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| Ange-Jacques Gabriel designed the classically elegant Petit Trianon at this palace |
Versailles
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| In 1953 the U.N. coordinated the first worldwide one of these; the U.S. takes one every ten years |
Census
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| In an annual tribute, seven boys & seven girls were fed to this monster of the Labyrinth |
Minotaur
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| This Spaniard rides a bony old nag named Rocinante on his quests |
Don Quixote
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| As requested, she was buried at Mark Antony's side in 30 B.C. |
Cleopatra
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| "The Gondoliers" opens on the Piazzetta in this city |
Venice
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| Though this Maine city's state house has been remodeled, it retains its original Charles Bulfinch facade |
Augusta
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| Under U.N. guidelines, this military operation began January 16, 1991 |
Operation Desert Storm/Persian Gulf War
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| The Pierides were turned into magpies when they challenged these nine sisters to a singing match, & lost |
Muses
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| Longfellow based his tales of this inn on the Red Horse Inn in Sudbury, Massachusetts |
Wayside Inn
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| In 1947 Francisco Franco honored this Argentine first lady with The Cross of Isabel the Catholic |
Eva Peron
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| "In short, in matters vegetable, animal and mineral, I am the very model of a modern" one of these |
Major general
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| This architect of Welsh descent named his homes in Wisconsin & Arizona for the Welsh poet Taliesin |
Frank Lloyd Wright
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| The presidency of this body rotates alphabetically every month among its 15 member nations |
(Paul: What is the Secretariat?)
Security Council
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| Ilus was an early king of this city that was also called Ilium in his honor |
Troy
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| This 1902 Joseph Conrad novella is set in the Belgian Congo |
Heart of Darkness
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| Speusippus, a nephew & disciple of this philosopher, succeeded him as the head of the Academy |
Plato
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| The pair's first smash hit; it was staged on a facsimile of the HMS Victory's quarterdeck |
H.M.S. Pinafore
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| From Latin for "little tub", it's a dome-like structure often found atop a roof |
Cupola
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| Zaire & Zambia joined in the '60s & this country, the last member alphabetically, joined in 1980 |
Zimbabwe
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| His lyre playing was so moving it brought the ghosts of Hades to tears |
Orpheus
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| In "Great Expectations", Pip falls in love with Estella, a ward of this spinster |
(Paul: Who is Mrs. Havisham?) (Alex: Remember, she was jilted.)
Miss Havisham
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| This general & premier who led Japan into war in 1941 was hanged as a war criminal in 1948 |
Hideki Tojo
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| "It was", as the program put it, "an entirely new and original Japanese opera in two acts" |
The Mikado
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| This renowned Brazilian architect designed the President's Palace in Brasilia |
Oscar Niemeyer
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| Man who served the shortest time as Secretary-General |
(Jim: Who is Dag Hammarskjold?)
Boutros Boutros-Ghali
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| When Oedipus exiled himself from Thebes, this daughter accompanied him |
Antigone
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| In 1904 this short story author's first book, "Cabbages and Kings", was published |
O. Henry
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| Later named a saint, this Spanish missionary died en route to China in 1552 |
Saint Francis Xavier
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| Sergeant Meryll, who works at the Tower of London, is part of this title group |
Yeomen of the Guard
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