JPAs - General Flashcards
(454 cards)
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“…Baby One More Time” singer
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Britney Spears
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King of 1 Kings
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Solomon
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Name for the first 10 Amendments to the U.S. Constitution
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the Bill of Rights
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He’s on the $10 Bill
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Alexander Hamilton
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Another name for the 10 Commandments
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the Decalogue
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First & Last day of the 10 Days of Repentance/Penitence (Jewish holidays)
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Rosh Hashanah (1st day) Yom Kippur (10th day) - holiest day Together, the two are the "High Holy Days"
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10 Things I Hate About You is a movie based on this Shakespeare play
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The Taming of the Shrew
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Athlete who won gold in 100 Meters, 1936 Olympics
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Jesse Owens
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He scored 100 Points in an NBA game
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Wilt Chamberlain
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first to swim 100-meter Freestyle under 1 minute
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Johnny Weissmuller (later became an actor, started in Tarzan)
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10,000 Lakes state
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Minnesota
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10,000 Maniacs lead singer
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Natalie Merchant
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Country that spans 109 acres
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Vatican City
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10th Sign in the Zodiac
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Capricorn
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11 Islands artist
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Christo
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11 stripes on its flag represent the 11 Signers of its Declaration of Independence
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Liberia
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Planet that is 11 Times diameter of Earth
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Jupiter
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110-story building Chicago
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the Sears/Willis Tower
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11th Sign of the Zodiac
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Aquarius
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He performed the 12 Labors
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Hercules
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He Won Masters by 12 Strokes
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Tiger Woods
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134 Degrees recorded here. Hottest temperature recorded in USA.
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Death Valley National Park, CA
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13th State admitted to USA
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Rhode Island
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14 Films as Sherlock Holmes
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Sir Basil Rathbone
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City on 14 Islands
Stockholm
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14-line Poems
Sonnet
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$1.5 Billion bailout for this company in 1980
Chrysler (Pres. Carter, 1980)
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$15 Million land purchase by USA
the Louisiana Purchase
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15 Minutes associated with this artist
Andy Warhol
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Game played with 15 Red Balls
Snooker
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Name for a 150th Anniversary
Sesquicentennial
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17th Amendment says:
Senators elected by popular vote
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Landmark 18 Miles Wide
the Grand Canyon
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1812 Overture composer
Peter I. Tchaikovsky
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1853-56 War
The Crimean War (between France/Ottoman Empire/Great Britain/Sardinia and Russian Empire).
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1860s Novel about the March family
Little Women
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18th Amendment
Prohibition
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1920s Dance
the Charleston
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Fighter for the 19th Amendment
Susan B. Anthony
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Fictional land where people are 2 1/2 Feet High
Lilliput (from Gulliver's Travels; adjective Lilliputian has come to mean any tiny person)
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Chambers of human heart
2 atria and 2 ventricles
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Sin Cities destroyed in Genesis 19
Sodom and Gomorrah
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2 Fathoms
Mark Twain (term for 2 fathoms deep)
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2 Inches (in diameter); a wild fruit
Crabapples
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Connects 2 Larger land masses
an isthmus
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Animal that can be heard from 2 Miles away
Howler Monkey
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Famous 2 Minute Speech
the Gettysburg Address
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U.S. Capital for 2 Months
Trenton, NJ (November -December 1784)
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2 Moons Of Mars
Phobos and Deimos
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He served two Nonconsecutive Presidential terms
Grover Cleveland
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Quadrilateral with 2 Parallel Sides
a trapezoid
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No. 2 Reactor malfunctioned
Three Mile Island
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In mythology, this baby killed two Serpents in his cradle
Hercules
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Pair of famous Surveyors
Mason & Dixon
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Two "certainties" in life
death and taxes
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2-cent Piece slogan/motto
In God We Trust (first coin to use)
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He's on the $20 Bill
Andrew Jackson
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Sport where record is > 20 Feet
the pole vault
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TV show with episode "Nightmare at 20,000 Feet"
The Twilight Zone (episode title)
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20,000 Leagues Under The Sea character
Captain Nemo
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Name for a 200th Anniversary
a bicentennial
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20th Greek Letter
upsilon
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20th President
Garfield
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He was hanged September 22, 1776
Nathan Hale (day he was hanged; CT's state hero)
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22 Pounds = this other weight
a kilogram
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24th President
Grover Cleveland
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The original race was 25 Miles
Marathon (distance Pheidippides ran to Athens, Greece to deliver news of victory at Marathon)
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US Steel bought his steel company for $250 Million
Andrew Carnegie (amount for which he sold his steel company to U.S. Steel)
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Sci-Fi character who is frozen after WWI and wakes up in the 25th Century
Buck Rogers
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He was imprisoned for 27 Years
Nelson Mandela
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Natural landmark 277 Miles Long
the Grand Canyon
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2nd Century Alexandrian astronomer
Ptolemy
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2nd Largest Island in the world
New Guinea (largest is Greenland)
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2nd Wife of Henry VIII
Anne Boleyn
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3 Blind Mice weapon
carving knife
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Country whose 3 Stars on its flag represent its 3 island groups
The Philippines
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3-leafed Plant
Poison ivy
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Celebrity who died on September 30 1955
James Dean
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30 Rock writer/creator
Tina Fey
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30-minute Meals chef
Rachael Ray
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3001 The Final Odyssey author
Arthur C. Clarke
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Transportation landmark 31 Miles long
the Chunnel
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35th State
West Virginia
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Object that averages 37 Degrees Celsius
Temperature of the human body
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3rd Rock From The Sun actor
John Lithgow
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4 Basic Forces
Strong nuclear, weak nuclear, electromagnetic, gravity (weakest)
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French square dance involving 4 Couples
the quadrille (notable: lobster quadrille in Alice in wonderland)
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Athlete who won 4 Gold Medals in 1936
Jesse Owens
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4 Largest satellites/moons of Jupiter
Galileo
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4 Line poem or stanza
Quatrain
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He ran the first 4-Minute Mile
Roger Bannister
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Country co dusting of four Provinces
Pakistan (Baluchistan, the Northwest frontier, Sindh, Punjab)
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Team in 4 Straight Super Bowls
the Buffalo Bills
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Incident where 4 Students were killed
Kent State
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Natural Selection 4-word Phrase
Survival of the Fittest (coined by Herbert Spencer, not Darwin).
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41 Male Passengers signed it
The Mayflower Compact
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Transportation hub on 42nd Street (NYC)
Grand Central Station
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49ers Quarterback
Joe Montana
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49ers Receiver
Jerry Rice
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4th Century leader
Alexander the Great
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Name for the first 5 Books of Old Testament
the Pentateuch
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5 Congressmen from here were shot & wounded March 1, 1954
Puerto Rico
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5 Foot Long Piano
Baby grand
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No. 5 Perfume maker
Coco Chanel
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Creature with 50 Heads
Cerberus
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50 Years as King (literature)
Beowulf
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Creature with 500 Year life-cycle
The Phoenix
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Artist with album "52nd Street"
Billy Joel album (#1 of 1979)
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Athlete with 56-game Hitting Streak
Joe DiMaggio
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Greek historian of 5th Century B.C.
Herodotus
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6 Obols = ? (Ancient Greek coins)
Drachma
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He famously had 6 Wives
King Henry VIII
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6-pointed Star game
Chinese checkers
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Distance in bowling from foul line to head pin
60 feet
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600 Miles west of Ecuador
Galapagos Islands
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Seven deadly sins
First enumerated in 6th century by Pope/St. Gregory the Great: wrath/anger, avarice/greed, sloth, lust, gluttony, pride, and envy
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Country consisting of 7 States
the United Arab Emirates
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French King who reigned for 72 Years
Louis XIV
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Made BBC documentary "Around the World in 80 Days"
Michael Palin
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Planet whose surface temperature is 800 Degrees
Mercury
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85 Essays Urging Ratification of the U.S. Constitution
The Federalist Papers
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87th Precinct novels author
Ed McBain (pen name of Evan Hunter)
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Planet with 88 Day year
Mercury's year
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8th Century poem
Beowulf
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9-year War in North America
the French and Indian War
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Company with famous 9000-year Lease
Guinness
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Condition when Human body temperature falls below 95 Degrees
Hypothermia
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He wrote the 95 Theses
Martin Luther
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A Brief History of Time author
Stephen Hawking
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Actor in A Bronx Tale
Robert De Niro
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A Child's Garden of Verses author
Robert Louis Stevenson
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Actor in A Day At The Races
Groucho Marx
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A Doll's House playwright
Henrik Ibsen (play describes home of Torvald & Nora)
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A History of New York author
Washington Irving
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Band who sings "A Horse With No Name"
America
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A Life on the Road author
Charles Kuralt (TV journalist's memoir)
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Musical with the song "A Little More Mascara"
Song in French musical La Cage Aux Folles (made into the Birdcage in U.S.)
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He created the musical A Little Night Music
Stephen Sondheim's 1973 musical featuring "Send In The Clowns"
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A Magician Among the Spirits author
Harry Houdini (title of his 1924 book)
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A Modest Proposal author
Jonathan Swift (a satirical essay)
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A Most Wanted Man author
John le Carre (authored the book which focuses on the war on terror)
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A Moveable Feast author
Ernest Hemingway
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A Negro Explorer At The North Pole author
Matthew Henson (title of his autobiography, published in 1912)
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"A Novel Without A Hero" is the subtitle to this book
Vanity Fair (subtitle of the book by Thackeray)
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A Pair Of Blue Eyes author
Thomas Hardy (first book published under his own name)
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A Raisin in the Sun playwright
Lorraine Hansberry (her 1959 play was the first to be produced in Broadway written by an African-American woman)
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A Remembrance of Things Past author
Marcel Proust
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A Room of One's Own author
Virginia Woolf
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A Stillness At Appomattox author
Bruce Catton (Civil War historian)
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A Streetcar Named Desire heroine
Blanche DuBois (heroine of the play by Tennessee Williams)
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Name that means "A Strong Ruler" in German
Richard (German name meaning "strong ruler"); associated with Richard the Lion-Heart
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A Study Of History author
Arnold Toynbee (British historian whose work was published 1934-1961; popularized term "Industrial Revolution")
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A Study in Scarlet author
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (the first Sherlock Holmes story)
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A Tale of Two Cities author
Charles Dickens
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A Time To Kill author
John Grisham
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A Time to Heal author
Gerald Ford (title of his autobiography)
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A Treatise of Human Nature author
David Hume (Scotish philosopher)
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A View From the Bridge author
Arthur Miller (play concerning the Brooklyn Bridge)
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Movie with song "A Whole New World"
Aladdin
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A la recherche du temps perdu author
Marcel Proust (In Search of Lost Time)
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"A-tisket A-tasket" singer
Ella Fitzgerald (her first hit, performed with Chick Webb's band)
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A. A. Fair is his pen name
Erle Stanley Gardner (Perry Mason author's pen name)
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A&W product
Root beer
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This country was named for Abdul Aziz
Saudi Arabia (named after him - Abdul Aziz Ibn Saud)
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Abebe Bikila's Olympic milestone
First black African Olympic medalist (1960 Marathon winner, ran barefoot)
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Abel Tasman's profession
Dutch navigator who discovered New Zealand and explored Oceania. Tasmania named for him.
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It is Sanskrit for "Abode Of Snow"
the Himalayas
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Absalom, Absalom! Author
William Faulkner
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Absecon Island contains this city
Atlantic City
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substance invented by the professor in the movie Absent-minded Professor
Flubber
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His work established Absolute Zero as the lowest temperature in existence
Lord Kelvin
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Abstract Expressionist
Jackson Pollock
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Abu Dhabi is the capital of this country
the United Arab Emirates
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The ruins of Abu Simbel is the great temple of this pharaoh
Ramses II (ancient ruins built under his direction; temple holds statues of Ramses II)
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Most Abundant Metal of Earth's crust
Aluminum
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Ace Ventura actor
Jim Carrey
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Achy Breaky Heart singer
Billy Ray Cyrus
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Acid Queen actress
Tina Turner (played the Acid Queen in 1975's "Tommy")
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Author whose pen name was Acton Bell
Anne Brontë (pseudonym)
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Adam Bede author
George Eliot (title of novel)
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Adam Dalgliesh author
P.D. James (the main character/detective in her novel series)
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Adam Duritz band
the Counting Crows
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Adam Levine band
Maroon 5
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Adam Smith book
The Wealth of Nations
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Adam Trask is a character in this book
East of Eden (character in book - father of twin sons Caleb & Aron)
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Addams Family uncle
Uncle Fester
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Adding Machine inventor
William S. Burroughs (inventor)
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Addis Ababa is the capital of this country
Ethiopia
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Adelie Species
Penguin (species names after French explorer Jules d'Urville's wife)
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Adlai Stevenson ran against him for U.S. president
Dwight D. Eisenhower (1952, 1956)
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He was given the title Admiral Of The Indian Sea
Vasco Da Gama (Portuguese explorer)
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Admiralty Inlet & Hood Canal are the two main branches of this body of water
2 main branches of Puget Sound
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African Bird
the ostrich
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African Dog
Basenji
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President on the African Game Trails
Theodore Roosevelt
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African Island
Madagascar
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African Language
Swahili
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African Pig
Warthog
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Novelist associated with African Safari
Ernest Hemingway ("The Snows of Kilimanjaro," "The Short Happy Life if Francis Macomber," and "True at First Light" are all set on an African Safari)
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African Waterfall
Victoria Falls
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African-american Holiday
Kwanzaa
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Afrika Korps General (WWII)
Erwin Rommel aka the Desert Fox
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It means "Against Life"
an antibiotic
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Agent J is a character in this movie
Men in Black (Will Smith character)
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Agent K is a character in this movie
Men in Black (Tommy Lee Jones character)
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Ahura Mazda is a God of this religion
The God of Zoroastrianism (ancient religion of Persia/Iran)
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"Ain't Heard Nothin' Yet!" Is a catchphrase from this movie
The Jazz Singer catch phrase
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"Ain't Misbehavin'" composer
Fats Waller (co-writer of song for 1929 "Hot Chocolates" musical)
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Air Brake inventor
George Westinghouse
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Air Power advocate
Billy Mitchell
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Device that measures Air Pressure
a barometer
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Tiny Air Sacs in lungs
the alveoli
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First nuclear-powered U.S. Aircraft Carrier
Enterprise
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Al Gore Democratic primary rival (2000)
Bill Bradley
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Ala Moana is associated with this city
Honolulu (name of boulevard and the tallest building in the city)
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Alabama Governor (1963-67, 1971-79, 1983-87)
George Wallace
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Alan Ball created this TV series
Six Feet Under (he also wrote "American Beauty")
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The Alan Brady Show was a show within this show
The Dick Van Dyke Show ("The Alan Brady Show" was the series for which Rob Petrie was head writer)
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Alan Paton wrote this book
Author of "Cry, the Beloved Country," set in South Africa
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Alan Shore is a character on this tv show
Boston Legal (character)
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What are the Aland Islands
Province of Finland at the southern end of the Gulf of Bothnia; residents speak Sweden
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Alanis Morissette debut album
Jagged Little Pill
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Alaskan Island chain
the Aleutians
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King Albert II of this country
Belgium
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Largest city in Alberta
Calgary
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Aldous Huxley novel
Brave New World
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Alec Baldwin ex
Kim Basinger
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Aleutian Islands body of water
the Bering Sea
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Alex Cross author
James Patterson
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Alex Haley books
Author of "The Autobiography of Malcolm X"and "Roots"
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Actor that played Alex P Keaton
Michael J. Fox (Family Ties character)
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Alexander Dubcek led these reforms
Czechoslovakia leader; liberal reforms of 1968 known as the "Prague Spring."
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Alexander Fleming discovery
Penicillin
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Alexander Hamilton killed by
Aaron Burr
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Alexander III, Russian Czar and father of
Nicholas II
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Alexander Portnoy was the main character in this novel
Main character in "Portnoy's Complaint" by Philip Roth
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Alexander Selkirk was the real life basis for this character
Robinson Crusoe
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Alexander The Great sliced this to take control of Asia
the Gordian knot
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Alexandrian Astronomer
Ptolemy
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Alexis Carrel - French surgeon who worked with __________ to invent perfusion pump
Charles Lindbergh
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Alfred Douglas is famous for his relationship with this person
Had a relationship with Oscar Wilde and was the recipient of Wilde's "De Profundis" letter sent from reading Gaol
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Alfred Uhry play
Driving Miss Daisy (playwright)
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Alger Hiss was accused of being Soviet spy by
Whittaker Chambers (editor of Time magazine)
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Algonquin Round Table figure
Dorothy Parker (Algonquin is the name of the NYC hotel where they met)
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Algonquin Wit
Dorothy Parker
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Alice In Wonderland feline
the Cheshire Cat
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Alice Liddell inspired this author
Lewis Carroll (inspiration for Alice in Wonderland)
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Location of city of Alice Springs
City in central Australia, 5 hours from Ayers Rock
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Alice Walker's most famous work
The Color Purple
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Alicia Silverstone's breakout film
Clueless (1995)
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All I Wanna Do singer
Sheryl Crow
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Day before All Saints' Day
Halloween
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All The King's Men author
Robert Penn Warren
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All The Pretty Horses author
Cormac McCarthy (Part 1 of his Border trilogy)
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Allegheny County location
Pittsburgh, PA
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Allen Funt TV show
Candid Camera
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Allergic Reaction
anaphylactic shock
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Alligator Pear aka
Avocado
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Ally McBeal co-star
Lucy Liu
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Almond Paste
Marzipan
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Alphabet Mysteries author
Sue Grafton
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Alpine Country
Switzerland
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Alpine Lake
Lake Geneva
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Alpine Peak
Mont Blanc
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Aluminum Ore
Bauxite
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Alvaro Uribe was president of this country from 2002-2010
Colombia
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Amandine-Aurore-Lucile Dupin's pen name
George Sand
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Amateur Athlete prize
the Sullivan Award
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Amateur Golf Trophy
Dwight D. Eisenhower (award named after the president, first awarded in 1958)
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Ambassador Hotel assassination
Robert F. Kennedy
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Notable AMC Shows
The Walking Dead, MadMen, Breaking Bad
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America Singing poet
Walt Whitman
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America's Cup patriotic winner
Stars & Stripes (a yacht)
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America's Dairyland
Wisconsin
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America's Junior Miss 1963
Diane Sawyer
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America's Sweetheart
Mary Pickford (1892-1979); sometimes listed as first woman to own a Hollywood studio (recognition also attributed to Lucille Ball)
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American Seascape Artist
Winslow Homer
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American Aviator
Charles Lindbergh
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American Beauty lead actor
Kevin Spacey
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American Bison hybrid with domestic cow
the beefalo
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American Buffalo playwright
David Mamet
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American Folk artist
Grandma Moses
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American Fur Company founder
John Jacob Astor (founded in 1786, charter in 1808)
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American Gigolo actor
Richard Gere
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American Gothic artist
Grant Wood
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American Hero
Charles Lindbergh
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American Impressionist
Mary Cassatt
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1968 American Independent Party candidate
George Wallace
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American Motors 70s car model
the Gremlin
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American Museum
P.T. Barnum
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American Naval hero of the Revolution
John Paul Jones ("I have not yet begun to fight")
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1935 American Opera
Porgy and Bess (written by George Gershwin)
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1950s American Pianist
Van Cliburn ( from Texas)
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American Pie singer
Don McLean
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American Samoa capital
Pago Pago
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American Southwest venomous lizard
Gila monster
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First Lady of the American Theatre
Helen Hayes
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American Traitor
Benedict Arnold
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American West painter & sculptor
Remington
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Essential Amino Acids
tryptophan, (valine, & lysis)
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Amino Acids form ________
Proteins
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Measure of the Amount Of Water Vapor in the air
the humidity
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Amy Adams princess movie
Enchanted
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Amy Irving was first wife of _________
Steven Spielberg
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Amy Tan famous work
The Joy Luck Club
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An American Daughter playwright
Wendy Wasserstein
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An American In Paris composer (1928)
George Gershwin (used in final scene of 1951 film)
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An American Tragedy author
Theodore Dreiser (story based on Chester Gillette's murder of his pregnant girlfriend on Big Moose Lake)
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An Enemy of the People playwright
Henrik Ibsen (Norwegian, 1828-1906)
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"An Episode of the American Civil War" is a subtitle to this book
The Red Badge of Courage
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An Essay Concerning Human Understanding author
John Locke
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An Essay on Man author
Alexander Pope (work includes famous phrase "hope springs eternal")
313
An Unmarried Woman actress
Jill Clayburgh
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An iron hand in ____________
A velvet glove (phase credited to Napoleon)
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Diarist Anais Nin had famous affair with ______
Henry Miller (his relationship with his wife & Nin was the basis for movie "Henry & June")
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Analytic Geometry inventor
Rene Descartes
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Anastasio Somoza
Deposed president of Nicaragua, assassinated in Paraguay in 1980. Father, Anastasio Somoza Garcia ruled Nicaragua as dictator (officially president) until his own assassination in Panama in 1956; older brother ruled between them.
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"Anatomy Lesson Of Dr Tulp" painter
Rembrandt
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Anchor Bar is famous for this food
Invented Buffalo wings
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Ancient Egyptians made paper from
Papyrus
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Ancient Language Of India
Sanskrit
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Ancient Region
Mesopotamia
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Ancient Religion of Iran/Persia
Zoroastrianism
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Andre Braugher TV shows (2)
Homicide: Life on the Street; Brooklyn Nine-Nine
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"Andrea Del Sarto" poet
Robert Browning
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Andrew Jackson co-founded this city
Memphis, TN
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Andrew Johnson state
Tennessee (mayor of Greeneville, elected Senator from TN after presidency, was a tailor before mayor)
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Andy Kaufman musical tribute
"Man on the Moon" by R.E.M.
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Andy Warhol's magazine
Interview
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Angels And Demons author
Dan Brown
331
Angkor Thom location
Angkor, Cambodia
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Angkor Wat location
Angkor, Cambodia
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Angus T Jones sitcom
Two and a Half Men
334
Animal House actor
John Belushi
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"Animal, Vegetable, Or Mineral?" game
Twenty Questions
336
Willy the Hillbilly product
Mountain Dew
337
Anita Loos novel
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1925)
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Ann Arbor college
the University of Michigan
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Ann Rutledge was his first love
Abraham Lincoln
340
Anna Christie lead actress (1930 film)
Greta Garbo (her first speaking role)
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Anna Karenina author
Leo Tolstoy
342
Anna Sewell novel
Black Beauty
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"Annabel Lee" poet
Edgar Allan Poe
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Anne Boleyn's husband
Henry VIII
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Anne Morrow's husband
Charles Lindbergh
346
Anne Murray song
"Snowbird"
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Anne Rampling pen name
Anne Rice
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Anne Sullivan student
Helen Keller
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Annette O'Toole TV Show
Smallville
350
Annie Hall actress
Diane Keaton
351
Annie Oakley musical
Annie Get Your Gun
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Another Brick In The Wall band
Pink Floyd
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Another Day In Paradise singer
Phil Collins
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Another name for mercury
Quicksilver
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Antelope Island location
the Great Salt Lake, UT
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Sci-fi Anthology Series
The Twilight Zone
357
Anthony Burgess novel
A Clockwork Orange
358
Anthony Kiedis band
the Red Hot Chili Peppers
359
Anthony Quinn role in "Lust for Life"
Paul Gauguin (1956)
360
Father of Antiseptic Surgery
Joseph Lister
361
1929 Antiwar Novel
All Quiet on the Western Front
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Antoine De Saint-Exupery novel
The Little Prince
363
Antonia Novello: first women to hold this post
Surgeon General
364
Antonio Banderas ex
Melanie Griffith (m. 1996; filed for divorce June 2014)
365
Movie about Antonio Salieri
Amadeus
366
Antosha Chekhonte pen name
Anton Chekhov (pen name)
367
Apache Leader
Geronimo
368
Apache Warrior
Geronimo
369
Apollo 11 Astronauts
Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, Michael Collins
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Apollo 13 director
Ron Howard
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"Appalachian Spring" composer
Aaron Copland
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Parisian schoolgirl had her appendix out
Madeline (first book)
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"Appetite For Destruction" band
Guns N' Roses (1987 debut album)
374
Shot Apple Off son's head
William Tell
375
Chocolate cake with layer of apricot jam
Sachertorte (famous dessert in Vienna, Austria)
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He was famously fired April 11, 1951
Douglas MacArthur
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He was sworn in April 12, 1945
Harry Truman (the day FDR died)
378
April 12, 1961 event
Yuri Gagarin orbits the earth once
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April 14, 1861 event
Confederate capture of Fort Sumter
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April 14, 1865 event
John Wilkes Booth assassinates Lincoln (who died the following day)
381
April 17, 1961 event
the Bay of Pigs invasion
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April 19, 1775 battle
Lexington & Concord
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April 22 Holiday
Earth Day (first celebrated in 1970)
384
April 26, 1986 event
Chernobyl
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April 3, 1882 event
Jesse James shot dead by Robert Ford
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April 30, 1812 - this territory gains statehood
Louisiana becomes a state
387
April 30, 1900 event
Casey Jones dies saving all passengers on his train
388
April 8, 1974 - this baseball record broken
Hank Aaron hits HR number 715, passing Babe Ruth
389
Apsley House
residence of the Duke of Wellington (aka Number 1, London)
390
Aquatic Mammals (6 common)
manatee, seal/sea lion/walrus, dolphin, whale, hippopotamus
391
Arabian Nights characters
Aladdin, Sinbad, magic carpet
392
She lived at 239 Arch Street, Philadelphia
Betsy Ross
393
lake lying on the Arctic Circle
Great Bear Lake (largest lake entirely within Canada)
394
Aretha Franklin song
Respect
395
Argentine Capital
Buenos Aires
396
"Aristotle Contemplating The Bust Of Homer" artist
Rembrandt (retitled in 2013 to "Aristotle With a Bust of Homer"; owned by Metropolitan Museum of Art)
397
Arizona Capital
Phoenix
398
Arizona City with the OK Corral
Tombstone
399
Arizona Natural Wonder
the Grand Canyon
400
Arizona Senator
John McCain
401
Arkansas Capital
Little Rock
402
Arkansas Park
Hot Springs
403
Arlington House resident
Robert E. Lee
404
Arm Lizard
Brachiosaurus
405
Armistice Day holiday
Veterans Day
406
Armored Mammal
Armadillo
407
Arms And The Man playwright
George Bernard Shaw
408
Army Medical Center
Walter Reed (in DC; named for the bacteriologist; Army's largest health-care facility)
409
Army Of The Potomac general
George McClellan (removed from command twice by Pres. Lincoln)
410
Army Wives TV channel
Lifetime
411
Arno River cities
Main river through Florence, Pisa sits at mouth to Mediterranean
412
Arnold Schwarzenegger home country
Austria
413
Art Deco NYC Skyscraper
the Chrysler Building (1930, first to exceed 1,000 feet, sunburst spire, still tallest brick building in world - though with stainless steel skeleton)
414
Art Garfunkel partner
Paul Simon
415
Art Institute location
Chicago
416
"Art is a jealous _______"
Mistress (Ralph Waldo Emerson)
417
Art Nouveau glasswork artist
Louis Tiffany
418
Japanese Art Of Flower Arranging
Ikebana
419
Art Of French Cooking author
Julia Child
420
Art Of War author
Sun Tzu (4th century BC)
421
Art Patron who collected in Venice
Peggy Guggenheim
422
Arthur Bremer target
George Wallace (shot and paralyzed by Bremer while campaigning in Laurel, MD)
423
Rev. Arthur Dimmesdale
charachter in The Scarlet Letter (Father of Hester Prynne's baby)
424
Arthur Griffith party
Sinn Fein (for Irish independence, founded in 1905, pronounced "shin feign")
425
Arthur Hailey best-selling novel of 1968
Airport (Also wrote "Hotel" and "Wheels"
426
Arthur Miller play set in Salem
Crucible (veilled critique of Joe McCarthy's 1950s "witchhunt")
427
Arthur Wellesley title
the (first) Duke of Wellington
428
Island of Arthurian Legend
Avalon
429
ex-wife of Artie Shaw, Mickey Rooney, and Frank Sinatra
Ava Gardner
430
Largest artificial lake in U.S.
Lake Mead (NV, outlet to sea via Colorado R.)
431
Artificial Sweetener discovered in 1879
Saccharin (from Latin for "sugar")
432
As I Lay Dying author
William Faulkner
433
Ascorbic Acid
Vitamin C
434
Asian Art Museum location
San Francisco
435
Asked Congress to declare war against Great Britain
James Madison
436
When asked how he became a war hero, this president said, "It was involuntary. They sank my boat"
John F. Kennedy
437
First car off a moving assembly line
the Model T
438
Astrid Lindgren character
Pippi Longstocking
439
Astrological Forecast
a horoscope
440
Aswan High Dam created this resevoir
Lake Nasser (dam in Egypt, Nile River, supplies about 15% of Egypt's electricity, lake shared by Egypt & Sudan, construction on dam began in 1960)
441
Athenian Philosopher died in 399 B.C.E.
Socrates
442
Athenian Temple
the Parthenon
443
Downtown Athletic Club
the Heisman Trophy
444
Atlantic City: home of this competition from 1921-2005
Miss America (moved to Las Vegas, has since moved back)
445
Atlas Shrugged author
Ayn Rand
446
Atmospheric Layer
the ozone layer
447
Atomic Number 13
aluminum
448
Atticus Finch novel
To Kill A Mockingbird
449
Auditory Tube
the eustachian tube (pronounced "you-station")
450
Audrey Hepburn played a runaway princess in this 1953 film
a Roman holiday
451
Audrey II
man-eating flytrap in Little Shop of Horrors
452
Audrey Meadows character
Alice Kramden
453
Augean Stables
Hercules cleaned by diverting nearby rivers (6th Labor)
454
August 15, 1914
the Panama Canal opens to commercial traffic
