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We know it sounds disgusting, but this bird used to be called the maggotpie |
the magpie
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Much of this Babylonian's famous code resembles earlier Sumerian laws |
the code of Hammurabi
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The Havana brown is so named because its reddish-brown colors resemble these smoking items |
cigars
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He said the boy he based Huck Finn on grew up to become a justice of the peace in Montana |
Mark Twain
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This city is headquarters of Anheuser-Busch, the USA's largest beer- producing firm |
St. Louis
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Look up this name in the Encyclopaedia Britannica & it says "see Monroe, Marilyn" |
Norma Jean Baker
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It's the ability to make lucky discoveries by accident, named for the fairy tale "The 3 Princes of Serendip" |
serendipity
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Cosimo I was the first member of this famed Florentine family to be Grand Duke of Tuscany |
the Medici
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A striped & blotched coat is popularly known as tiger, but is properly called this |
a tabby vsy
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In 1936 she compared her suffering after publication to Scarlett's during the Siege of Atlanta |
Margaret Mitchell
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Wisconsin's state animal is this member of the weasel family |
(Rosemary: What's a beaver?) (Tom: What is a wolverine?)
a badger
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Collections of his New York Times columns include "All Things Considered" & "So This Is Depravity" |
Russell Baker
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This hyphenated synonym for "snobby" may come from hoit, an obsolete verb meaning to romp around noisily |
hoity-toity
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In 217 Caracalla, emperor of this, was murdered by Macrinus, one of his officers |
the Roman Empire
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The Tonkinese is a hybrid of the Burmese & this other Asian cat |
the Siamese
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He must have liked little characters: he created little Em'ly, Little Nell & Tiny Tim |
Dickens
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This South Texas ranch developed the 1st new breed of beef cattle in the U.S., the Santa Gertrudis |
the King Ranch
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She's credited with introducing "le jazz hot" to France |
Josephine Baker
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"Kielbasa" comes from this language, which you'll know if you know what kind of sausage it is |
Polish
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About 1860 this Frenchman discovered that fermentation is caused by microorganisms |
Pasteur
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The first important long-haired breed in Europe was this one from the present Turkish capital |
the Angora
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This author had worked with migrant laborers, so he could empathize with the Joad family he invented |
Steinbeck
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It's the first, widest & shortest part of the small intestine |
the duodenum
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From 1981 to 1985 he was White House Chief of Staff |
(John: Who is Howard Baker?)
James Baker
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The Russian Wolfhound is known for its swiftness, & this, its other name, is Russian for "swift" |
the Borzoi
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This wife of Henry VIII had several children, but only Mary Tudor survived infancy |
Catherine of Aragon
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A variation of this tailless cat is the Cymric |
the Manx
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Louisa May Alcott had this many sisters, & so did her alter ego, Jo in "Little Women" |
3
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This Robert Burns poem contains the lines "The best laid schemes o' mice an' men gang aft agley" |
"To a Mouse"
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From February 1987 to July 1988 he was White House Chief of Staff |
Howard Baker
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