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19th CENTURY ENGLISH LITERATURE |
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NATIONS' SECOND-LARGEST CITIES |
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The prosecutors in a Senate impeachment trial are called the "House" these |
managers
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As a child in 1450s Florence, he probably didn't expect to have 2 continents named for him |
Amerigo Vespucci
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The hive was buzzing in 2019 when she released her live album "Homecoming" |
Beyoncé
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A woven container, or the structure under a hot air balloon for the crew & equipment |
a basket
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Lewis Carroll mirrored the success of his "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" with this 1872 sequel |
Through the Looking-Glass
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Put a stopper in this second city of Ireland, found on an island in the River Lee |
Cork
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The person in this job, currently Gretchen Whitmer, has an official summer residence overlooking the Straits of Mackinac |
the governor of Michigan
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Andreas Vesalius' 1543 "De humani corporis fabrica libri septem" pioneered this study of human body structures |
anatomy
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It wasn't so long ago that this singer's "Gangnam Style" was everywhere |
Psy
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A handbag; it can also refer to the prize money in a boxing match |
a purse
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The painting seen here, depicts a scene from this Charles Dickens novel |
The Old Curiosity Shop
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Italy's financial capital, this second city of the nation is also the center of its fashion & publishing industries |
Milan
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Lucile Lomen, daughter of a reindeer meat salesman, was the first female one of these, helping Justice Douglas |
a (Supreme Court) clerk
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Almost 500 concerti from this Venetian survive today |
(Alex: Oh, it pays to have music in your background, doesn't it?)
Vivaldi
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This French pop duo were right at home in their "Tron: Legacy" cameos--lots of people were wearing futuristic headgear |
Daft Punk
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Wearable term for the box from which cards are dealt for blackjack in a casino |
a shoe
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"Agnes Grey" is a novel by this lesser-known sister |
Anne Bronte
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Its second city of Pusan is located at the southeast tip of this nation's peninsula |
South Korea
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One task of this government commission opened in 1915 is to protect consumers from con games |
(Will: What is the SEC?)
the FTC (Federal Trade Commission)
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Last name of Alessandro, for whom a unit of electricity is named |
Volta
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This "Use Somebody" group sounds like a long line of Spanish royalty, but it actually formed in Nashville |
Kings of Leon
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This small glass container can begin with "v" or with "ph" |
a vial (phial)
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He wrote a critique of prison life, "The Ballad of Reading Gaol", after spending time in the prison; it was his last published work |
Oscar Wilde
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Barcelona is Spain's second-largest city & has about a fifth of the population of this region it's in |
Catalonia
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In the wake of WWI, it was organized as a bureau; then it was an administration & in 1989 got a new name & cabinet status |
Veterans Affairs
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Senator Arthur Vandenberg wrote, "For any realist" Pearl Harbor ended this policy of avoiding foreign entanglements |
isolation
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Ufologists took notice of Nicki Minaj's song about these title objects that were "meant to fly" |
starships
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From the Latin for "box", it's an underground reservoir for collecting rainwater |
a cistern
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The title gem in this Wilkie Collins novel was originally stolen from an Indian shrine |
The Moonstone
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At one time a major Byzantine city, Split is today the second-largest city in this country that split from Yugoslavia in 1991 |
Croatia
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