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Billy Graham presided over his funeral services April 27, 1994 in Yorba Linda, California |
Richard Nixon
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Completed in 1931, it rises over 1,400 feet at 350 Fifth Avenue in New York City |
The Empire State Building
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He began his Sistine Chapel work with the Noah scenes over the entrance door |
Michelangelo
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Tennis balls & pool tables are covered by this material made from wet woolen fibers |
Felt
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Frances Goodrich & Albert Hackett won a Pulitzer Prize for their adaptation of this girl's diary |
Anne Frank
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It's the German equivalent of a motor expressway |
Autobahn
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During WWII this future president was supreme commander of the Allies in Europe |
Dwight D. Eisenhower
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This state's Hilton Head Island offers golf & other recreational activities year round |
South Carolina
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In 1921, after 10 years of self-imposed exile, this muralist returned to Mexico |
Diego Rivera
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Mummies were wrapped in this fabric for which your house may have a "closet" |
Linen
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His "Brighton Beach Memoirs" & "Biloxi Blues" are autobiographical |
Neil Simon
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Used to mean "To your health", it's most often said after someone sneezes |
Gesundheit
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For his work in establishing the League of Nations, he was awarded the 1919 Nobel Peace Prize |
Woodrow Wilson
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Built in 1672, Vincent House in Edgartown is the oldest known house on this Massachusetts resort island |
Martha's Vineyard
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While still in his teens, this artist, for whom a trim pointed beard is named, was Rubens' chief assistant |
Anthony VanDyck
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Generic tradenames for this synthetic include Comfort Fiber, Hollofil & Fortrel |
Polyester
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"The Gladiator", an 1831 play by Robert Montgomery Bird, was based on the life of this Roman slave |
Spartacus
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In a 1963 address, John F. Kennedy took pride in uttering this 4-word phrase |
Ich Bin Ein Berliner
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They're the 2 presidents born in Braintree, Massachusetts |
John Adams & John Quincy Adams
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Like a fairy tale come true, Solvang, California mirrors a quaint town in this Scandinavian country |
(D: What is Sweden?)
Denmark
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"The Supreme Poster Artist of the 19th Century", he was famous for his Parisian nightlife scenes |
Toulouse-Lautrec
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Term for the process of mechanically taking the seeds out of a boll of cotton |
Ginning
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Nora Helmer is the heroine of this Ibsen play |
"A Doll's House"
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The name of this psychology movement is German for "form" or "shape" |
Gestalt
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He had 8 children, the oldest named Birchard |
Rutherford Birchard Hayes
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You can visit D.H. Lawrence's ranch & shrine in this New Mexico town, home to many writers & artists |
Taos
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He signed one of his earliest works, the Modena Triptych, "Master Domenikos" |
(D: Who is Donatello?)
El Greco (Domenikos Theotokopoulos)
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Sailcloth, canvas, rope & twine are made from this fiber plant grown in warm regions |
Hemp
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An eccentric young man takes up with a woman nearing 80 in this off-beat comedy based on a film |
(Alex: I don't know about the play, but the film was hilarious!)
"Harold & Maude"
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It's the ghostly double of a living person, or a literary device used to reflect good & evil |
Doppelganger
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