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| In 1991 B.C. Amenemhet, a former vizier, founded this country's 12th dynasty |
Egypt
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| "Homage to the Queen", a tribute to her, premiered on her coronation day in 1953 |
Elizabeth II
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| Unlike most birds, ratites like the ostrich can't do this |
fly
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| The summer varieties of this gourd-like vegetable are eaten green; the winter ones, ripe |
squash
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| In 1777 Chief Joseph Brant led his fellow Mohawks in the Battle of Oriskany during this war |
the Revolutionary War
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| This novelist's youthful voyages provided the basis for such works as "Lord Jim" & "Typhoon" |
Conrad
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| Because his proposals for constitutional change were defeated, this French president resigned in 1969 |
(Rebecca: Who is Pompidou?)
Charles de Gaulle
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| This dancer choreographed a new version of "The Nutcracker" in 1976, a "Turning Point" in his career |
(Mike: Who is Nureyev?)
Baryshnikov
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| Associated with this sense, the olfactory lobe is better developed in most vertebrates than in man |
smell
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| This fruit with many seeds is grown on the Punica granatum tree |
a pomegranate
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| A woman claiming to be this Lewis & Clark companion died in 1884; she would have been about 100 |
Sacagawea
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| He dictated his last novel, "The Brothers Karamazov", to his wife who took it down in shorthand |
Dostoevsky
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| In 1919 this national assembly met in this city & formed a new German republic |
Weimar
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| The School of American Ballet is the official school of this major metropolitan ballet company |
New York (City Ballet)
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| Renin, an enzyme that breaks down protein, is secreted by cells in this organ |
(Rebecca: What is the stomach?)
the kidney
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| Poi, a luau treat, is made from these mashed roots |
taro
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| Geronimo rode in this U.S. president's 1905 inaugural parade |
Theodore Roosevelt
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| This Scottish novelist is buried at the summit of Mt. Vaea on Upolu, an island of Western Samoa |
Robert Louis Stevenson
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| The parents of this Peruvian president immigrated from Japan 4 years prior to his birth |
Fujimori
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| This Spanish seducer is attacked by furies at the end of a 1936 ballet |
Don Juan
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| Common "colorful" term for the eythrocytes, which transport oxygen around the body |
the red blood cells
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| A greengage is a plum & a greening is this fruit |
an apple
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| When this chief, Pocahontas' father, died in 1618, he was succeeded by his brother Opitchapam |
Powhatan
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| This novelist's nonfiction book "Miami and the Siege of Chicago" was about the 1968 political conventions |
Norman Mailer
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| About 3000 B.S. the Sumerians invented this writing system which used triangular marks |
cuneiform
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| First performed in 1905, this very short solo ballet depicts the last minutes in the life of a bird |
The Dying Swan
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| This nucleic acid occurs in 3 forms: messenger, ribosomal & transfer |
RNA
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| This somewhat coarse root vegetable is also called a swede or a Swedish turnip |
a rutabaga
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| This chief once called "The Apache Napoleon" died in the Arizona territory in 1874 |
Cochise
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| He followed his first novel, "Appointment in Samarra", with "BUtterfield 8" |
John O'Hara
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