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This writer was the daughter of liberal clergyman Lyman Beecher |
Harriet Beecher Stowe
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The shortest of the tragedies, it may have been written to appeal to James I's interest in witchcraft |
"Macbeth"
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This Maryland-Virginia bay varies between 4 & 40 miles in width |
Chesapeake Bay
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Flat, topspin & slice are the 3 basic types of this first shot |
Serve
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James I created this post, M.C. for short, to have someone in charge of the formalities of public functions |
Master of Ceremonies
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Like "Presumed Innocent", his novel "Burden Of Proof" is set in fictional Kindle County |
Scott Turow
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This showman's first attraction was Joice Heth, a slave presented as George Washington's former nurse |
P.T. Barnum
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This jester makes an appearance in the last act of "Hamlet" when a gravedigger uncovers his skull |
Yorick
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In 1983 artist Christo wrapped islands in this southern Florida bay with pink plastic |
Biscayne Bay
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She was the No. 1 ranked player in Czechoslovakia 1972-75 |
Martina Navratilova
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In 1915 many high officials in the Russian court were incompetents chosen by this "Mad Monk" |
Rasputin
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This "Ragtime" author's initials stand for Edgar Laurence |
E.L. Doctorow
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His "Blue-Backed Speller", issued in 1783, is still in print in revised form |
Noah Webster
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His youngest daughter, Cordelia, shares his stubbornness & refuses to flatter him like her sisters |
King Lear
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The ruins of Pompeii are on the eastern shore of this bay |
Bay of Naples
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The International Lawn Tennis Challenge trophy is better known as this, for the man who established it |
(S: Who is Wimbledon?) (D: Who is Badminton?) (C: Who is Ryder?)
The Davis Cup
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The first to hold this lifetime appointment in England was John Dryden in 1668 |
Poet Laureate
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His WWII imprisonment in a Dresden slaughterhouse inspired "Slaughterhouse-Five" |
Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.
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In 1901 this Hartford-born financier organized U.S. Steel, the largest corp. in the world |
(S: Who is Carnegie?)
J.P. Morgan
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"As You Like It" is set in part in this forest |
Forest of Arden
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The eastern coast of this bay has many good ports, including Sittwe, Myanmar |
Bay of Bengal
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Chris Evert retired as a pro in 1989 & this 13-year-old girl trained by Chris' father turned pro in 1990 |
Jennifer Capriati
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In 1830 this British dandy was appointed British consul at Caen |
Beau Brummel
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In his 1st book, "The Boo", Pat Conroy wrote about this South Carolina military academy, his alma mater |
The Citadel
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This "Sinners In The Hands Of An Angry God" preacher was valedictorian of his class at Yale |
(D: Who was Cotton Mather?)
Jonathan Edwards
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Act IV, Scene 1 of this play takes place in the English camp at Agincourt |
"Henry V"
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Chaleur Bay separates New Brunswick from the Gaspe Peninsula of this province |
(C: What is Newfoundland?)
Quebec
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To accomplish a Grand Slam, you have to win certain tournaments in these 4 countries |
(Alex: Whoa, boy - got it in the nick of time! After hearing Wimbledon as a response a few minutes ago, I said "He cannot miss England!")
Australia, England, France & United States
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A year after discovering Uranus, he was appointed private astronomer to King George III |
(S: Who is Kepler?) (C: Who is Newton?)
Sir William Herschel
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"Letting Go" was the 1st full-length novel by this author of "Goodbye, Columbus" |
Philip Roth
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