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On April 5, 1621 it sailed back to England, leaving the Plymouth Colony to fend for itself |
the Mayflower
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"Bates Motel", a 1987 TV movie, was based on this 1960 Alfred Hitchcock classic |
Psycho
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Hans Brinker creator Mary Mapes Dodge edited the children's magazine named for this holiday saint |
St. Nicholas
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The name of this fabric comes from the Latin word for "loop" or "snare", laqueus |
lace
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He learned about "War and Peace" early on, having served in the Army during the Crimean War |
Tolstoy
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The 1906 San Francisco earthquake was this fault's fault |
the San Andreas Fault
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In 1676 Nathaniel Bacon led a rebellion that burned down this Virginia settlement |
Jamestown
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This director's mother had a bit part in his 1989 film "When Harry Met Sally" |
Rob Reiner
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Rose of this Peruvian capital died in 1617 & was canonized in 1671 to become the new world's first saint |
Lima
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The best cashmere is obtained from these animals by combing, not by shearing |
(Tim: What are sheep?)
goats
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Born at West Point, where his father taught aeronautics, this "1876" author could fly a plane at age 10 |
Gore Vidal
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Originally, Puerto Rico was a city name & this was the island's name; sometime in history they switched names |
San Juan
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Between 1661 & 1663, the first of these printed in the American colonies appeared in Algonquian |
the Bible
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Between 1938 & 1950, Penny Singleton played this comic strip character in 28 films |
Blondie
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This saint who refused to be made a bishop was the subject of a 1963 hit by The Singing Nun |
Dominique
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The most valuable variety of this fiber used to make linen is raised in Belgium |
flax
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This author of "The Other Side of Midnight" originally dreamed of becoming a composer |
Sidney Sheldon
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Some say this island of the Bahamas, also called Watlings Island, was Columbus' 1st New World stop |
San Salvador
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In 1630 colonists from this company settled Boston |
the Massachusetts Bay Company
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Joseph Ruttenberg's cinematography for "The Great Waltz", the film biography of this composer, won a 1938 Oscar |
Strauss
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A trio of biblical women sharing this name share the feast day of May 25 |
Mary
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This steam engine pioneer helped perfect a method of bleaching fabrics with chlorine |
(James) Watt
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This author was arrested in 1846 for his "Civil Disobedience" in refusing to pay a poll tax |
Thoreau
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Gen. Sam Houston was one of the Texans wounded in this April 1836 battle; he was shot in the ankle |
San Jacinto
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He arrived in New Netherland in May 1626, bought land & built Fort Amsterdam |
(Tim: Who is Stuyvesant?) (Bob: Who's Henry Hudson?)
Peter Minuit
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Director John Ford followed this 1948 western with "She Wore a Yellow Ribbon" & "Rio Grande" |
(Bob: What is Stagecoach?) (Stefan: What is Quiet Man?)
Fort Apache
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In 1625 he founded the Congregation of the Mission, also known as the Lazarists or Vincentians |
St. Vincent de Paul
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This fine net fabric used for wedding veils & tutus has hexagonal holes |
(Stefan: What is chiffon?)
tulle
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This Lebanese-American author of "The Prophet" studied art in Paris, where he met Rodin |
Kahlil Gibran
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It's the oldest republic in the world |
San Marino
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