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| An exhibition of paintings by Wang Yani, a 14-year-old from this country, toured the U.S. in 1989 |
China
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| Built by the Romans to carry water near Nimes, France, the Pont du Gard is one of these structures |
an aqueduct
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| Cooperstown, New York was founded by his family after the American Revolution |
James Fenimore Cooper
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| Encyclopedia Americana says there are perhaps 100 trillion of these in an adult body |
cells
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| Libya was one of the poorest countries in the world until the late '50s when this was found there |
oil
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| Jamie Wyeth's famous father |
Andrew Wyeth
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| In the 18th century William Stukeley of England suggested that this structure was used by the Druids |
Stonehenge
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| His 2nd & lesser-known trilogy was called "District of Columbia" |
(Alex: His better-known trilogy was called U.S.A.--[*].)
John Dos Passos
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| Common name of the tympanic membrane |
the eardrum
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| Term for the African grasslands the giraffes call home |
(Liz: What's the Serengeti?)
a savanna
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| Size of The Shirelles' "John" or The Four Seasons' girls who "don't cry" |
big
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| He was involved in a stormy affair with one of his students when he sculpted "The Kiss" |
(Auguste) Rodin
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| The 3rd age of the 3 age system, technically we're still in this metallic age |
the Iron Age
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| His brother William was a famous American philosopher |
Henry James
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| This artery is about an inch wide & a foot & a half long |
(Alex: We have a minute to go.)
the aorta
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| In Algeria this mountain chain consists of 2 parallel ranges, the Tell & the Sahara |
the Atlas Mountains
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| Contrary to his class name, a boxer weighing between 123 & 126 lbs. isn't as light as one of these |
a feather
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| First name shared by artists Velázquez & Rivera |
Diego
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| King Nabonidus was so into archaeology, he ignored defense matters & this empire overran Babylon |
the Persian Empire
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| This man, Henry Thoreau's friend, was the landlord at Walden Pond |
Emerson
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| This muscle forms the floor of the chest cavity |
the diaphragm
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| In July 1989 this ANC leader gave his 1st officially sanctioned public statement since June 1964 |
(Liz: Who is, uh, um, [Tombol?]?)
Nelson Mandela
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| Amount "of Dust" in the title of a 1934 Evelyn Waugh novel |
[The end-of-round signal sounds.]
a handful
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| She painted her 1st large flower, "Petunia No. 2", in 1924 |
Georgia O'Keeffe
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| Archaeologists have recently uncovered a Roman under the Piazza Della Signoria in this Italian city |
(Fran: What is London?)
Florence
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| His 1st novel, "Go Tell It On The Mountain", was based on his early childhood in Harlem |
(James) Baldwin
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| Also called the shinbone, it's the 2nd longest bone in your body |
the tibia
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| Producing 40% of the world's supply of this crop, the Ivory Coast's economy buckled when prices crashed |
cocoa
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