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Adam Johann von Krusenstern was the first Russian to sail this far; it took him 3 years, 1803-06 |
around the world
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In 1981 Chita Rivera re-created her role as Rose in "Bring Back Birdie", a sequel to this musical |
Bye Bye Birdie
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The metropolitan area of this city spreads over 6 parishes, including St. Bernard & St. Tammany |
New Orleans
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In a bear market prices are heading in this direction |
down
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He's the subject of the 1961 biography "First American Into Space" |
Alan Shepard
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She was a collector of these girls' toys; if she were alive today maybe she'd buy Vanna's from cable TV |
dolls
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Cortes entered Tenochtitlan in November 1519, meeting this Aztec ruler for the first time |
Montezuma
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In 1986 this playwright was "Broadway Bound" with the 3rd play in his autobiographical trilogy |
Neil Simon
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An Indian tribe gave its name to this city of 180,000 in eastern Washington |
(Allan: What is Walla Walla?) (Bob: What is Yakima?)
Spokane
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In 1992 this city's stock exchange was 3rd behind NYC & London in volume of transactions |
Tokyo
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In 1924 Ford Madox Ford published "A Personal Remembrance" of this "Lord Jim" author |
(Joseph) Conrad
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This holiday item decorated with candles & candy was made popular by Victoria's German husband |
(Allan: Who is Albert?)
a Christmas tree
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Alonso de Ojeda named a part of South America this, after a canal city it reminded him of |
Venezuela
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Tom Hulce originated the role later played on film by Tom Cruise in this drama about a court-martial |
A Few Good Men
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Dating from 1681, the only independent Huguenot church in America is in this South Carolina port |
Charleston
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This is the fusion of 2 companies into 1; a takeover is one type |
a merger
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He's the subject of the recent biography "Swing, Swing, Swing" |
Benny Goodman
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This medal was instituted in 1856, retroactive to 1854, but not presented until 1857 |
the Victoria Cross
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Brazzaville, the capital of this African republic, was named for Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza |
the Congo
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In 1985 this musical based on "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" captured 7 Tonys |
Big River
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The Alabama State Fair & the Dogwood Festival are annual events in this steel-producing city |
Birmingham
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It's the nickname for securities issued by the Federal National Mortgage Association |
(Allan: What are Freddie Macs?)
Fannie Maes
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In 1993 David McCullough won a Pulitzer Prize for his biography of this president |
Truman
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In August 1858 Queen Victoria & James Buchanan exchanged greetings via this new pathway |
(Allan: What is the telegraph?) (Alex: Be more specific?) (Allan: Uh, what is, uh, Morse code?)
the transoceanic cable
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Naturalist Johann Forster was loathed by his shipmates aboard this South Pacific explorer's Resolution |
(James) Cook
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"Foxfire", about an elderly matriarch, opened on Broadway in 1982 & starred this husband & wife team |
Jessica Tandy & Hume Cronyn
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This Alaskan port on the Seward Pen. was founded in 1898 when gold was discovered at nearby Anvil Creek |
(Larry: What is Anchorage?)
Nome
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This contract obligates the buyer to purchase a commodity for a certain price on a certain date |
futures
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"Power, Privilege, and the Post" takes a look at this powerful woman behind the Washington Post |
(Katharine) Graham
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On May 1, 1840 Queen Victoria's portrait appeared on these, a first for anyone in the world |
a postage stamp
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