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| This largest Michigan city was state capital for 10 years, before it was replaced by Lansing |
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| In Cuba there are 2 main types of this spirit: Carta Blanca (white label) or Carta Oro (gold label) |
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| A knife cut to his cheek gave this Chicago gangster the nickname "Scarface" |
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| This daughter of Johnny Cash had a desk job at Columbia Records before she became one of the label's stars |
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| The larvae & wingless females of these beetle species are called glowworms |
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| "Marooned!" would have been an appropriate title for this first novel by Daniel Defoe |
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| Washington-on-the-Brazos, where this state declared its independence from Mexico, was capital 1842-45 |
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| They're the 2 main ingredients in the original martini |
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| This "Cosmos" host, who also played a role in Mariner & Viking space expeditions, passed away in 1996 |
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| In 1979 this little sister of Loretta Lynn became the first country singer to tour China |
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| The females of this largest living bird take turns sitting on eggs all day & the males take over at night |
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| This "Ragtime" author's first novel, 1960's "Welcome to Hard Times", was a western |
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| In 1786 South Carolina voted to move its capital from this seaport city to Columbia |
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| A popular cocktail made with tequila, orange juice & grenadine, or a hit song by the Eagles |
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| His "Castle" at San Simeon included a zoo, an airstrip & a private theater |
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| This famous "Junior" called one of his early backup bands The Cheatin' Hearts |
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| These American salamanders got their name from the mistaken belief that they can bark like dogs |
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| His first novel, "Almayer's Folly", is autobiographical, like "Lord Jim" |
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| This Arizona city was the territorial capital from 1867 to 1877 |
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| Unlike most American whiskies, Scotch whisky is made from this grain |
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| She reviewed books & worked as a play reader before writing her own plays like "The Children's Hour" |
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| Bobbie Gentry wrote & recorded "Fancy" in 1970; decades later, this redhead made it a hit again |
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| In Central America the basilisk is sometimes called the Jesus Christ Lizard because it can do this |
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| His first novel was "The Man Within"; "The Third Man" came later |
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| This city, host of the 1982 World's Fair, was Tennessee's capital from 1796 to 1812 & from 1817 to 1819 |
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| It makes a Blue Hawaii blue |
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| He designed magazine covers, theatrical costumes & lithographs, like the one seen here: |
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| Dwight Yoakam played a despicable dirtbag named Doyle in this Billy Bob Thornton film |
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| Tamarins belong to this family of small New World monkeys |
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| His first novel, 1984's "Neuromancer", made him a leader of the cyberpunk movement |
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