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Based on the author's preface to this book, it could have been "The Last of the Wapanachki" |
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A London palace is named after the house built for John Sheffield, Duke of this |
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The South African parliament meets in this city that dates back to 1652 with the construction of a Dutch east India refreshment station |
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These Germanic people ruled parts of Britain from the 5th century until the Norman conquest |
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Rev. Shaw Moore, in a movie remake, set in a town where dancing is banned |
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William Somers, who built an observation wheel on the Atlantic City boardwalk, thought the Somers Wheel was copied by this man |
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The narrator of this Ralph Ellison novel joins "The Brotherhood", which renames him, but we never learn his old or new name |
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A bit surprising that a Frenchman, François Gérard, painted this duke, the reddest of all Redcoats |
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In 1871 the District of Columbia absorbed this town about 3 miles northwest of the Capitol |
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Having length, width & height |
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Mercury astronaut Gordon Cooper |
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In 1897 this diva complained of thick bread, so the chef came back with thin, crisp slices of toast now named for her |
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This Leon Uris novel portraying Israel's birth is about 10 times longer than the Bible book of the same name |
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After abdicating the throne in 1936, Edward VIII was given this title |
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This colony was established on May 14, 1607 but by 1610, starvation was a prime factor behind the death of 80% of its residents |
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The Burlsworth Trophy is awarded to college football players who began as these, typically non-recruits |
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World War II naval commander "Bull" Halsey |
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Not even Yurchenko attempted the Yurchenko double pike in competition; in 2021 this gymnast was the first woman to do so |
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This Somerset Maugham novel whose title refers to the sharp & difficult path to salvation was Alex Trebek's favorite book |
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On his wedding day in 2011, Prince William was given the title Duke of this place |
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In 1862 Confederate General John Magruder followed in Cornwallis' footsteps in having a very bad day in this historic place |
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A stinging insect is in this adjective for a slender midsection |
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High school baseball coach Jimmy Morris, who makes the Major Leagues |
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Survival rates are better with this lymphoma named for a Victorian physician than with the non-this type |
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This 1946 novel based on the life of Huey Long won the Pulitzer Prize & the movie won the Best Picture Oscar |
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In 1717 this German-born man became resident composer to James Brydges, Duke of Chandos, & composed 11 "Chandos Anthems" |
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Sleepy Hollow in New York's Westchester County was known as North this until 1996 |
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This vocal range of Marilyn Horne is higher than contralto |
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Smooth-talking New Orleans police detective Remy McSwain |
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This bullet, or ball, was named for a Frenchman, but Civil War soldiers pronounced it to sound like it was little |
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