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This nationalist movement was founded by Jews at an int'l congress in 1897 in Switzerland |
Zionism
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Some scholars say his first wife, Mileva, deserves some credit for his theory of relativity |
(Albert) Einstein
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Baryshnikov said the ballet about this “Steadfast Tin” toy is one of his favorites |
(Keith: What is the, uh...no?) (Michael: What is The Nutcracker?)
Soldier
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After he returned to Venice in 1295, he wrote stories of his travels to the Orient |
Marco Polo
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At the highland games in Scotland you might see someone skirl, which is to play these |
bagpipes
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World Book lists the complete set of 32 of these as part of the skeletal system |
teeth
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The 2nd Hawaiian king with this name went to England & died there of measles in 1824 |
Kamehameha
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Frank Press, an authority on the earth's crust, was this president's science advisor from 1977-80 |
Jimmy Carter
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In 1958 F. Ashton created his ballet “Ondine” for this great dame of British ballet |
Margot Fonteyn
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In Norse legend the 2 children in this nursery rhyme were captured by the moon while drawing water |
Jack and Jill
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To visit the oldest public park in the U.S., common sense tells you to go to this city |
Boston
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A hockey player wears guards to protect the tibia, better known as this |
shin
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In 1864 he founded the International Working Men's Association in London |
Karl Marx
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This monk, known for his pea plants, flunked his exam for teacher certification |
Mendel
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After this great dancer married in 1913, Diaghilev dismissed him from his company |
Nijinsky
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Maud Gonne, an Irish patriot & philanthropist, was the heroine of several poems by this Irishman |
(William Butler) Yeats
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By popular demand, the first 5-star hotel in Ulan Bator is being named after this historic figure |
(Michael: Who is Kublai Khan?)
Genghis Khan
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Of the 3 kinds of movable joints, the hip joints are this type |
ball (and socket) joints
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The Groot Trek was a migration of about 12,000 members of this group in defiance of the British government |
Boers
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This Italian's experiments with electricity & animal tissue helped Volta develop the battery |
(Luigi) Galvani
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This ballerina defected to the west in 1970 & staged her own production of “La Bayadere” in 1974 |
Natalia Makarova
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Before Petrarch wrote love poems to Laura, Dante wrote his to her |
Beatrice
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G. Hamilton could visit the cities of Hamilton & St. George in these islands; 2 hours from New York |
(Keith: What are the Thousand Islands?)
Bermuda
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Extending off the metacarpals are these bones that form the fingers |
phalanges
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This Austrian prince masterminded the negotiations at the Congress of Vienna |
Metternich
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He may have been the “Father of Modern Chemistry”, but the French guillotined him anyway |
Lavoisier
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In 1942 audience members left this composer's “Gayane” humming the “Sabre Dance” |
Khachaturian
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“Eugene Onegin”, a novel written in verse, is considered this Russian poet's masterpiece |
Pushkin
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This Caribbean isle is divided between France & Holland; hence its name is spelled 2 ways |
St. Martin
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This passes through a opening in the occipital bone, the back plate of the skull |
spinal cord
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