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In this 11th century battle, the Normans defeated the Saxons |
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This presidential candidate came in 19th on the 1992 Forbes list of the 400 richest people in the U.S. |
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His famous 1872 painting of the Cotton Exchange in New Orleans doesn't depict any ballet dancers |
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This Swede reportedly said Hollywood "is the only place in the world where I can be left alone!" |
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The Stalwarts of this political party opposed President Garfield's civil service reforms |
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He was from St. Mary's County, Maryland, but set Sam Spade's office in San Francisco |
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Prince Potemkin allegedly built artificial villages for this empress' 1787 tour of the Crimea |
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William Cook, the richest person in Indiana, made his fortune from these tubes that are inserted into veins |
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Gauguin painted this friend of his "Painting Sunflowers" in 1888 |
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Hollywood grieved when this great silent film swashbuckler died suddenly on December 12, 1939 |
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"Sartorial" term for the ability of a popular candidate to pull up those lower on the ticket |
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A Philadelphian by birth, she wrote about "Coming of Age in Samoa" |
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Marco Polo described this Mongol ruler as "fair and ruddy like a rose" |
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Last name of New York publishers Donald & S.I., whose combined fortunes total over $6 billion |
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Donatello created a marble statue of this biblical youth before his more famous bronze one |
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When this "newsworthy" producer was hit by hard times, Marion Davies loaned him a million dollars |
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An auto da fe was the cermony accompanying the execution of heretics by this tribunal |
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Theodore Dreiser was born in this Indiana city, presumably on "high ground" |
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In 1970 he became president of Chile on his 4th try; in 1973 he was overthrown in a coup |
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The richest people in Delaware are associated with this family |
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Van Dyck painted some of his finest portraits in this city, Columbus' hometown |
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This tool company heir was only 24 when he made teenaged Jean Harlow a star in his film "Hell's Angels" |
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The government of this empire was sometimes called the Sublime Porte after a gate in Constantinople |
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Her father was a Hungarian immigrant & this "Show Boat" author was a gal from Kalamazoo |
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In 1960 Belgium's King Baudouin I turned over rule of this country to Patrice Lumumba |
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The richest people in Arkansas & California got their money from this store chain |
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Aubrey Beardsley's 1st commission was to illustrate a new edition of this author's "Morte d' Arthur" |
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This blonde was still married to Jackie Coogan when she co-starred with him in "Million Dollar Legs" |
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This nickname of Francois du Tremblay, secretary to Cardinal Richelieu, means "grey eminence" |
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Though he later became a Swiss citizen, this "Steppenwolf" author was from the Black Forest |
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