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    | After this Italian's death in Vienna on July 28, 1741, there would be no more seasons in his life, fall or otherwise | 
    Vivaldi
 
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    | Also known as a noggum, this wild canine does not bark but howls to communicate | 
    a dingo
 
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    | George Washington is entombed on the grounds of this mansion | 
    Mount Vernon
 
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    | TV's short-lived "Unhappily Ever After" was from the producers of this show about the unhappy Bundy family | 
    Married... with Children
 
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    | The "stay out of my hemisphere" doctrine of 1823 is more commonly known by the name of this president | 
    the Monroe Doctrine
 
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    | Donnerstag is Thursday in this language | 
    (Alex: Minute to go now.)
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    | After this man's death in Leipzig on July 28, 1750, there would be no more variations in his life, Goldberg or otherwise | 
    Johann Sebastian Bach
 
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    | A wallaroo gets its name from the fact that its size is between this marsupial & a kangaroo | 
    a wallaby
 
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    | This geyser was named for its predictability in 1870 | 
    Old Faithful
 
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    | In "The Matrix" this character offers Neo the red pill or the blue pill | 
    Morpheus
 
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    | A peasant named Yorgos Kentrotas uncovered this statue of Aphrodite on an Aegean island | 
    the Venus de Milo
 
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    | In Hebrew this day is Yom Shabbat | 
    Saturday
 
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    The last 2 items on a timeline of this German: 1882: premiere of "Parsifal"; 1883: death | 
    Wagner
 
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    | This largest carnivorous marsupial & its ornery disposition are now confined to Australia's island state | 
    the Tasmanian devil
 
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    | Description of high-end liquor or perhaps its harder-to-reach placement | 
    top-shelf
 
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    | "Riven" is the sequel to this adventure video game | 
    Myst
 
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    | Alexander Laing's triumph of finding this Mali trading post in 1826 was short-lived; he was murdered a month later | 
    (Beth: [Whispers indistinctly]  Um, what is... Casablanca?)
  Timbuktu
 
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    | Of martedi, mercoledi or giovedi, it's Tuesday in Italian | 
    (Beth: What is giovedi?)
  martedi
 
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    | In 1893 this "Symphonie pathetique" man began decomposing in St. Petersburg | 
    (Beth: Who is Chopin?) (Hunter: Who is Berlioz?) ... (Alex: You figure St. Petersburg, it was Russian--[*].)
  Tchaikovsky
 
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    | Known for its loud "laugh", this kingfisher doesn't eat fish but feasts on insects & small reptiles & amphibians | 
    a kookaburra
 
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    | In 1938 Seabiscuit had a match race against this Triple Crown winner with a military name | 
    (Alex: Yes, and he beat him.)
  War Admiral
 
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    | Christian Slater won a Golden Globe as the mysterious title anarchist on this TV series | 
    Mr. Robot
 
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    | A law known by this French word for one who leaves his country compensated noblemen who had fled the revolution | 
    emigré
 
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    | Instead of "Monday, Monday", the French Mamas & Papas would have sung this, this | 
    lundi, lundi
 
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    | He'd need his own "Requiem Mass" after getting a little too green around the gills on Jan. 27, 1901 | 
    (Sarah: Who is Fauré?)
  Giuseppe Verdi
 
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    | 2 of the world's 3 largest birds live in Australia & both are flightless: the cassowary & this one | 
    an emu
 
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    | This Italian cruise ship was hijacked on October 7, 1985 | 
    (Beth: What is the Andrea Doria?) (Hunter: What's the Rainbow Warrior?)
  the Achille Lauro
 
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    | "Stitches" is a 2016 hit song by this Canadian | 
    (Shawn) Mendes
 
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    | In 1827 the Curacao, owned by this country's navy, became the first ship to cross the Atlantic mainly using steam power | 
    the Netherlands
 
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    | Thank God it's "Friday" in Spanish | 
    (Beth: What is vendredi?) (Alex: No.) (Beth: [Lowered voice]  Oh, that's French.) (Alex: Yes, that's French.)
  viernes
 
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