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Category: what the “EFF”?!

It’s a German stew made from rabbit; TVs Laverne and Shirley shouted it out in their show’s opening

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Hasenpfeffer

“Schlemiel! Schlimazel! Hasenpfeffer Incorporated!” It was the silly little chant coined by actors Penny Marshall and Cindy Williams, which marked the start of the star’s long-running ABC sitcom, Laverne & Shirley.

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Category: road trip “iSpy “

ISpy… Mount Washington, Lake Winnepesaukee and Dartmouth college

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New Hampshire 

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Category: road trip “iSpy “

I spy… Pikes Peak, the John Denver sanctuary, and red rocks amphitheater

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Colorado

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Which president was shot twice on the morning of July 2, 1881, causing him to pass away on September 19th, two and a half months later?

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President James Garfield

The summer of 1881 was one of the sultriest in the nation’s capital in years. To provide some relief for the stricken President, a corps of naval engineers who specialized in ventilating mine shafts was summoned to the White House and instructed to build a cooling device. They rigged up a large iron box filled with ice, salt, and water and a series of terry-cloth filters which were saturated by the melting ice. A fan drew in warm air from outside, which was cooled as it passed over the damp terry cloth, cleansed by charcoal filters, and propelled onward into the President’s bedroom. The device was not terribly efficient- in fifty-eight days it consumed a quarter of a million pounds of ice but it cooled the President’s room to a more or less tolerable eighty-one degrees, and stands in history as the first air conditioner

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Category: shout it out!

Of this schools, iconic fight cheer ESPN, once wrote “hotty toddy “has no real meaning, but it means everything in Oxford

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Ole Miss

University of Mississippi

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Category: the eyes have it

Lasik surgery, correct vision problems by using a laser to alter this dome shaped issue at the front of the eye

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Cornea 

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Category: chorus lines

“I like to be free in America OK by me in America everything free in America for a small fee in America “ is

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West side story

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19th Century Americans: On July 10, 1804 he wrote a letter of goodbye, just in case, to “my dearest Theodosia”; he lived until 1836.

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Aaron Burr

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Category: chorus lines

“I dreamed a dream in time gone by when hope was high and life was living “

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Les Miserables

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Category: celebrity tell-alls

“The last black unicorn quote: she estimates that she worked over 500 bar mitzvahs in her younger years

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Tiffany Haddish 

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Angelina Jolie won an Oscar for best supporting actress in this movie:

Set in the late 1960s, is the true story of Susanna Kaysen (Winona Ryder), a young woman who finds herself at a renowned mental institution for troubled young women

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“Girl, Interrupted”

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Category: not to be confused

Helicoid describes something shaped like a spiral; a helicon is a coiled brass type of this

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Instrument 

In the tuba family

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Category: American novelist

She wrote a piece of Jane Austen fanfiction called “the beautiful Cassandra” inspiring her pen name

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Cassandra Clare

Judith Lewis (née Rumelt; born July 27, 1973), better known by her pen name Cassandra Clare, is an American author of young adult fiction, best known for her bestselling series The Mortal Instruments.

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Two of this UK country’s major rivers are the Tay and the Clyde

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Scotland

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Category: fictional females

Cortana makes A-I sexy in this video game series

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Halo

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Category: let’s write a short story

We’ll model the writing style on the distinctive voice of the southern author of “the bear“

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William Faulkner

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Category: fictional females

Syrena is a mermaid in “On Stranger tides” in this movie series

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Pirates of the Caribbean

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Category: recent history

In late 1998, a Russian rocket and the space shuttle Endeavor delivered the first two pieces of this to earth orbit

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What is the international space station?

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Category: from the top, (NPR show)

The clarinet concerto written at age 35 by this genius was his last purely instrumental work

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Mozart

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Category: from the top, (NPR show)

Percy Granger’s two piano “fantasy on” this composer’s “Porgy and Bess “

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George Gershwin

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Category: endangered species list

Tigre americano this largest New World member of the Cat family is now endangered

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Jaguar 

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What does a toponymist study?

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A toponymist studies place names and their meanings, origins, and usage.

Toponymy is the branch of linguistics that deals with the study of proper names, particularly geographic names.

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This private detective agency in the United States from the early 1890s to 1937 played a key role in the events that led to the Battle of Blair Mountain in 1921 and violent repression of labor union members.

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Baldwin–Felts Detective Agency

Significant incidents, later collectively known as the Coal Wars, occurred in various locations also involved the Baldwin–Felts Detective Agency

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Which PAC-Man fruit was worth the least amount of points?

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Cherries

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Music Ranked number six on AFI’s one hundred years, one hundred songs survey of top tunes in American cinema, What song had been covered by Frank Sinatra, the Lemonheads, and Bon Jovi?
Mrs. Robinson
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Landing in Florida on Easter in 1513, this explorer named what would become the US state for the Feast of Flowers
Juan Ponce de Leon
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Category: 19th century America In 1850 this poet begins writing “the song of Hiawatha “
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
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Category: sports stars In 2012 this point guard and former MVP joined the Lakers from the suns
Steve Nash
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What is the capital of Mongolia?
Ulaanbaatar Ulaanbaatar, capital and largest city of Mongolia. It is situated on the Tuul River
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What is the capital of Lithuania?
Vilnius
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Who founded the Salvation Army?
William Booth (10 April 1829 – 20 August 1912) was an English Methodist preacher who, along with his wife, Catherine, founded the Salvation Army and became its first General (1878–1912).
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Frozen ice composite made with sawdust. Named for the man who proposed it as a candidate material for a supersized aircraft carrier for the British Royal Navy during WWII. trials were conducted at two locations in Alberta, Canada.
Pykrete
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an ancient Greek or Roman herald's wand, typically one with two serpents twined around it, carried by the messenger god Hermes or Mercury. a well-known symbol of medicine features two snakes winding around a staff, with wings at the top
Caduceus
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In 1907 the U.S. Congress created this joint commission to investigate an unprecedented number of immigrants flowing into the United States.
Dillingham Commission In 1911, the Commission produced a 41-volume study that lead to literacy tests and other restrictions in immigration
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Category: I saw that on TV He caught passes for the Bengals; now he’s Al Michaels partner on Sunday night football
Chris Collingsworth
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Category: anatom”e” This other name for the auditory tube honors in Italian anatomist
Eustachian tube
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Category: art & artists The last work of his record of Paris nightlife was “an examination at the faculty of medicine” in 1901 
Toulouse Lautrec
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When is diplomat met the singer Psy in 2012 he said “until two days ago, I was the most famous Korean in the world “
Ban Ki-moon
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Category: religions Members of this Indian religion are expected to join the Khalsa and are not allowed to cut their hair
Sikhism
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Byblos from which we got the Word “Bible”was one of the foremost cities of these ancient seafaring people
Phoenicians 
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Category: Sports cities The Fire
Chicago Soccer team They play at soldier field. Mascot is Sparky a dalmatien
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Category: English literature Ralph Allen, a rich philanthropist was the inspiration for Squire Alworthy in this authors “Tom Jones”
Henry Fielding
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Category: biology Most of the water absorbed by a plant is given off by the leaves via this 13 letter process
Transpiration
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Eight years before she won Olympic gold this gymnast was a 2004 Virginia state champion
Gabby Douglas 
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Regarded as the first martyr of the Revolutionary War, Crispus Attucks, was killed on March 5, 1770 in this event
The Boston Massacre
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Category: famous Americans Iowa has a historical site for the birthplace of this president
Herbert Hoover
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John Milton, subject in the sequel of this epic poem was the temptation of Christ in the wilderness
Paradise regained 
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Treaty that ended war of 1812
treaty of Ghent On January 8, 1815, General Andrew Jackson lead American troops in a stormy rout of the British at the battle of New Orleans. It was a decisive victory, or it would’ve been if it hadn’t occurred two weeks after the signing of the treaty of Ghent. more than 2000 men died, fighting a battle in a war that was over .
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Category: Fiction It’s both the setting and the title of this Dickens classic about little Nell
The old curiosity shop 
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Category: World Capitals Until 1970 Muscat, the capital was part of this mideast country’s name
Oman
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Category: American islands If you float down this North American river, you’ll actually find more than 1500 not 1000 islands
Saint Lawrence river The Thousand Islands are a group of more than 1,800 islands in the St. Lawrence River, straddling the border of the U.S. and Canada. A fashionable retreat for the elite in the late 19th century,
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Category: American islands Theodore Roosevelt Island, a national Memorial serves as a wildlife refuge in this river
The Potomac 
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Category: religion The number of days after his resurrection, that Jesus ascended into heaven
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Category: name the play Larry Slade, Harry Hope and Theodore “Hickey“ Hickman
The iceman cometh "The Iceman Cometh" focuses on a group of alcoholics and misfits who endlessly discuss but never act on their dreams, and Hickey, the traveling salesman determined to strip them of their pipe dreams. By Eugene O'Neill
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Category: biographies This star is the subject of Anne Edwards’ “a remarkable woman “and Charles Higham’s “Kate “
Katherine Hepburn
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Category: biographies “ the Rattigan version” profiles, this playwright who wrote “The Browning version”
Terence Rattigan
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Category: London This should be called “king Thutmose’s needle” since it was carved in his honor
Cleopatra’s needle
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Category: London In the 1940 film of the same name, Vivien Leigh died on this London bridge
Waterloo Bridge
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Category: botany If a flowering plant contains these two reproductive organs botanists call it perfect
stamen and pistil
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Category: Soviet history He was premier when Yuri Gagarin, the first cosmonaut, went into space
Nikita Khrushchev
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Category: political quotes Completes “if the British empire and it’s Commonwealth last for 1000 years, men will still say…”
“This was their finest hour” Winston Churchill 1940
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Houdon’s most famous mythological statue is of this Roman goddess, holding a bow
Diana 
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Category: Notorious What is infamous French nobleman died at the asylum of Sheraton in 1814 it “pains” us to tell you
Marquis de Sade 
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Category: Bodies of water In sailing from the English channel to the North Sea one would pass through this strait
Strait of Dover 
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Category: notorious After a serious illness in 37 AD this Roman emperor became cruel and mentally unbalanced
Caligula 
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Category: mythology Stargazers should know these seven sisters are the daughters of Pleione, an ocean nymph
Pleiades
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Category: Jazz It’s the title of Billie Holiday‘s autobiography, and the Diana Ross’ film about her
Lady sings the blues 
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Category: Jazz This bandleader’s theme song was “take the ‘a’ train”
Duke Ellington 
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Appropriately it’s the national rose of Syria
Damask Rose
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Category: transportation In case you have to leave the oasis in a hurry, this is the faster of the two types of camels
Dromedary (Single hump)
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Category: history happening Around 11 AM on October 25, 1854 Lord Cardigan leads this attack that’s less successful than a poem it inspired
Charge of the light brigade "The Charge of the Light Brigade" is an 1854 narrative poem by Alfred, Lord Tennyson about the Charge of the Light Brigade at the Battle of Balaclava during the Crimean War. He wrote the original version on 2 December 1854, and it was published on 9 December 1854 in The Examiner. He was the Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom at the time.
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The Prado in this country is home to one of the world’s finest art collections
Spain
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The big green machine was an unofficial nickname for this MLB team
Oakland As
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Orson Welles acted in a series of advertisements for this winery from 1978 to 1981, best known for their slogan "We will sell no wine before its time," becoming a much-parodied cultural trope of the late 20th century.
Paul Masson California wine
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Beginning in 1986 and continuing for 29 years, this artist performed the song, “Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)”, annually on the episode before Christmas on Late Night with David Letterman (NBC, 1986–92) and Late Show with David Letterman (CBS, 1993–2014), 28 times in all. The exception was in 2007 due to the Writers' Strike
Darlene Love "Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)" is a pop song originally sung by Darlene Love and included on the 1963 seasonal compilation album, A Christmas Gift for You from Phil Spector.
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In the Muppet Christmas Carol, who plays the voices for Miss Piggy, Fozzie Bear, Sam Eagle and Animal
Frank Oz
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What do malacologists study? (Ancient Greek μαλακός (malakós) 'soft')
They are scientists who study mollusks, such as snails, clams, cephalopods, and others, in a discipline named malacology
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Category: world capitals Canals and Dutch architecture can still be seen in this city on the island of Java
Jakarta
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Category: this central American capital was named for its patron saint, Joseph
San Jose (Costa Rica)
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Category: celebrities Born in Wales, he’s the first British actor to play Batman on the big screen
Christian Bale 
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Category: on the download His song “home” downloaded huge after he won American Idol in 2012
Philip Phillips 
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Category: how Nobel of you He got his job at age 4; 49 years later in 1989, he won a Nobel peace prize.
The Dalaï Lama
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Which president has a tenure of 30 days, much of which was unconscious after contracting pneumonia?
William Henry Harrison Died in 1841. Ninth president Nickname Tippecanoe. His grandson, Benjamin Harrison, later became a U.S. President in 1888.
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Category: how Nobel of you The IAEA, the international this agency shared the 2005 peace prize for its efforts to make nuclear power safe
Atomic energy
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Category: American Lit “ Devon is sometimes considered the most beautiful school in New England” is a line from this John Knowles novel
A Separate Peace
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In a 2009 essay contest, 12 year old Clara Ma came up with this winning name for the Mars rover
Curiosity
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Category: military men On June 6, 1944 he said “the eyes of the world are upon you”
Dwight D Eisenhower
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Category: gingham style In a 1953 film, Doris Day delivered “gingham fer the girls “as this lover of wild Bill Hickok
Calamity Jane
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Category: Olympic cities A two time Olympic host this New York village has a population of around 2500
Lake placid
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Category: presidential acquisition Florida cession (OK, we’ll tell you it was in 1819 during his first term)
James Monroe
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What was the act designed to execute the 18th amendment, which prohibited alcohol, and lay down the terms of punishment?
The Volstead Act
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Category: surrounded by this water South padre island
The Gulf of Mexico 
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Category: pin the tale on the writer “The adventure of the speckled band” (1892)
Arthur Conan Doyle
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Teresa Heinz Kerry was born to Portuguese parents in this, then-Portuguese colony on Africa’s east coast
Mozambique 
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Lake Ladoga was divided between the Soviet Union and this nation until a 1940 war when the Soviets seized the entire lake
Finland 
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On August 14, 1941 FDR and Churchill issued this charter of cooperation
The Atlantic Charter
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Ancient Egyptians thought it was bird royalty, and Horus took its shape
Falcon
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Architect Guarino Guarini designed the Cappella Della Sacra Sindone to house this relic
The shroud of Turin 
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Alphabetically, Zagreb is the last world capital; this capital of a former Soviet republic is second to last
Yerevan (Armenia)
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Category: briefly speaking She won an Oscar for the film Shakespeare in Love despite only appearing on screen for eight minutes.
Judi Dench