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Latin for "foster child", it means a pupil in England & a graduate in the United States |
(Jeff: What's an alumni?)
alumnus
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In 1521, followers of Ponce de Leon founded this Puerto Rican capital |
San Juan
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Steve Lawrence threw the first dice inaugurating legal casino gambling in this state |
New Jersey
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Chapter 1 of this John Hersey novel tells us, "Invasion had come to the town of Adano" |
A Bell for Adano
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The Incan emperor was considered a descendant of the god of this heavenly body |
(Jonathan: What is the moon?)
the sun
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It's the only national park in Kentucky |
Mammoth Cave
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It means before any war, but in America has come to mean before our Civil War |
antebellum
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Poetically, it's called Dunedin, the Gaelic form of its name |
(Jonathan: What is Dublin?)
Edinburgh
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For the 150th anniversary of its independence, this country got the remains of Emperor Pedro I from Portugal |
Brazil
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At the beginning of this Henryk Sienkiewicz novel, Petronius is recovering from one of Nero's feasts |
(Jeff: What is I, Claudius?)
Quo Vadis
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In 1821, this ex-emperor said, "I die before my time, killed by the English oligarchy & its hired assassins" |
Napoleon
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When they meet inside a cave, a column may be formed |
stalactites & stalagmites
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It means work, especially a composer's work |
an opus
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In the 900s, the Moors built a fortress called Majrit on the site of what is now this capital |
Madrid
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Le Duc Tho declined the 1973 Nobel Peace Prize, but he accepted it |
Henry Kissinger
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Completes the title of Isaac Bashevis Singer's novel, "Enemies..." |
A Love Story
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Michael, the exiled king of this eastern European country, is the grandson of Greece's King Constantine I |
(Jonathan: What is Yugoslavia?) (Jerry: What is Hungary?)
Romania
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This blue cheese is aged in caves near Toulouse in France |
Roquefort
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A bookplate phrase, meaning "from the library of" |
ex libris
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This city itself covers only about 15 square miles on the island of Luzon |
(Jerry: What is Quezon?) (Jonathan: What is Quezon City?)
Manila
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This one-time Tennessee schoolteacher died in Louisiana on October 21, 1970 at the age of 70 |
(John) Scopes
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Her novel "Mistral's Daughter" is about an artist & the women in his life |
(Judith) Krantz
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In May 1801 the Pasha of Tripoli, dissatisfied with his tribute, declared war on this country |
the United States
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Discovery made in a cave near Chukutien, China in the 1920s |
Peking Man
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This two-word phrase, meaning "behold the man", can mean a picture of Christ with his crown of thorns |
ecce homo
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In the summer the Gai Jatra, or Festival of the Cow, is celebrated in this capital of Nepal |
Kathmandu
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In 1970 Lon Nol took control of this country in a coup |
Cambodia
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"Breaking the Rules" is the last chapter of John Irving's novel about these rules |
The Cider House Rules
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Queen Anne succeeded to the British throne in 1702 because this couple left no children |
William & Mary
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The ancient Greeks gave this name to cave-dwelling people |
(Jerry: What are Neanderthals?)
troglodytes
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