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    | Sea dogs were the English privateers who preyed on Spanish ships in the early part of her reign | Elizabeth I 
 
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    | Known as the Fed, it oversees the nation's banking system | the Federal Reserve Board 
 
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    | In its own language, its capital, Bangkok, is called Krung Thep | Thailand 
 
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    | Colin Maclaurin met this British scientist in 1719 & later extended his work in gravitation & calculus | Newton 
 
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    | His 3 sisters are Flopsy, Mopsy & Cotton-tail | Peter Rabbit 
 
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    | Ask a bartender for rye & you'll get a type of this liquor | whiskey 
 
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    | In 1992 the ABA honored this law professor who'd gained fame in the Clarence Thomas hearings | Anita Hill 
 
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    | ATF, a bureau in the Treasury Department, enforces laws concerning alcohol, tobacco & these | firearms 
 
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    | Once part of Yugoslavia, its capital is Sarajevo | Bosnia 
 
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    | This radio pioneer failed his entrance examinations for the University of Bologna | Marconi 
 
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    | This schoolmaster loves Katrina Van Tassel in "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" | Ichabod Crane 
 
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    | A Rob Roy is made with scotch & the sweet Italian type of this | vermouth 
 
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    | This famous diarist & her family left Germany & settled in Amsterdam in 1933 | Anne Frank 
 
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    | The office of Management & Budget & the National Security Council belong to this branch of government | executive 
 
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    | The 2 countries on the South American mainland named for famous people | Bolivia & Colombia 
 
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    | 2 early reapers he sold in 1840 got hopelessly clogged when cutting wet grain | McCormick 
 
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    | In "Oliver Twist", he leads a gang consisting of the Artful Dodger, Bill Sikes & others | Fagin 
 
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    | Mandarine is a liqueur made from brandy & the juice & peel of this fruit | mandarin oranges 
 
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    | Samuel Gridley Howe, husband this author, clandestinely supported John Brown's Harpers Ferry raid | Julia Ward Howe 
 
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    | This agency, the GAO, audits the programs of most federal agencies & reports its findings to Congress | the General Accounting Office 
 
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    | The Tamil rebels are fighting to separate from this island nation | Sri Lanka 
 
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    | Named Johann at birth, he took the name Gregor upon entering the Augustinian monastery in 1843 | Mendel 
 
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    | Gloriana is the title character of this late 16th century Edmund Spenser poem | "The Faerie Queen" 
 
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    | The brown type of this fortified Spanish wine is dark & sweet | (Keith: What is madeira?) 
 sherry
 
 
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    | She was a textile worker & amateur parachutist when recruited into the cosmonaut program in 1961 | (Keith: Who is Valentina?) ...
 (Alex: You were on the right track, but I can't accept first names.)
 
 Valentina Tereshkova
 
 
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    | With 52, this state has more representatives in the House than any other | California 
 
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    | One of its earlier names was White Russia | Belarus 
 
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    | This Russian's periodic table predicted the properties of 3 elements—gallium, scandium & germanium | Mendeleev 
 
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    | In this John Steinbeck novel, Mack & his friends throw a party for Doc & ruin his biology lab | Cannery Row 
 
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    | Aalborg is a popular Danish type of this colorless liquor flavored with caraway | (Ann: What is vodka?) 
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