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| In 1959 the USSR's Luna 3 provided the first photos of this body's far side |
the Moon
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| This gulf is often considered the westernmost extension of the Atlantic Ocean |
the Gulf of Mexico
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| "Courage is the price that life exacts for granting peace", wrote this aviatrix in 1927 |
Amelia Earhart
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| This Bram Stoker character is described as having pointed ears & "peculiarly sharp white teeth" |
Dracula
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| A clarinet uses a single one; an oboe, a double |
a reed
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| In 332 B.C. Alexander founded a city called Alexandria on the delta of this river |
the Nile
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| The stars that once formed Scorpio's claws now "balance" out this constellation |
Libra
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| This narrow strait separates Spain from Morocco |
Gibraltar (the Strait of Gibraltar)
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| In 1948 this ex-first lady wrote to Harry Truman, "No one won the last war, and no one will win the next war" |
Eleanor Roosevelt
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| Tales featuring this master sleuth include "The Red-Headed League" & "The Final Problem" |
(Sherlock) Holmes
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| Of a piccolo, bass tuba or French horn, the one for which middle C is out of range |
(Jeff: What is bass tuba?)
piccolo
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| This man taught Alexander rhetoric, literature, science & philosophy |
Aristotle
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| In August 1993 the Observer probe sent to study this planet was lost in space |
Mars
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| Fittingly, this Oregon lake was once known as Deep Blue Lake |
Crater Lake
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| In a letter to John Adams, this president wrote, "I cannot live without books" |
Jefferson
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| It's the first name of William Dean Howells' "Lapham" & George Eliot's "Marner" |
Silas
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| This drum with a double-talk name is tuned by moving rings up & down the lacing |
a tom-tom
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| Alexander succeeded this man, his father, as king of Macedon in 336 B.C. |
Philip
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| Similar to Jupiter's Great Red Spot, this bluish planet has a Great Dark Spot |
Neptune
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| Blackpool & Liverpool are 2 of the ports on this sea |
(Jeff: What's the North Sea?) (Brian: What is the Atlantic Ocean?)
the Irish Sea
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| This orator said before the Continental Congress, "I am not a Virginian, but an American." |
(Brian: Who is Madison?)
Patrick Henry
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| CIA analyst Jack Ryan appears in several bestselling novels by this author |
(Tom) Clancy
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| A trumpet's air path starts at the mouthpiece & ends at this part |
the bell
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| The city of Bucephala in India was named after Bucephalus, which was this |
his horse
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| The one found in the center of the Crab Nebula flashes about 30 times each second |
a pulsar
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| The name of this river between Uruguay & Argentina means "river of silver" |
(Brian: What is the Rio de Platte?)
Rio de la Plata
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| "I have the heart and stomach of a king, and of a king of England too", she said in 1588 |
Elizabeth I
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| In "Lord of the Flies", he's Ralph's overweight, bespectacled sidekick |
Piggy
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| This accordion-type instrument is usually hexagonal |
a concertina
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| A popular story depicts Alexander solving this problem with a slash of his sword |
the Gordian Knot
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