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    | "Nicholas Nickleby"' Mr. Squeers "had but one eye, and the popular prejudice runs in favour of" this many | two 
 
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    | This German city is serviced by a subway, the U-Bahn & an elevated train, the S-Bahn | Berlin 
 
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    | In 1995, for her work on literacy, this former first lady received the Freedom Forum's Free Spirit Award | Barbara Bush 
 
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    | These small, portable computers are divided into clamshell & lunchbox types based on shape | laptops 
 
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    | Flaws are considered desirable in this green beryl gem | an emerald 
 
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    | This French emperor died in exile on St. Helena May 5, 1821 | Napoleon Bonaparte 
 
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    | The name of this "A Christmas Carol" character has become synonymous with avarice | Ebenezer Scrooge 
 
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    | Capital in which you'd find the Baths of Diocletian & the Capitoline Museum | Rome 
 
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    | Before establishing her famous wax museum, she was an art tutor to King Louis XVI's sister | Madame Tussaud 
 
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    | This device converts digital data into analog signals for transmission over telephone lines | a modem 
 
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    | The Koh-i-Noor is one of the best known of these gems | the diamond 
 
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    | It ended December 5, 1933 after Utah ratified the 21st Amendment | the Prohibition 
 
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    | In 1824 Dickens' father was sent to this kind of prison | a debtor's prison 
 
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    | This capital's Government Palace stands on the site of Pizarro's palace, which inspired its architecture | Lima (Peru) 
 
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    | This temperance leader taught primary school before receiving her "divine call" to smash saloons | Carrie Nation 
 
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    | H&R Block, Inc. has announced it's spinning off this large online service | (Julee: What is America Online?) (Derek: What is Prodigy?)
 
 CompuServe
 
 
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    | The fire type of this gem is red; the prase, green | (Julee: What is a ruby?) 
 an opal
 
 
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    | Serving a total of 8 years, 7 months & 25 days, he resigned as British prime minister April 5, 1955 | Churchill 
 
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    | In 1960 this Dickens novel about a foundling was turned into a musical play | Oliver Twist 
 
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    | In population, it's the largest Scandinavian capital by far | (Ben: What is Stockholm?) (Julee: What is Oslo?)
 (Derek: What is Helsinki?)
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 Copenhagen (in Denmark)
 
 
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    | This author of "The Joy Luck Club" sometimes performs in a band with Stephen King | Amy Tan 
 
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    | Many computer operations, such as the speed of memory chips, are measured in this unit, ns | nanoseconds 
 
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    | Montana & Cape rubies are actually this January birthstone | the garnet 
 
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    | Since the 4th was a Sunday, this 5th president was sworn in for his 2nd term March 5, 1821 | Monroe 
 
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    | This 1854 work attacks the utilitarian philosophy fostered by industrialization | (Ben: What is Dombey and Son?) 
 Hard Times
 
 
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    | One legend says this Ukrainian capital was founded by 3 brothers: Kii, Shchek & Khoriv | Kiev 
 
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    | She became Pakistan's 1st female prime minister after spending most of the early 1980s under arrest | Benazir Bhutto 
 
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    | Times & Helvetica are examples of this, a complete set of characters belonging to one typeface | a font 
 
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    | Non-blue examples of this corundum gem are called fancy | sapphires 
 
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    | He was in custody November 5, 1605 after preparing to blow up the British Parliament | Guy Fawkes 
 
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