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| Of the forbidden fruit, Eve said, this creature "beguiled me, and I did eat" |
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| The Ptolemaic dynasty of Egypt ended when her son Ptolemy XV was murdered by Octavian |
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| It's name is from the Greek for "well covered" & it covers Australia pretty well |
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| From 1967 to 1978 Joyce Carol Oates taught English at the University of Windsor in this country |
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| This ship was refloated, rebuilt & renamed the CSS Virginia |
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| This heroine's Japanese name is Cio-Cio-San |
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| In Genesis 17:4 God told him, "Thou shalt be a father of many nations" |
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| When Nicholas II abdicated in 1917, it brought an end to this Russian dynasty |
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| This family of tropical trees has 2 major types of leaves: fan-shaped & feather-shaped |
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| "Heartburn" author whose parents, Henry & Phoebe Ephron, wrote the screenplay for "Carousel" |
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| Built to accommodate 10,000 prisoners, this Georgia prison camp often had 3 times that number |
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| Guinness says the longest commonly performed opera is his "Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg" |
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| Completes the line from a parable, "Many are called…" |
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| During much of the Middle Ages, France was ruled by this dynasty founded by Hugh Capet |
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| The "save" this giant tree "league" was one of the first conservation groups in the U.S. |
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| She went abroad to visit Cro-Magnon caves after writing "The Clan of the Cave Bear" |
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| Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain won the medal of honor for defending Little Round Top at this Penn. battle |
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| The title of this Leoncavallo opera can be translated as "Clowns" |
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| In Matthew 16:18 Jesus said to Peter, "Upon this rock I will" do this |
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| In 1644 China's last dynasty was established by these foreigners from the north |
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| These trees are known for their winged seeds called keys |
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| In 1991 on cable television he introduced stories from his book "Welcome to the Monkey House" |
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| Confederate General John C. Breckinridge previously held this U.S. office under Pres. Buchanan |
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| The earliest opera that survives, Peri's 1600 "Euridice" tells of Euridice & this husband |
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| In I Samuel he admitted to David, "I have played the fool and have erred exceedingly" |
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| This famous Italian dynasty ended in 1737 with the death of Gian Gastone, Grand Duke of Tuscany |
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| Species of this popular poplar include the bigtooth and the quaking |
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| He wrote "The Alexandria Quartet" & "The Avignon Quintet" |
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| This famous Mary's diary, published in 1905, gives an inside view of Confederate leaders |
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| Meyerbeer's "Les Huguenots" revolves around this 1572 massacre of the Huguenots |
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