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| She changed her name in 1744, we figure because Empress Sophie the Great didn't sound good |
Empress Catherine the Great
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| At the beginning of this Larry McMurtry novel, the pigs are eating a rattlesnake |
(India: What's Buffalo Girls?)
Lonesome Dove
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| Bongos, congas & tom-toms are types of these |
(Alex: Less than a minute.)
drums
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| This radioactive element is named for the ninth planet |
plutonium
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| Colorful landmarks include the Painted Desert in Arizona & the Rainbow Bridge in this state |
(Jay: What is New York?)
Utah
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| Tall, powerful women are sometimes called these after the name of a race of female warriors |
Amazons
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| She said, "I can train any dog in 5 minutes... it's training the owner that takes longer" |
(Alex: Remember the lady?--[falsetto] "Walkies!" "Who is [*]?")
Barbara Woodhouse
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| "Royal Poinciana" revolves around the Royal Poinciana Hotel in this elegant Florida resort city |
Palm Beach
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| The Scottish Highland version of this instrument has 3 drones |
the bagpipe
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| Used to control goiter, this element was discovered in seaweed by a French chemist in 1811 |
iodine
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| Of all state mottos in English, this state's is, appropriately, the shortest |
(Alex: The motto is "Hope".)
Rhode Island
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| A style of masonry that uses large, irregular stones was named for these 1-eyed giants |
the Cyclopes
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| Savonarola forced this famous Florentine family into exile in 1494 |
the Medicis
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| He dedicated "QB VII" "To my darling wife Jill on her twenty-third birthday" |
Leon Uris
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| The Neapolitan type of this lute-like instrument is tuned the same as a violin |
(Alex: Sorry, Bruce, you didn't ring in quickly enough.)
a mandolin
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| In 1766 Henry Cavendish called this gas with 1 proton & 1 electron "inflammable air" |
hydrogen
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| Its state flower is the Rocky Mountain columbine |
Colorado
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| Blue succory, a plant once thought to have love potion powers, is also called this god's "dart" |
Cupid
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| Robert Ford, who killed this outlaw in St. Joseph, Mo. in 1882, got a big reward & a pardon |
Jesse James
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| Chapter IX of this James Michener novel is titled "The Golden Beaches of Nome" |
Alaska
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| Albert Schweitzer was a key figure in reviving interest in this instrument in the early 1900s |
the organ
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| Used to galvanize iron & steel, its name is from the German for "prong" or "spike" |
zinc
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| This state's first radio station, WOK, began operating in Pine Bluff in 1922 |
Arkansas
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| Wife of Odysseus whose weaving has become a metaphor for an endless task |
Penelope
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| Tho a Republican, Harold Ickes was Interior Sec'y for this president's whole tenure |
Franklin Roosevelt
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| In "Jitterbug Perfume" this novelist said, "The beet was Rasputin's favorite vegetable" |
Tom Robbins
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| The name of this wind instrument, also called a sweet potato, comes from Italian for goose |
the ocarina
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| Reflecting 95% of the light that strikes it, this precious metal is the most lustrous of metals |
(Jay: What is gold?) (Alex: No, sorry, you picked the wrong one. You had to start thinking about reflecting, and perhaps mirrors, and you have [*].)
silver
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| It's the only state that modeled its court system on civil law, not English common law |
(Alex: The state is [*], after the Code civil of France.)
Louisiana
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| A sculptured figure of a man used as a support & named for a Titan; the plural is "Atlantes" |
Atlas
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