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This country has 47 local governments called prefectures, including Akita, Fukui & Osaka |
Japan
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Alfred Drake was Rodgers & Hammerstein's 1st choice to play the ruler of Siam in this musical |
The King and I
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After her solo flight across the Atlantic, she made the 1st solo flight from Hawaii to California |
Amelia Earhart
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At the time of his death in 632, most Arabs accepted him as prophet |
Muhammad
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Julie Krone has won over $50 million in purses in this sport |
horse racing
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These German brothers were in their 20s when they published their 1st fairy tale collection in 1812 |
the Grimms
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This canal separates Asia from Africa |
the Suez
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Ernie Kovacs' wife Edie Adams was the first actress to play Daisy Mae in this musical |
Li'l Abner
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Within a 4-year period, Richard E. Byrd became the 1st person to fly over these 2 extremes |
the North & South Poles
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In 1032 this city's doge lost his absolute power |
Venice
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It made headlines in January 1993 when this young woman enrolled in the Sidwell Friends School |
Chelsea Clinton
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Claire Clairmont, who had a child by Lord Byron, was this "Frankenstein" author's stepsister |
Mary Shelley
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This river is navigable from its delta in Vietnam to Phnom Penh, Cambodia |
the Mekong
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Hans Conried played a Bulgarian sculptor in this Cole Porter musical named for a dance |
Can-Can
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His 1st flight through the sound barrier was kept secret from the general public for months |
(Chuck) Yeager
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This title by which the Mongol conqueror Temujin is known means "universal ruler" |
(Brian: What is Khan?) (Alex: Be more specific.)
Genghis Khan
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This German figure skater & 2-time Olympic gold medalist is back in training for the 1994 games |
Katarina Witt
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Harriet, this "Vanity Fair" author's daughter, was the 1st wife of V. Woolf's father, Sir Leslie Stephen |
William Makepeace Thackeray
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In the number of followers, most of them in India, it's Asia's chief religion |
Hindu
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James Mitchell of "All My Children" danced to "They Call The Wind Maria" in this 1951 musical |
(Brian: What is Oklahoma!) (Maryclaire: What is Shenandoah?) ... (Alex: Brian, I believe if we gave you a second choice you'd never make a mistake.)
Paint Your Wagon
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He made the 1st solo flight around the world just 2 years before his death with Will Rogers |
(Wiley) Post
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This heiress of Aquitaine married Frances Louis VII & England's Henry II |
Eleanor
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French singer Vanessa Paradis is the girl in the birdcage in this perfumer's Coco ads |
Chanel
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The heroine of his book "The Little Drummer Girl" was based on his sister, actress Charlotte Cornwell |
(Brian: Who is Ira Levin?)
John le Carré
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It's divided into 4 provinces: Sind, Northwest Frontier, Punjab & Baluchistan |
Pakistan
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In the '70s they were playing this composer's songs in "They're Playing Our Song" & "A Chorus Line" |
Marvin Hamlisch
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The most successful German dirigible, it made the 1st airship flight around the world in 1929 |
(Dale: What is the Hindenburg?)
the Graf Zeppelin
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Jacques de Molay was the last grand master of this order of knights |
the Knights Templar
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Mrs. Jay McMullen, she was mayor of Chicago from 1979-1983 |
(Dale: Who is Jane... Burke?)
Jane Byrne
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Anthony Hope, who wrote "The Prisoner of Zenda", was this "Wind in the Willows" author's 1st cousin |
(Kenneth) Grahame
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