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In a tribute to this novelist, Tennyson called him "Victor in drama, victor in romance... French of the French" |
Victor Hugo
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Number of "winks" in a short nap |
40
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An aquifer is a body of rock that contains & releases this |
water
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The first words of this Iberian country's anthem translate as "heroes of the sea" |
(Rusty: What is Spain?)
Portugal
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Transpolar flights from Scandinavia to Japan usually include a stopover in this Alaskan city |
Anchorage
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In 1951, 6 years after leaving it, he was returned to this office |
prime minister
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Edith Wharton was a friend & admirer of this "Daisy Miller" author |
Henry James
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Number of tails on a cat -the whip, not the animal |
9
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Granite is made up mainly of feldspar & this mineral which appears as transparent crystals |
quartz
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When they play "Long Live The King", we assume they mean King Hussein |
Jordan
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The Heard Museum in this Arizona city includes Barry Goldwater's kachina doll collection |
Phoenix
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Churchill's famous hand sign didn't stand for peace, but this |
victory
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This "Le Morte d'Arthur' author spent a lot of time in prison & was even charged with attempted murder |
Sir Thomas Malory
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If you hold after being dealt 3 fives & an ace in blackjack you have this many points |
16
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Jet black & somewhat lustrous, it's the highest rank, or class, of coal |
anthracite
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The words to its anthem, "My Golden Bengal", are by Rabindranath Tagore |
(Rusty: What is India?)
Bangladesh
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This Kentucky city, founded in 1779, was named after the first battle of the American Revolution |
Lexington
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Just before WWI & at the start of WWII Churchill was First Lord of this |
the Admiralty
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This Bronte sister outlived all 5 of her siblings but died at age 38 |
Charlotte
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To take in all the cities of Cibola, one a day, would take you this many days |
7
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Lamina refers to the thinnest discernible layer in this class of rock |
sedimentary
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Its anthem, "Thou Art Ruler Of The Minds Of All People", was also written by Rabindranath Tagore |
India
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Wyatt Earp was once a peace officer in this largest city in Kansas |
Wichita
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Encyclopaedia Britannica called Winston a "gifted amateur" at this hobby |
painting
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As a special commissioner she investigated conditions of Calif. Indians before she wrote "Ramona" |
(Allen: Who is Willa Cather?)
Helen Hunt Jackson
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Number of degrees between the freezing & boiling points of water on the Fahrenheit scale |
(Alex: Yes, 32 to 212.)
180
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Part of the erosion process, it's the breakdown of rocks by wind, rain & temperature |
weathering
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Caribbean country whose anthem is "La Dessalinienne", "The Song Of Dessalines" |
Haiti
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This large Indiana city is named for its location near a curve of the St. Joseph River |
(Joseph: What is Gary?) ... (Alex: All your friends at Notre Dame will not let you live that one down.) (Joseph: Well, I don't have any, so...) [Laughter]
South Bend
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In 1945, 5 months before Churchill, St. Vincent Troubridge told us about one of these "across Europe" |
the iron curtain
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