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In 1977 Bank of America changed the name of its Bank Americard to this 4-letter word |
Visa
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Near the end of this tragedy, Lodovico tells Gratiano to "seize upon the fortunes of the Moor" |
"Othello"
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Quartz is more effective than glass for making lenses for this kind of light, UV for short |
Ultraviolet
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If you visit the Turks & Caicos Islands, you may see Jojo, a friendly bottlenosed one of these mammals |
Dolphin
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This Jordanian king is a direct descendant of the prophet Mohammed |
King Hussein
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Popular in 1830s England, "gonof", a slang term for pickpocket, appears in his novel "Bleak House" |
Charles Dickens
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In June of 1970, fighting between Israel & Syria reached new heights on these heights |
The Golan Heights
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In this play's first scene, Bernardo says, "Tis' now struck twelve and a ghost appears soon after" |
(M: What is "Macbeth?")
"Hamlet"
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A fuel cell converts chemicals directly into this type of energy |
Electrical
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Montserrat is the Caribbean's "Emerald Isle" & this plant is stamped on your passport when you arrive |
The Shamrock
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In 1976 Carl XVI Gustaf of this country married Sylvia Sommerlath, a West German commoner |
Sweden
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The word "fairlings" means presents bought at a fair in his novel "Tess of the d'Urbervilles" |
Thomas Hardy
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Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlevi left Iran on vacation January 16, 1979, and 2 weeks later, this man returned from exile |
Ayatollah Khomeini
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Prospero's first line in this play is "Be collected - no more amazement" |
"The Tempest"
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Fluid dynamics is divided into aerodynamics, the study of gases in motion, & this study of liquids in motion |
hydrodynamics
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The name of this Jamaican resort means "eight rivers", but originated as a corruption of Choreras |
Ocho Rios
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Albert II, who succeeded Baudoin I as king of this country, had been expected to refuse the throne |
Belgium
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This author used the word "eleemosynary", which means charitable, in the 1st line of "Tom Jones" |
Henry Fielding
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Presidents re-elected in 1971 include South Korea's Park Chung Hee & this country's Nguyen Van Thieu |
South Vietnam
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When Benedict says "Come, bid me do anything for thee", she says "Much ado - kill Claudio" |
Beatrice
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This radioactive metal is the heaviest naturally occuring element |
Uranium
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Willemstad is the capital of this island known for a famous liqueur |
Curacao
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This current king became Saudi minister of education in 1953 |
King Fahd
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He invented words such as "vlossyhair" for "Finnegan's Wake"; vlossy is the Polish word for hair |
James Joyce
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The Senate Watergate Committee was also called this, after the senator who headed it |
(named after that country lawyer, Sam Ervin)
The Ervin Committee
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He's the king of the fairies in medieval legend as well as in "A Midsummer Nights' Dream" |
(M: Who is Titania?)
Oberon
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Robert Bunsen could identify an element by examining this, the pattern of wavelengths its light makes |
[Michael and Bill were tied at $5,200.]
spectrum
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The Musee Volcanologique on this island displays relics from the 1902 volcanic eruption |
(Mount Pelee is the volcano that erupted)
Martinique
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In 1986, Prince Makhosetwe was crowned King Mswati III of this landlocked African country |
(M: What is Lesotho?) (B: What is Botswanaland?)
Swaziland
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Title character who says, "Here I am noble, I am Boyer", meaning he belongs to a privileged class in Romania |
Count Dracula
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