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Virginia senator Charles Robb is married to this president's daughter Lynda Bird |
Lyndon Johnson
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Kent Island in Chesapeake Bay is this state's largest island |
Maryland
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In 1907 Kate Douglas Wiggin followed up this novel with "New Chronicles of Rebecca" |
(Nancy: Who is Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farms?)
Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm
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In December 1991 Custer Battlefield National Monument was renamed for this battle |
the Battle of Little Bighorn
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Chiron, who taught Hercules, was one of these creatures, half horse & half man |
a centaur
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The 1965 Highway Beautification Act banned many of these roadside advertising displays |
billboards
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This current New York City mayor was born in Trenton, New Jersey |
David Dinkins
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This Danish island lies about 16 miles from the Canadian island of Ellesmere |
Greenland
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Her "History of a Six Weeks' Tour" recounts her travels with Percy after their elopement |
Mary Shelley
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Legend says a sprinter ran about 26 miles to announce a Greek victory in this battle, & then died of exhaustion |
the Battle of Marathon
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Tefnut, a goddess of this ancient civilization, had the head of a lioness |
Egyptian
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In the troposphere it's a pollutant; in the stratosphere it's good, blocking ultraviolet rays |
ozone
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This state's entire Cong. delegation is Democratic, including Rep. Patsy T. Mink & Sen. Daniel Akaka |
(H.: What is Alaska?)
Hawaii
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Puncak Jaya, a mountain formerly called Puncak Sukarno, rises about 16,000 feet in this island nation |
Indonesia
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Her autobiographical novel "The Bell Jar" was published only a month before her death |
Sylvia Plath
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The WWII battle of Britain was an air war between the Royal Air Force & this German one |
the Luftwaffe
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Cu Chulainn, a hero of this country's Ulster Cycle, is sometimes compared to Achilles |
Ireland
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Also known as the WWF, it merged with the Conservation Foundation in 1990 |
(Nancy: What is the World Wile--Wildlife Federation?)
the World Wildlife Fund
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David Boren was this Sooner State's governor at age 33 & now represents it in the U.S. Senate |
Oklahoma
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This island belonging to Tanzania is the largest coral island off the African coast |
Zanzibar
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Her only novel, "Ship of Fools", is set on a passenger ship bound for Bremerhaven, Germany |
(Katherine Anne) Porter
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The Battle of Zama, which crushed Hannibal's troops, ended the second of these wars |
the Punic Wars
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He was the last king of Troy |
Priam
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In 1987 the last known wild bird of this California species was captured & taken to a zoo |
condors
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In February 1989 he became the first African-American to chair a major political party |
(Nancy: Who is Gray?)
Ron Brown
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Cape Horn is located in this South American island group |
Tierra del Fuego
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In 1942 this "Yearling" author put together a book of regional recipes called "Cross Creek Cookery" |
Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings
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The 7th Earl of Cardigan lost more than a third of his light brigade in this battle of the Crimean War |
(David: What is the Battle of Sevastopol?)
The Battle of Balaklava
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In Norse mythology, Hel, the daughter of this trickster, became the goddess of the dead |
Loki
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In the 1980s, 15 U.S. industrial accidents released more toxins than the 1984 spill at this site in India |
Bhopal
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