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1
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August 16, 1977

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Elvis Presley died

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August 19

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Orville Wright’s birthday (1871) and National Aviation Day

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August 2, 1923

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Warren G. Harding died; Coolidge sworn early August 3rd

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August 23, 1305

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William Wallace hanged

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5
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August 4, 1914

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Germany invades Belgium; Britain drawn into WWI

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August 6, 1806

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Francis II abdicated and Napoleon’s decree ended the Holy Roman Empire

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August 6, 1945

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Hiroshima

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August 9, 1974

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Gerald Ford sworn in as president

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9
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Auntie Anne’s item

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pretzels

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10
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Austin Powers actor

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Mike Myers

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11
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Capital and largest city of Australia’s Northern Territory

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Darwin

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12
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Australian Bay where convicts first settled in 1788

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Botany Bay (Sydney, Captain Cook first landed there, named for the abundance of plants found there)

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13
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Australian laughing Bird

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the kookaburra

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14
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Capital of Australia

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Canberra

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15
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Australian Gum Tree

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Eucalyptus

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16
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Australian Island

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Tasmania

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17
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Austrian Composer

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Franz Josef Haydn

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18
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Austrian Monk

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Gregor Mendel (genetics research)

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19
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Austrian Psychoanalyst

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Sigmund Freud

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20
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Autobiography Of Alice B Toklas author

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Gertrude Stein

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21
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Ava Gardner husbands

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Artie Shaw, Mickey Rooney, Frank Sinatra

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22
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Avenida Juarez location

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Mexico City (a street)

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23
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Ayn Rand books

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Atlas Shrugged, The Fountainhead

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24
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Aztec Emperor

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Montezuma

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25
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“Babes In Toyland” composer

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Victor Herbert

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26
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Bachelor President

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James Buchanan

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27
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Backyard Game

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Horseshoes

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28
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“Bad Air”

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malaria

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29
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Bad Breath

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Halitosis

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30
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Bad Luck play

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Macbeth (“The Scottish Play”)

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31
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Baghdad By The Bay

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San Francisco

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32
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Bahia De Cochinos

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Bay of Pigs (as it’s called in Cuba)

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33
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Baked Alaska covering

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meringue

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34
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Baked Earth

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Terra Cotta

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35
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Baker Street

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Sherlock Holmes

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36
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Baking Soda & vinegar create this gas

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carbon dioxide

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37
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Balboa Park location

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San Diego

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38
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Moscow Ballet Company that first performed in 1776

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the Bolshoi

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39
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Ballet Dancers painter

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Edgar Degas

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40
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Ballets Russes founder

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Sergei Diaghilev

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41
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Baltic Sea between Finland & Sweden

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the Gulf of Bothnia

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42
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Baltimore Fort

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Fort McHenry

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43
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Baltimore University

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Johns Hopkins

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44
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Bandit Queen

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Belle Starr

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45
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Bands Of Tissue

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Ligaments

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46
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Bank Of The U.S.

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Andrew Jackson

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47
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Woman convicted for Bank Robbery, 1976

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Patricia Hearst

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48
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Banking Family

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the Rothschilds (German-Jewish descent)

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49
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Bantu Language

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Swahili (also: Zulu)

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50
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Barbara Undershaft play

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Major Barbara (Undershaft is a main character)

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51
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he beat the Barbary Pirates

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Stephen Decatur

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52
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Barnaby Rudge author

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Charles Dickens

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53
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Barney Clark

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received first artificial heart (Jarvik-7) in 1982

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54
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Barney Fife actor

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Don Knotts (Andy Griffith Show)

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55
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Former Congressman Barney Frank (State)

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Massachusetts

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56
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Barney Miller actor

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Hal Linden

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57
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Baroque Composer

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Johann Sebastian Bach

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58
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Barrack-Room Ballads author

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Rudyard Kipling

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59
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Sound Barrier Breaker

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Chuck Yeager

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60
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Bartolomeu Dias

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the Cape of Good Hope (he called it Cape of Storms)

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61
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Basic Instinct actress

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Sharon Stone

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62
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Basket Called a Cesta

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jai alai (popular sport in Spain & Portugal, its name comes from Basque words meaning “merry festival”)

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63
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Bass Strait

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Separates Tasmania with state of Victoria, Australia

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64
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Bat Masterson

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Deputy Sheriff of Dodge City (1876); later became sports writer in NYC

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65
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Bat Out Of Hell artist

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Meat Loaf (Album released 1977)

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66
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Bathhouse Row

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Hot Springs

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67
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Battle Creek

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Kellogg & Post

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68
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Battle Of Agincourt monarch

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Henry V

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69
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Battle Of Belleau Wood war

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World War I (first major engagement for U.S. troops)

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70
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Battle Of Lake Erie

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Oliver Hazard Perry (War of 1812)

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71
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Battle Of Monmouth heroine

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Molly Pitcher

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72
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Battle Of New Orleans pirate

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Jean Lafitte (War of 1812 hero)

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73
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Battle Of Puebla

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Cinco de Mayo (Mexico defeated France, 1862)

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74
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Battle Of Tippecanoe

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William Henry Harrison

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75
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Battle Of Trafalgar hero

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Lord Nelson (1805, Britain defeats France, Napoleon)

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76
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Last Revolutionary War Battle Site

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Yorktown

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77
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Bauhaus Founder

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Walter Gropius

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78
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Bay Of Bengal countries with coastlines

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India, Bangladesh, Myanmar

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79
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Bay Of Naples volcano

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Mount Vesuvius

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80
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Bay State

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Massachusetts

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81
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Bayeux Tapestry victor

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William the Conqueror

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82
Q

Bayside High TV Show

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Saved By The Bell

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83
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BC City

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Vancouver

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84
Q

Fish thought to be extinct until one was caught in 1983

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a coelacanth

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85
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may be grand or petty

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Larceny

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86
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Liquid Metal

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Mercury

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87
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“Be Our Guest” movie

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Beauty and the Beast

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88
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Beach Boy

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Brian Wilson

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89
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Beaded Lizard & this are the only two poisonous lizards in North America

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the Gila monster

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90
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Beale Street location

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Memphis

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91
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Beat Poet

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Allen Ginsberg

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92
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Pie topping of beaten egg whites

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meringue

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93
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Greek for “Beautiful Writing”

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Calligraphy

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94
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Beckett Play

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Waiting for Godot (also: Endgame)

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95
Q

Becky Thatcher’s love

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Tom Sawyer

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96
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Toys Become Real

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The Velveteen Rabbit

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97
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Bedloe’s Island

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the Statue of Liberty (now called Liberty Island)

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98
Q

Beer Barrel Polka first line

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Roll out the barrel (…we’ll have a barrel of fun)

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99
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Beet Soup

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Borscht

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100
Q

Beethoven Opera

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Fidelio

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101
Q

Began Painting in late 70s (1930s)

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Grandma Moses

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102
Q

Bela Lugosi

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Dracula

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103
Q

Belgian Capital

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Brussels

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104
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Belgian Detective

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Hercule Poirot

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105
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Belgian Painter

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Rene Magritte (born 1898)

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106
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Belgian Port

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Antwerp (also: world leader in diamond cutting)

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107
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Belgian Surrealist

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Rene Magritte

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108
Q

Italian for Bell Tower

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campanile

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109
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Bell X-1

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Chuck Yeager (the type of plane he used to first break the speed of sound)

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110
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Ben And Casey

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Affleck

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111
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Ben Cartwright TV Show

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Bonanza (one of main characters)

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112
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Ben E King song

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Stand By Me

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113
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Ben Franklin state

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Pennsylvania

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114
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Former U.S. Senator Ben Nighthorse Campbell - this state

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Colorado

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115
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Benazir Bhutto country

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Pakistan (Prime Minister of Pakistan from 1988-1990 & 1993-1996; first and only female Prime Minister; assassinated in 2007)

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116
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Benedict Arnold’s partner in crime

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Major John Andre (hanged in 1780)

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117
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Bengal Nation

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Bangladesh (means “Bengal Nation”); formerly East Pakistan

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118
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Benjamin Bunny author

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Beatrix Potter

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119
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“Bennie And The Jets” singer

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Elton John

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120
Q

Berkshire Hathaway founder

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Warren Buffett

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121
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Berliner Ensemble founder

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Bertolt Brecht

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122
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Bernadette Peters 2nd Tony for this show

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Annie Get Your Gun

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123
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Bernard Malamud novel

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The Natural

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124
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Sen. Bernie Sanders from this state

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Vermont (Independent)

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125
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Bernie Taupin song-writing partner

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Elton John

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126
Q

Bertha Mason is a character in this book

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Jane Eyre (the madwomen living in the attic)

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127
Q

Berthe Morisot relation

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Edouard Manet’s sister-in-law (She married his brother)

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128
Q

Bertie Ahern was youngest prime minister of this country

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Ireland (1997-2008)

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129
Q

Best Swimmer among bears

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polar bear

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130
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Beth, Jo, Amy, and Meg

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Little Women

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131
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Beth Henley play

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Crimes of the Heart (won 1981 Pulitzer)

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132
Q

Bette Davis 1950 film

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All About Eve

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133
Q

Betty Zane author

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Zane Grey

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134
Q

Beverly Hills Buntz was a spin-off of this TV show

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Hill Street Blues

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135
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Beyond Good and Evil author

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Friedrich Nietzsche

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136
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Bhumibol Adulyadej became King of this country

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Thailand

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137
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Biblical Epic

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Either: The Ten Commandments or Ben-Hur

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138
Q

“Big Bad John” country singer

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Jimmy Dean

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139
Q

Big Bad Wolf

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the Three Litttle Pigs

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140
Q

Big Bend Tunnel folk hero

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John Henry

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141
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Big Bill

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William Howard Taft

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142
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Big Blonde author

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Dorothy Parker

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Big Boy Caprice was a character in this film

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Dick Tracy (played by Al Pacino)

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Big Brother is associated with this author

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George Orwell

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145
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Big Business actresses

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Bette Midler & Lily Tomlin

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Big Daddy’s 65th birthday is the center of this play

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Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

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147
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Big Dipper

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Ursa Major

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148
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Big Island volcano

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Kilauea

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149
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Big Muddy river

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the Missouri

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“Big sky country” state

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Montana

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Seminole Indian word meaning “Plenty Big Water” used for this body of water

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Lake Okeechobee (700 sq-mile lake in FL)

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“Big Yellow Taxi” singer

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Joni Mitchell

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153
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Bigger Thomas is a character in this novel

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Native Son

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154
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Bill Clinton alma mater

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Georgetown

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Bill Gates company

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Microsoft

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156
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Bill Haley song

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Rock Around The Clock

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Bill Maher TV shows

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Politically Incorrect (ABC) & Real Time (HBO)

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Bill McNeal was a character on this TV show

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NewsRadio (played by Phil Hartman)

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Bill Monroe, Father of

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Bluegrass

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Bill Sikes was a character in this novel

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Oliver Twist (his girl was Nancy)

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Bill Watterson comic strip

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Calvin and Hobbes

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“Billie Jean” artist

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Michael Jackson

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Spacecraft launched in 1977, and is now Billions of Miles from Earth

A

Voyager 1(First explored Jupiter, then Saturn)

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164
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Billionaire Recluse

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Howard Hughes

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Billions And Billions

A

Carl Sagan

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Billy Bigelow is a character in this musical

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Carousel (BB is an amusement park barker)

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167
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Billy Bob Thornton directed, starred, and won an Oscar for writing this film

A

Sling Blade (1996)

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Billy Conn 1946 fight

A

Joe Louis (“He can run but he can’t hide”)

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169
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Billy Corgan band

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The Smashing Pumpkins

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Billy Flynn is a character in this musical

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Chicago (Richard Gere role in the film)

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171
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Billy Madison actor

A

Adam Sandler

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172
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Billy Martin fired 5 times by

A

George Steinbrenner

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173
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He was killed outside the Biograph Theater

A

John Dillinger

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174
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Bipolar Disorder source of treatment

A

lithium

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175
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Bird Drawings illustrator

A

John James Audubon

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Birds Of America author/illustrator

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John James Audubon

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famous player for Birmingham Barons

A

Michael Jordan

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“Birth Of The Cool” trumpeter

A

Miles Davis

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179
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Bishop Of Hippo

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St. Augustine (Hippo was a Roman city in North Africa, now Algeria)

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Bishop Of Urgel

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Andorra (his staff & hat is on the country’s flag)

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181
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Bivalve Mollusks

A

scallop, oyster, clam

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182
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Black Beauty author

A

Anna Sewell

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183
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Black Bird novel & film

A

The Maltese Falcon

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184
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Black Boy is his autobiography

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Richard Wright

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185
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Black Candy

A

licorice

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“Black Dog” band

A

Led Zeppelin

187
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Black Hills Spruce is its state tree

A

South Dakota

188
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Black Hole of ________

A

Calcutta (1756 incident in an Indian fort)

189
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British expert on Black Holes

A

Stephen Hawking

190
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Black Jack was nickname of

A

General John J. Pershing

191
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Black Rock Desert event

A

Burning Man (in Nevada, 90 miles north of Reno)

192
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Black Sox novel/film

A

Eight Men Out (1988 film)

193
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James Meredith, the first black student at this University, had to be escorted by federal marshalls

A

Mississippi

194
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“Black Swan” Pas de Deux in this ballet

A

Swan Lake

195
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Black Volcanic Glass

A

Obsidian

196
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Blade Runner actor

A

Harrison Ford

197
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Blake Carrington actor

A

John Forsythe (played Blake Carrington on Dynasty)

198
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French term meaning “Blank Document”

A

carte blanche

199
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Blaze Of Glory singer

A

Jon Bon Jovi

200
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Bleak House author

A

Charles Dickens

201
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Blind French Monk

A

Dom Perignon

202
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Blister In The Sun band

A

The Violent Femmes (their first album)

203
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“Blithe Spirit” playwright

A

Noel Coward

204
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Block Island location

A

Rhode Island

205
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“Blond Ambition” tour singer

A

Madonna

206
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Blood Meridian author

A

Cormac McCarthy

207
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term for high blood pressure

A

hypertension

208
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female member of the Bloomsbury Group

A

Virginia Woolf

209
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Blowin’ In The Wind singer

A

Bob Dylan

210
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Large 44+ carat Blue Diamond

A

the Hope Diamond

211
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Blue Gum tree

A

the eucalyptus

212
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Blue Mountains country

A

Jamaica

213
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Blue Ox owner

A

Paul Bunyan

214
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Blue Period artist

A

Pablo Picasso

215
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Deep Blue Pigment

A

ultramarine (once made from crushed lapis lazuli)

216
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Blue September gemstone

A

the sapphire

217
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Blue Sky Oscar-winning actress

A

Jessica Lange

218
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“Blue Velvet” singer

A

Bobby Vinton (no. 1 in 1963)

219
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Blue-green Stone

A

Turquoise

220
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Bluegrass State

A

Kentucky

221
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Beale Street “Blues Boy”

A

B.B. King

222
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Blues Brothers actors

A

Dan Aykroyd & John Belushi

223
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Blush Magazine is the workplace in this TV Show

A

Just Shoot Me

224
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Bo Knows

A

Bo Jackson

225
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Brown v. Board Of Education Chief Justice

A

Earl Warren

226
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Bob Cratchit is a character in this work

A

A Christmas Carol

227
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Bob Ford shot this man

A

Jesse James

228
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Bob Hartley actor

A

Bob Newhart (“The Bob Newhart Show”)

229
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Bob Woodward partner

A

Carl Bernstein

230
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Bobby Brown band

A

New Edition

231
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Bobby Hull team

A

the Chicago Blackhawks

232
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Bobby Riggs opponent

A

Billie Jean King (Battle of the Sexes)

233
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Bobby Vinton song

A

Blue Velvet

234
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Boccaccio Work

A

The Decameron

235
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Body Temperature (celsius)

A

37 degrees Celsius

236
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Bog Fruit

A

Cranberry

237
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Lake strattling border of Bolivia & Peru

A

Lake Titicaca

238
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Bonnie Bedelia film

A

Die Hard (she played Holly Gennaro McClane, the on-again, off-again wife of John McClane; in RL, she is the aunt of Macaulay Culkin)

239
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“Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy” singers

A

The Andrews Sisters

240
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Language of th Book Of Daniel

A

Aramaic

241
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Only female Judge in the Book Of Judges

A

Deborah

242
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Book Of Lamentations prophet

A

Jeremiah (also follows Jeremiah)

243
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Booker T Washington school

A

Tuskegee Institute (he was the first head, and built the school from 40 students to 1,500+)

244
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“Boom Boom Pow” music group

A

The Black Eyed Peas

245
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Booster Shot

A

Tetanus

246
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Booth Tarkington work

A

“The Magnificent Ambersons” (1919 Pulitzer) & “Alice Adams” (1922 Pulitzer)

247
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Mexican Border River

A

the Rio Grande

248
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Border Trilogy author

A

Cormac McCarthy

249
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Borders Belgium, France, & Germany

A

Luxembourg

250
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“Boris Godunov” opera composer

A

Modest Mussorgsky

251
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“Born To Be Wild” band

A

Steppenwolf

252
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Born on the Fourth of July author

A

Ron Kovic

253
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Bosom Buddies actor

A

Tom Hanks

254
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Boss Hogg TV Show

A

The Dukes of Hazzard

255
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Boston College quarterback

A

Doug Flutie

256
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Boston Cooking-school Cookbook author

A

Fannie Farmer (1896)

257
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Boston Landmark

A

the Old North Church (also: Hancock Tower, Faneuil Hall)

258
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Boston Symphony Orchestra conductor for 29 years (left 2002)

A

Seiji Ozawa (1st Asian conductor of BSO, selected when only 38)

259
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Boston Tea Party organizer

A

Samuel Adams

260
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Bosworth Field famous death

A

Richard III (1485)

261
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Both Male and female

A

hermaphrodite

262
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“Bound For Glory” subject

A

Woody Guthrie (1943 autobiography adapted into 1976 film)

263
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Bounty Bay locale

A

Pitcairn Island (bay is named for ship that was burned and sunk in it’s waters in 1790 – Mutiny on the Bounty)

264
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Territory founded by Bounty Mutineers

A

Pitcairn Island

265
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Bourne Identity author

A

Robert Ludlum

266
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Bowler Hats artist

A

Rene Magritte

267
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Boxing Champ from Detroit; 1930s-1940s

A

Joe Louis (“Brown Bomber”)

268
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Boxing Promoter

A

Don King

269
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British Boy Band (from X-Factor)

A

One Direction

270
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Boy General

A

George Armstrong Custer (aka “Yellow Hair”)

271
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Boys Don’t Cry actress

A

Hilary Swank

272
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Boys Town founder

A

Father Flanagan (suburb of Omaha, Nebraska; dedicated to care, treatment, and education of at-risk children)

273
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Boys’ Life (adventure magazine) published by this organization

A

the Boy Scouts

274
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Boyz N The Hood director

A

John Singleton (youngest and first African American nominated for Best Director Oscar in 1991)

275
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Ray Bradbury Novel

A

Fahrenheit 451

276
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Brain Droppings

A

George Carlin (2000 Grammy-winning comedy album)

277
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lowest part of the Brain Stem

A

the medulla oblongata (Latin for “the long marrow”)

278
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Branch Of Chemistry concerning compounds of carbon

A

Organic Chemistry

279
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Branch Of Physics that deals with relationship between heat, work, temperature, and energy

A

thermodynamics

280
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Frito-Lay Brand Of Tortilla Chips

A

Doritos

281
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Brandon Teena/ Teena Brandon

A

Hilary Swank

282
Q

Waterfall on the Brazil-argentina Border

A

Iguazu Falls (name from Guarini word meaning “great water”; falls span 2-miles wide)

283
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Russian Breakaway Republic

A

Chechnya

284
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Breast Cancer Foundation named for her (founder’s sister)

A

Susan Komen

285
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Breast Tooth

A

a mastodon

286
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Breathing Lessons author

A

Anne Tyler (the fictional bestseller won the 1989 Pulitzer Prize)

287
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Name for a Breathing Tube in diving

A

snorkel

288
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Breed’s Hill

A

Aka Bunker Hill

289
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Bret Easton Ellis novel about west L.A. Turned I to 1987 film starring Robert Downey Jr

A

Less Than Zero

290
Q

macabre Brian De Palma directed film

A

Dressed to Kill

291
Q

Brian Setzer band

A

The Stray Cats or Brian Setzer Orchestra

292
Q

Brian Wilson sang backup on this duo’s 1963 hit “Surf City”

A

Jan and Dean

293
Q

Brideshead Revisited author

A

Evelyn Waugh

294
Q

Bridget Jones actress

A

Renee Zellweger

295
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One Brief Shining Moment

A

Camelot (the line “Don’t let it be forgot, that once there was a spot, for one brief shining moment, that was known as Camelot” is from the musical; also associated with JFK’s assassination - Jackie O. mentioned it what his favorite line)

296
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Brighton Beach Memoirs playwright

A

Neil Simon

297
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Became head of Britain’s Labour Party in 1994

A

Tony Blair (became Prime Minister after Labour Party’s 1997 election victory)

298
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British Rat Pack actor

A

Peter Lawford (married Patricia Kennedy 1954-1966)

299
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British Actress of famous acting family, known for her political activism

A

Vanessa Redgrave (sister of Lynn Redgrave; daughter of Sir Michael and Lady Redgrave (actress Rachel Kempson); mother of Joely and Natasha Richardson;)

300
Q

Retired plane of British Airways and Air France

A

the Concorde (in service 1976-2003)

301
Q

British Circumnavigator

A

Sir Francis Drake

302
Q

British City on the Mersey River

A

Liverpool (possibly named for the mythical liver bird)

303
Q

British Crown Colony on the Mediterranean

A

Gibraltar

304
Q

British Detective (2)

A

Sherlock Holmes or “The Saint” Simon Templar

305
Q

British General of the American Revolution who surrendered at Yorktown

A

Cornwallis

306
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Capital of British India from 1772-1912

A

Calcutta

307
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British Landscape Artist

A

John Constable (another, his contemporary, was J.M.W. Turner)

308
Q

British Liner sunk by a torpedo from a submarine

A

the Lusitania

309
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British Lord & poet

A

Lord Byron

310
Q

British Major & spy

A

Major John Andre (Benedict Arnold’s co-conspirator)

311
Q

British Monarch who’s progeny ruled Germany, Russia, Denmark, and Greece

A

Queen Victoria

312
Q

Novel that begins with Jonathan Harker studying in the British Museum library

A

Dracula

313
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British Naturalist

A

Darwin

314
Q

2000 British Open winner, completing the Grand Slam at age 24

A

Tiger Woods

315
Q

British Philosopher & Nobel Prize winner

A

Bertrand Russell (won NP in Literature, 1950)

316
Q

British Physicist, expert on black holes

A

Stephen Hawking

317
Q

British Poet, husband of Sylvia Plath

A

Ted Hughes

318
Q

First woman to head a British Political party

A

Margaret Thatcher

319
Q

British Pottery

A

Wedgwood

320
Q

British Sculptor

A

Henry Moore

321
Q

British Sea Captain

A

Captain James Cook (1728-1779)

322
Q

Prisoner aboard a British Ship, September 1814

A

Francis Scott Key

323
Q

German composer that became a naturalized British Subject under George I

A

Handel

324
Q

Scantily clad women were famously on his British TV show

A

Benny Hill

325
Q

March 5, 1770 event involving British Troops

A

the Boston Massacre

326
Q

Britt Reid was the secret identity of this comic book hero

A

The Green Hornet

327
Q

NFLer Broadway Joe

A

Joe Namath

328
Q

Broccoli Relative

A

cauliflower

329
Q

Charlotte Bronte Heroine

A

Jane Eyre

330
Q

Charlotte Bronte Novel

A

Jane Eyre

331
Q

Lorenzo Ghiberti is best known for the15th c. Bronze Doors he created for this city’s baptistery

A

Florence

332
Q

Director who received a Bronze Star & Purple Heart in Vietnam; based “Platoon” on his experience

A

Oliver Stone

333
Q

Brooke Shields desert island film

A

The Blue Lagoon

334
Q

Brooklyn Bridge body of water

A

the East River

335
Q

Joined Brooklyn Dodgers in 1947

A

Jackie Robinson

336
Q

Brooks Robinson team

A

Baltimore Orioles

337
Q

Brother to Ira

A

George Gershwin

338
Q

Dictator Brother to Raul

A

Fidel Castro

339
Q

Artist with Brother Theo

A

Vincent Van Gogh

340
Q

Author with Brother Thoby

A

Virginia Woolf

341
Q

Brown Bear sub-species

A

a grizzly

342
Q

Salad named for owner of the Brown Derby

A

a Cobb salad (famous LA restaurant located at Hollywood & Vine)

343
Q

Brown Eyed Girl singer

A

Van Morrison

344
Q

Jack, of Jack & Jill, had his head patched with these two items

A

Brown paper & Vinegar

345
Q

Brown V Board Chief Justice

A

Earl Warren

346
Q

He is often confused for Bruce Springsteen

A

Rick Springfield

347
Q

The Seven Sisters colleges

A

Vassar, Wellesley, Radcliffe, Bryn Mawr, Barnard, Mount Holyoke, Smith

348
Q

Bubba Blue is a character in this film

A

Forrest Gump

349
Q

Bubbly Beverage

A

Champagne

350
Q

Buche De Noel

A

Cake decorated to look like a yule log

351
Q

Bud Cort plays a character in this film

A

Harold in Harold And Maude

352
Q

Buddy Ebsen TV show (1973-1980)

A

Barnaby Jones (a detective show)

353
Q

He played Buddy Holly in “The Buddy Holly Story”

A

Gary Busey

354
Q

Buenos Aires country

A

Argentina

355
Q

Buffalo Bill’s Wild West Show female sharpshooter

A

Annie Oakley

356
Q

1996 VP candidate was a QB for the Buffalo Bills in the 1960s

A

Jack Kemp

357
Q

Bugle Call

A

Reveille

358
Q

Bugsy Siegel’s hotel/casino opened in 1946

A

the Flamingo

359
Q

Building A Mystery singer

A

Sarah McLachlan

360
Q

Reinforced Building Material

A

Concrete

361
Q

Bulgur Wheat salad

A

Tabbouleh

362
Q

Bull Moose party presidential candidate

A

Theodore Roosevelt

363
Q

Confederates name for Battle of Bull Run

A

Manassas (first major battle in Civil War)

364
Q

Order for when to shoot enemy at Bunker Hill battle

A

Don’t fire until you see the whites of their eyes

365
Q

Burger King sandwich

A

the Whopper

366
Q

“Buried Child” playwright

A

Sam Shepard

367
Q

Edgar Allen Poe story about Buried Treasure in Sullivan’s Island

A

The Gold Bug

368
Q

Chicago architect Burley Griffin designed this world capital city

A

Canberra

369
Q

Dessert that literally translates to “Burnt Cream”

A

crème brûlee

370
Q

Psychologist whose initials stand for Burrhus Frederic

A

B.F. Skinner

371
Q

Burrowing Mammal

A

Armadillo or mole

372
Q

Burt Reynolds 1977 film where he avoids cops on a beer run

A

Smokey and the Bandit

373
Q

Butchart Gardens location

A

Victoria (Vancouver Island)

374
Q

Butter Substitute

A

Margarine

375
Q

Button Gwinnett signed this document

A

the Declaration of Independence (represented Georgia)

376
Q

Latin for “By the fact itself”

A

Ipso Facto

377
Q

“Bye Bye Love” singers

A

The Everly Brothers

378
Q

Byzantine Capital

A

Constantinople

379
Q

C Auguste Dupin solved these crimes

A

“The Murders in the Rue Morgue” (a Poe Story - his first detective story)

380
Q

CBS Evening News anchor

A 
Walter Cronkite (1962-1981)
Katie Couric (2006-2011)
Scott Pelley (2011-present)
381
Q

CS Forester naval hero

A

Horatio Hornblower (in 1937’s “The Happy Return”)

382
Q

Cabbages And Kings author

A

O. Henry (his first book; title references a Lewis Carroll poem)

383
Q

Cable Car Museum

A

San Francisco

384
Q

Actual names of artists who recorded their first record as “Caesar And Cleo”

A

Sonny and Cher

385
Q

Calamity Jane is buried here

A

Deadwood, SD (Deadwood is also a Tv show about Calamity Jane, Wild Bill Hickcock, etc.)

386
Q

Naturally occurring forms of Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)

A

limestone, chalk

387
Q

California Desert city

A

Palm Springs

388
Q

First 3-term governor of California, and a Chief Justice of the U.S.

A

Earl Warren

389
Q

California Mountain range

A

Sierra Nevadas

390
Q

California National Park

A

Yosemite

391
Q

Body of water spanning the California-Nevada Border

A

Lake Tahoe

392
Q

Calista Flockhart TV Show

A

Ally McBeal

393
Q

Call Him…

A

Ishmael

394
Q

Call Me

A

Ishmael (first sentence of Moby Dick)

395
Q

Aborigines call it Uluru

A

Ayers Rock

396
Q

Called Chinese Parsley

A

Cilantro

397
Q

Epinephrine is also known as

A

Adrenaline

398
Q

Also Called Thrombocytes

A

Platelets

399
Q

Sometimes Called Wolfram

A

Tungsten

400
Q

Calvert Family from this state

A

Maryland (one of two families related to Lord Baltimore represented on MD flag, the other is the Crossland family)

401
Q

Calvin Broadus stage name

A

Snoop Doggy Dogg

402
Q

Calvin Klein fragrance for all time

A

Eternity

403
Q

Cameron Crowe film based on his own life

A

Almost Famous

404
Q

Gravity is so strong, nothing Can Escape one of these

A

a black hole

405
Q

Asteroidea that Can Regenerate limbs

A

a starfish

406
Q

Canadian Author of “The Handmaid’s Tale”

A

Margaret Atwood

407
Q

Canadian Island Province

A

Prince Edward Island

408
Q

Canadian Prime Minister 1968-1979; 1980-1984.

A

Pierre Trudeau

409
Q

Canaima National Park feature

A

Angel Falls (southeastern Venezuela)

410
Q

Canal Street separates the American Sector from the French quarter in this city. In Nee York, it is the northern border of this neighborhood.

A

New Orleans, LA. TriBeCa in NYC.

411
Q

“Candy Man” singer

A

Sammy Davis, Jr.

412
Q

Cannery Row author

A

John Steinbeck

413
Q

James Dickey novel about a Canoe Trip; made into a 1972 film.

A

Deliverance

414
Q

Cape Breton Island is part of this Canadian province

A

Nova Scotia

415
Q

Arrived at Cape Cod in 1620

A

the Mayflower

416
Q

Cape Codder ingredients

A

cranberry juice & vodka

417
Q

Cape Colony prime minister

A

Cecil Rhodes

418
Q

Cape Fear state

A

North Carolina

419
Q

Cape May state

A

New Jersey

420
Q

Cape Morris Jesup island

A

Greenland

421
Q

Cape Of Good Hope ghost ship

A

The Flying Dutchman

422
Q

Cape Of Storms aka

A

the Cape of Good Hope

423
Q

Cape Sable location

A

the Everglades (mainland U.S.’s southernmost point)

424
Q

Cape York Peninsula

A

Australia

425
Q

Capital Of Hungary

A

Budapest

426
Q

Capital Of Iceland

A

Reykjavik

427
Q

Capital Of India

A

New Delhi

428
Q

Capital Of Iowa

A

Des Moines

429
Q

Capital Of Iraq

A

Baghdad

430
Q

Capital Of Malaysia

A

Kuala Lumpur

431
Q

Capital Of Manitoba

A

Winnipeg

432
Q

Capital Of Queensland

A

Brisbane

433
Q

Capital Of Russia from 1712-1918

A

St. Petersburg

434
Q

Capital Of Slovakia

A

Bratislava

435
Q

Capital Of Venezuela

A

Caracas

436
Q

Capital Of Victoria

A

Melbourne

437
Q

Colonial Capital Of Virginia 1699-1776

A

Williamsburg

438
Q

Opera with Captain Corcoran

A

H.M.S. Pinafore

439
Q

Captain Hook nemesis

A

Peter Pan

440
Q

Captain Kangaroo actor

A

Bob Keeshan

441
Q

Captain Kirk actor

A

William Shatner

442
Q

Captain Nemo novel

A

Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea

443
Q

Captain Queeg is a character in this novel

A

The Caine Mutiny

444
Q

Captain Vere is a character in this play

A

Billy Budd (by Herman Melville)

445
Q

Car Of The Year magazine

A

Motor Trend

446
Q

Custard topped with Caramelized Sugar

A

crème brûlee

447
Q

Pioneered use of Carbolic Acid to kill germs

A

Joseph Lister

448
Q

Carbon Compounds study

A

Organic Chemistry

449
Q

Solid Carbon Dioxide

A

Dry ice

450
Q

Carcharodon Carcharias

A

the great white shark

451
Q

“Card Players” artist

A

Paul Cézanne (series of 5 paintings)

452
Q

Caribbean Islands U.S. Bought from Denmark for $25 million in 1917

A

the Virgin Islands

453
Q

Carl Perkins song

A

Blue Suede Shoes

454
Q

Carl Philipp Emanuel’s father

A

Johann Sebastian Bach

455
Q

Carl Reiner wrote and produced this 1960s TV show

A

The Dick Van Dyke Show

456
Q

Carl Sandburg City

A

Chicago

457
Q

Dr. Carl Weiss killed him

A

Huey Long

458
Q

Carlo Ponti wife

A

Sophia Loren

459
Q

Carlos Estevez stage name

A

Charlie Sheen

460
Q

Carnegie Mellon University city

A

Pittsburgh

461
Q

Carnival Barker musical

A

Carousel

462
Q

Flightless Australian bird

A

emu

463
Q

Bay Of Naples island

A

Capri

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