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| Most of London's water is supplied by this river |
the Thames
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| William Thornton earned $500 & a city lot for his 1792 design of this domed D.C. building |
the Capitol
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| Members of this group founded by Joseph Smith originally called themselves the Church of Christ |
the Mormons
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| The North controlled this river after Vicksburg & Port Hudson fell in July 1863 |
the Mississippi
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| A fob pocket on a pair of men's trousers was originally designed to hold this item |
a (pocket) watch
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| Ahab nails a one-ounce piece of this to the mast as a reward for the first sailor to sight Moby Dick |
a gold piece
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| City where you'd find Rembrandt Square & Leidse Square |
Amsterdam
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| According to Mies van der Rohe's famous dictum, this "is more" |
Less
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| Franciscans of various orders all profess to live according to the ideals of this founder |
Francis of Assisi
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| The name of this famous Union ironclad was suggested by its designer, John Ericsson |
the Monitor
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| Named for an earl, it's a knitted sweater that opens down the front |
a cardigan
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| Chapter 1, "Loomings", begins with this sentence |
"Call me Ishmael"
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| It was the capital of Great Colombia before becoming Colombia's capital |
Bogota
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| This automaker's Goteborg, Sweden headquarters was designed by American Romaldo Giurgola |
Volvo
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| In 1991 Roger Mahony, the archbishop of this city, became America's youngest cardinal |
(Jack: What's Boston?) (Len: What is Chicago?)
Los Angeles
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| The Battle of the Wilderness was the first stage of a campaign to capture this Confederate capital |
Richmond
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| These military pants with patches of green & brown became popular for general wear in the 1980s |
fatigues (camouflage pants)
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| Of 3, 13 or 133, the chapter of the book in which Moby Dick first appears |
133
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| This capital stands on 7 hills along the Tagus River |
Lisbon (Portugal)
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| This dome designed by Buckminster Fuller is a hemispheric space frame |
a geodesic dome
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| In Buddhism a bodhisattva is an enlightened being who refrains from entering this blessed state to help others |
nirvana
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| A bridge over Antietam Creek is named for this "side-whiskered" general who fought in the battle there |
Burnside
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| This head scarf that ties under the chin derives its name from the Russian word for grandmother |
a babushka
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| The sinking of this ship at the end of the book fulfills a prophecy by Fedallah, Ahab's Parsee servant |
the Pequod
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| Most of the bananas shipped out of this country go through its port city of Guayaquil |
Ecuador
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| Stage designer Jo Mielziner worked with this Finnish-American architect on NYC's Vivian Beaumont theater |
Eero Saarinen
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| From the Greek for "grateful", it's another term for Holy Communion |
eucharist
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| Buttons stamped with a palmetto tree design were worn on the uniforms of this state's troops |
(Mimi: What is Florida?)
South Carolina
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| Usually wide, white & lace-trimmed, a Vandyke is a style of this |
collar
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| This harpooner is a tattooed cannibal from the uncharted South Seas island of Kokovoko |
Queequeg
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