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In 1992 this former British prime minister became a baroness |
Margaret Thatcher
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This South African city may have been named for Surveyor-General Johannes Rissik |
Johannesburg
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The official search for this missing aviatrix was called off July 19, 1937 |
(Amelia) Earhart
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These red or black bugs lay down a trail that others can follow from the hill to the food supply |
ants
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Theodore White's 1975 book "Breach of Faith" tells of "The Fall of" this president |
Nixon
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Another name for this type of degree is a baccalaureate |
a B.A.
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In 1976 this future Texas governor was elected a Travis County commissioner |
Ann Richards
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On a list of Switzerland's major cities, this one is alphabetically last |
Zurich
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It was Henry Morton Stanley's famous greeting on finding the subject of his quest in 1871 |
(Mathew: What is "Livingstone, I presume?")
Dr. Livingstone, I presume?
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A ground-level nest of these "colorful" wasps may hold several thousand of them, so be careful |
yellowjackets
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A 1947 book about their Northwest expedition is subtitled "Partners in Discovery" |
Lewis & Clark
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Alcoholic beverage in the names of a 1794 rebellion & an 1875 ring |
whiskey
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On March 12,1993 she was sworn in as the 78th U.S. Attorney General |
Janet Reno
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One of this French-Canadian city's landmarks is Le Chateau Frontenac, a hotel built in the 1890s |
(Mathew: What is Montreal?)
Quebec City
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According to tradition, this religious founder began his search for enlightenment when he was 29 |
Buddha
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Common name for a bug, like the harlequin bug, that emits a foul odor from glands in its thorax |
stinkbugs
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This first American woman in space shared her experiences in a children's book, "To Space and Back" |
Sally Ride
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Ship captains know they come in mooring, can, nun, sell, gong & lighted varieties |
buoys
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Nadezhda Krupskaya briefly opposed Stalin's takeover after the death of this man, her husband |
(Mathew: Who is Trotsky?)
Lenin
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Mons, which the Flemish call Bergen, is the capital of this country's province of Hainaut |
(Sujit: What's the Netherlands?)
Belgium
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The discovery of this planet was the result of a 25-year search begun by Percival Lowell |
Pluto
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The luminescent larvae of these bugs are called glowworms |
fireflies
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He published "Treatises on Physiology and Phrenology" in 1838, but is better known for his thesaurus |
Roget
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This geometric shape is a pyramid whose base & 3 sides are equilateral triangles |
a tetrahedron
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Working in Olduvai Gorge, she made many of the fossil discoveries credited to her husband Louis |
(Mary) Leakey
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This capital city is home to the University of Liberia |
Monrovia
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Like Sir Walter Raleigh, Francisco de Orellana sought this fabled land of gold but never found it |
(Sujit: What's Cibola?)
El Dorado
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Something ephemeral lasts for a very short time, like these insects of the order Ephemeroptera |
(Mathew: What are cicadas?)
mayflies
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In 1994 this veterinarian's "Cat Stories" made the bestsellers list |
James Herriot
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He became sultan of Turkey in 1520 & brought the Ottoman Empire to its peak |
Suleiman (the Magnificent)
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