Dream", Titania's husband |
Oberon
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The Macedonian language is most similar to this language spoken in Sofia |
Bulgarian
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This American seascape painter said, "Never put more than two waves in a picture; it's fussy" |
Winslow Homer
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